Johnson C. Smith and UNC Pembroke will play for conference championships and playoff berths.
Wake Forest, Campbell and North Carolina Central will try to keep conference championship and playoff hopes alive.
Duke has a chance to knock Miami from its conference championship and playoff course, while NC State celebrates its Senior Day knowing Philip Rivers is coming home to lead the program into 2027.
There are several monumental matchups among North Carolina college football games today for Saturday, Nov. 14.
The Big Picture
- 20 matchups today involving North Carolina college teams, including FBS, FCS, D2 and D3.
- CIAA championship game featuring Johnson C. Smith vs. Virginia Union in Durham
- Conference Carolinas championship featuring UNC Pembroke vs. North Greenville in Tigerville, SC
- Final day of the regular season for our state’s five D3 programs and most D2 programs
- Six North Carolina vs. North Carolina matchups, including ECU at Charlotte and Campbell at Elon.
👉 Fayetteville State won a thriller in the CIAA Friday Night Blitz game in Durham last night, rallying from 21-0 down to beat Virginia State 31-29.
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🔥 What’s At Stake Today
Conference championship trophies
Johnson C. Smith (8-2, 7-1 CIAA) will play for its second CIAA title in a row, facing regular season champion Virginia Union (9-1, 8-0) at 3 p.m. at Durham County Memorial Stadium. The teams did not meet in the regular season.
Meanwhile, UNC Pembroke (8-2, 5-1) will travel to North Greenville (8-2, 5-1) for the Conference Carolinas Bowl, that D2 league’s annual title game. North Greenville won a thrilling 42-41 meeting in the regular season, with UNCP getting stopped on a late two-point conversion.
The winner of both championship matchups will receive their conference’s automatic bid to the NCAA Division II playoffs. The losers must await potential at-large selections.
Staying in the conference hunt
Wake Forest sits in sole possession of second place in the ACC standings, needing to hold serve against SMU to stay on track to make the ACC title game in Charlotte in a few weeks.
Campbell is on pace for a winner-take-all matchup against Monmouth for the CAA title and auto-bid into the FCS playoffs next Saturday, but needs to get past Elon first.
North Carolina Central travels to South Carolina State in a battle of MEAC leaders eyeing the league’s berth in the Celebration Bowl in Atlanta. Both teams are 3-0 in the conference standings.
In-state bragging rights
There are six contests today across four divisions of play which feature two North Carolina teams against each other. Brevard is playing for a clean sweep of its four North Carolina D3 comrades.
- East Carolina at Charlotte (FBS)
- Campbell at Elon (FCS)
- Wingate at Mars Hill (D2)
- Lenoir-Rhyne at Catawba (D2)
- Brevard at North Carolina Wesleyan (D3)
- Greensboro at Methodist (D3)
🏈 North Carolina College Football Games Today: Saturday, Nov. 14
FBS Games
Duke at Miami – 12 p.m., ABC
Syracuse at NC State – 12 p.m., ACC Network
Wake Forest at SMU – 12 p.m., ESPN
East Carolina at Charlotte – 1 p.m., ESPN+
Appalachian State at Marshall – 6 p.m., ESPN+
Louisville at North Carolina – 7 p.m., ESPN2
FCS Games
Davidson at Dayton – 12 p.m., YouTube
North Carolina A&T at Hampton – 1 p.m., FloCollege
North Carolina Central at South Carolina State – 1:30 p.m., ESPN+
Campbell at Elon – 2 p.m., FloCollege
Gardner-Webb at Western Illinois – 2 p.m., ESPN+
Western Carolina at Samford – 3:30 p.m., ESPN+
D2 Games
Conference Carolinas Bowl: UNC Pembroke at North Greenville – 1 p.m., Conference Carolinas Digital Network
Edward Waters at Chowan – 1 p.m., Conference Carolinas Digital Network
Wingate at Mars Hill – 1 p.m., FloCollege
CIAA Championship: Johnson C. Smith vs. Virginia Union in Durham, NC – 3 p.m., CIAA Sports Network
Lenoir-Rhyne at Catawba – 6 p.m., FloCollege
D3 Games
Guilford at Shenandoah – 1 p.m., FloCollege
Brevard at North Carolina Wesleyan – 6 p.m., FloCollege
Greensboro at Methodist – 6 p.m., FloCollege
📺 How to Watch North Carolina College Football Today
Saturday’s games are available across traditional TV networks and several streaming platforms. Here’s a quick guide of where you can watch:
- ACC Network: Available through participating TV providers and ESPN Unlimited. Carries Syracuse at NC State today.
- ESPN+: Subscription streaming service available through ESPN Select or Unlimited. Features several FBS and FCS matchups, including App State-Marshall, ECU-Charlotte, NCCU-South Carolina State and WCU-Samford.
- FloSports: Subscription streaming platform carrying numerous FCS, Division II and Division III games, including Campbell-Elon, Wingate-Mars Hill and Lenoir-Rhyne at Catawba.
- Conference Carolinas Digital Network: Streams conference home games, today’s Conference Carolinas Bowl between UNCP and North Greenville.
- CIAA Sports Network: Streaming home for CIAA football, including today’s conference championship game between Johnson C. Smith and Virginia Union.
🏈 Follow Saturday’s Scores
Follow all of today’s games on the North Carolina College Football Scoreboard
