It’s an unusual week for college football in North Carolina.
Five games involving teams from the Old North State will be played before Saturday, an entire conference is taking a breather and road trips dominate a Week 8 schedule that features only six North Carolina teams playing at home Saturday.
And some of those road trips are lengthy. NC State heads to the West Coast for a Friday night matchup at Stanford, Campbell travels north to Maine and Brevard treks to Montgomery, Alabama, to face Huntingdon.
The South Atlantic Conference has a near league-wide bye, leaving Wingate, Lenoir-Rhyne, Catawba and Mars Hill idle. Meanwhile, App State and East Carolina play Thursday night, followed by Duke, NC State and North Carolina Central on Friday.
Saturday’s in-state spotlight falls on Chapel Hill and Pembroke.
UNC will try to build on its recent momentum when Syracuse visits Kenan Stadium, while UNC Pembroke hosts a surprising Chowan team that enters the week atop the Conference Carolinas standings.
It’s an unconventional Week 8, but there’s plenty at stake across the state. Here is the full schedule, with start times and TV/streaming information.
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🏈 North Carolina College Football Schedule: Week 8 Games
Thursday, Oct. 22, 2026
7:00 p.m. ET – James Madison at Appalachian State, ESPNU
7:30 p.m. ET – East Carolina at Memphis, ESPN2
Friday, Oct. 23, 2026
5:00 p.m. ET – North Carolina Central at Delaware State, ESPN2
7:00 p.m. ET – Duke at Virginia, ESPN
10:30 p.m. ET – NC State at Stanford, ESPN
Saturday, Oct. 24, 2026
12:00 p.m. ET – Louisburg at Hocking, TV/streaming TBD
1:00 p.m. ET – Campbell at Maine, FloCollege
1:00 p.m. ET – Greensboro at LaGrange, FloCollege
1:00 p.m. ET – Guilford at Randolph-Macon, FloCollege
1:00 p.m. ET – Johnson C. Smith at Bowie State, CIAA Sports Network
1:00 p.m. ET – Shaw at Virginia Union, CIAA Sports Network
1:00 p.m. ET – Winston-Salem State at Lincoln (PA), CIAA Sports Network
2:00 p.m. ET – Brevard at Huntingdon, Boxcast
2:00 p.m. ET – Elizabeth City State at Livingstone, CIAA Sports Network
2:00 p.m. ET – Fayetteville State at Bluefield State, CIAA Sports Network
2:00 p.m. ET – North Greenville at Barton, Conference Carolinas Digital Network
2:30 p.m. ET – Chattanooga at Western Carolina, Nexstar/ESPN+
3:00 p.m. ET – Chowan at UNC Pembroke, Conference Carolinas Digital Network
6:00 p.m. ET – Methodist at North Carolina Wesleyan, FloCollege
7:30 p.m. ET – Syracuse at North Carolina, ACC Network
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