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2025 North Carolina Central

8–⁠4 (3–⁠2 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference).

Schedule and results

North Carolina Central in 2025, game by game: won vs. Southern 31–14; lost vs. New Hampshire 10–27; lost at Old Dominion 6–54; won vs. Fayetteville State 49–19; won at North Carolina A&T 62–20; won at East Texas A&M 50–42; won at Florida A&M 45–7; lost vs. Delaware State 26–35; won at Howard 35–14; won vs. Norfolk State 31–28; lost vs. South Carolina State 27–34; won at Morgan State 33–14+42−48Won 31–14 vs. Southern+17SouthernLost 10–27 vs. New Hampshire-17New HampshireLost 6–54 at Old Dominion-48Old DominionWon 49–19 vs. Fayetteville State+30Fayetteville St…Won 62–20 at North Carolina A&T+42North Carolina …Won 50–42 at East Texas A&M+8East Texas A&MWon 45–7 at Florida A&M+38Florida A&MLost 26–35 vs. Delaware State-9Delaware StateWon 35–14 at Howard+21HowardWon 31–28 vs. Norfolk State+3Norfolk StateLost 27–34 vs. South Carolina State-7South Carolina …Won 33–14 at Morgan State+19Morgan State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Aug 23vsSouthernW 31–⁠1460%
Aug 30vsNew HampshireL 10–⁠2764%
Sep 6atOld DominionL 6–⁠5427%
Sep 13vsFayetteville StateW 49–⁠1981%
Sep 20atNorth Carolina A&TW 62–⁠2070%
Sep 27atEast Texas A&MW 50–⁠4270%
Oct 11atFlorida A&MW 45–⁠755%
Oct 25vsDelaware StateL 26–⁠3583%
Nov 1atHowardW 35–⁠1462%
Nov 8vsNorfolk StateW 31–⁠2888%
Nov 14vsSouth Carolina StateL 27–⁠3461%
Nov 22atMorgan StateW 33–⁠1464%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Morgan State 33–⁠14; unranked in the final AP poll; 3rd in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference.

In program history: The 6th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 21 on file).

Record
8–⁠4
Conference
3–⁠2 3rd in Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
405–⁠308
Coach
—
Elo
1395 +17 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−30.8 No. 70 of 129 in FCS
Recruiting class
No. 188
Offensive coordinator
Matt Leone
Defensive coordinator
Jesse Thompson

Leaders

Passing yardsWalker Harris QB3,215 yds
Passing touchdownsWalker Harris QB24 TD
Rushing yardsChris Mosley RB1,020 yds
Rushing touchdownsChris Mosley RB8 TD
Receiving yardsChance Peterson WR721 yds
Receiving touchdownsChauncey Spikes WR9 TD
TacklesMax U’Ren LB10 tkl
SacksThomas Johnson DE1 sacks
InterceptionsJelani Vassell DB5 INT

Top recruits in the 2025 class

Chanston Crosby QB★★★No. 2705
Lionel Burns III S
LeBron Sharpe RB
Victor Goree OL
Jovon Wright S

247Sports composite rankings via CollegeFootballData.com; national rank in the class.

The 2025 class by position

SignedStarsRating
Quarterbacks13.00.824

High-school signees by position group, with their average stars and 247Sports composite rating (out of 1), via CollegeFootballData.com. Athletes are signees with no set position.

Transfers in 0

The 2025 portal

No transfers in.

Transfers out 3

Jaylen Bowden CB★★★to Minnesota
J’mari Taylor RB★★★to Virginia
Miles Campbell TE★★★★to Florida A&M

2025 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
South Carolina State5–⁠010–⁠3
Delaware State4–⁠18–⁠4
North Carolina Central3–⁠28–⁠4
Howard2–⁠35–⁠7
Morgan State1–⁠44–⁠8
Norfolk State0–⁠51–⁠11

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.