Game Day Central is your 2026 guide to North Carolina high school, college and Carolina Panthers football, with schedules, scores, standings, rankings, Game Centers, TV information and more.
North Carolina has one of the country’s largest football landscapes, with more than 400 high school programs, 32 NCAA college programs plus Louisburg College at the junior college level, and the NFL’s Carolina Panthers.
That’s a lot of football to track.
NC Football News’ Game Day Central is your dashboard for navigating it all. Whether you follow one team, one division or football across the entire state, use this page to quickly find schedules, scores, standings, rankings, Game Centers and our latest coverage.
Start here:
- 🗓️ This Week: What’s happening across North Carolina football right now
- 🏫 High School: Scoreboards, Fabulous 15, schedules, playoffs and more
- 🏈 College: Weekly schedules, scores, standings, rankings and Game Centers
- 🐆 Carolina Panthers: Schedule, scores and Game Centers
📅 This Week in North Carolina Football: Aug. 24-30
Football season is officially here across every level of the state. Here is what is going on this week:
🏫 High School: Week 1 concludes Monday after storms forced several Friday games to be postponed. Week 2 games will be played on Friday night. Check the Week 1 scoreboard →
🏈 College: The 2026 season opens with 22 games involving North Carolina programs. Thursday’s five-game slate includes Wingate at UNC Pembroke, followed by Virginia Union at Lenoir-Rhyne on Friday. Saturday brings UNC-TCU in Ireland, NC State at Virginia and Eastern Kentucky at Western Carolina among the headliners. See the complete Week 0 schedule →
🐆 Panthers: Carolina closes the preseason Friday night at home against the Houston Texans. Open the Panthers Game Center →
🏫 North Carolina High School Football
Follow the Season
- North Carolina High School Football Scoreboard – Weekly scores and results from across the state
- Fabulous 15 + The Next 10 – NC Football News’ statewide rankings
- Latest North Carolina High School Football News – Links to our latest stories and coverage
Playoffs & History
- NCHSAA Playoff Brackets – 2025 archive; 2026 brackets coming this fall
- NCISAA Playoff Brackets – 2025 archive; 2026 brackets coming this fall
- Past NCHSAA State Champions – Every champ from 1913 to present day
🏈 North Carolina College Football
This Week
- This Week in North Carolina College Football
- Weekly College Game Day Central
- College Football Scores
Find Your Team
Follow the Race
- Statewide Standings – All 33 teams in one standings table
- Conference Standings
- Small-College Awards
- Season Stat Leaders
- Weekly Stat Champions
Featured Games (Week 0 Games)
- UNC vs. TCU in Ireland
- NC State at Virginia
- Eastern Kentucky at Western Carolina
- Wingate at UNC Pembroke
- Virginia Union at Lenoir-Rhyne
📨 Follow Small-College Football All Season
Small-College Saturdays is our Substack/newsletter and goes beyond the scores with players to watch, game-week storylines, rankings, awards and observations from across North Carolina’s FCS, D2 and D3 landscape.
Subscribe to Small-College Saturdays →
🐆 Carolina Panthers
- Carolina Panthers Hub – 2026 schedule and team snapshot
- Panthers Game Center – Houston Texans at Carolina Panthers Preseason (Aug. 28)
- Latest Panthers Coverage
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