North Carolina·ACC

2015 — The Top-10 Year

North Carolina finished 2015 inside the final AP top-10. The top-10 is the tier the program calibrates annual expectation against.

Record 11-3
Final result 11-win season Lost the Russell Athletic Bowl
AP final #10 post-bowls
SP+ +6.2 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
L @ S Caro 13-17 W vs Nort A&T 53-14 W vs Illinois 48-14 W vs Delaware 41-14 W @ Geor Tec 38-31 W vs Wake For 50-14 W vs Virginia 26-13 W @ Pittsb 26-19 W vs Duke 66-31 W vs Miami 59-21 W @ Virg Tec 30-27 W @ NC State 45-34 L @ Clemson 37-45 L @ Baylor 38-49 Bowl

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2015.

Defining moments
The statement

The 2015 season's largest margin: North Carolina 53, North Carolina A&T 14. A 39-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: North Carolina 38, Baylor 49. A 11-point margin the season is remembered by.

The postseason

The season's last act: North Carolina fell to Baylor 38-49 in the postseason.

"Go Heels"
— North Carolina fanbase voice · 2015· synthesized
What it meant

2015 is a middle chapter for North Carolina — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.