North Carolina·ACC

2018 — The 2018 Season

North Carolina's 2018 season (2-9) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 2-9
Final result Non-bowl season
AP final — post-bowls
SP+ +0.9 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
L @ Califo 17-24 L @ East Car 19-41 W vs Pittsb 38-35 L @ Miami 10-47 L vs Virg Tec 19-22 L @ Syracuse 37-40 L @ Virginia 21-31 L vs Geor Tec 28-38 L @ Duke 35-42 W vs West Car 49-26 L vs NC State 28-34

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2018.

Defining moments
The statement

The 2018 season's largest margin: North Carolina 49, Western Carolina 26. A 23-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: North Carolina 10, Miami 47. A 37-point margin the season is remembered by.

"Go Heels"
— North Carolina fanbase voice · 2018· synthesized
What it meant

2018 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.