California vs. North Carolina
California and North Carolina have 3 meetings on file, the first in 2017; California leads the series 3–0 in the games on file. Over the last 3 meetings it’s California 3–0, and California has won the last 3. Share
2029 at North Carolina; 2030 at California. As the programs’ Wikipedia articles list them (CC BY-SA).
- California wins
- 3
- North Carolina wins
- 0
- Ties
- 0
- Earliest on file
- 2017
- Longest streak
- 3 California
- Current streak
- 3 California
- Last 10 meetings
- California 3–0
- Most recent
- 2025
The series at a glance
- Average margin
- 5 points; 3 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At California
- 2–0 California’s record at home
- At North Carolina
- 0–1 North Carolina’s record at home
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Both programs through the years
Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.
Stars of the series
Biggest days
| Malik Carney North Carolina | 8 tackles, 2.5 sacks, 3.5 for loss | 2018 Defense |
Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on).
On television
| 2025 | ESPN | 1.6 million viewers |
Viewers: Nielsen, as compiled by nschultz7’s ratings tracker.
Every game
| Oct 17, 2025 | California 21, North Carolina 18 | at California | ||
| Sep 1, 2018 | California 24, North Carolina 17 | at California | ||
| Sep 2, 2017 | California 35, North Carolina 30 | at North Carolina |
Every game is listed as played on the field.