The North Carolina Tar Heels football team plays the California Golden Bears in Week 8 of the 2025 college football season on Friday, Oct. 17 (10:30 p.m., ESPN ) at California Memorial Stadium in Berkeley.

The Tar Heels (2-3, 0-1 ACC) have only played once in the last three weeks ahead of their ACC road opener against Cal (4-2, 1-1), which is 2-0 in the all-time series against UNC. The teams played a home-and-home series in 2017-18.

In its first season under coach Bill Belichick , UNC has lost its first three games against Power 4 teams by a program-record 87-point margin, outscored 120-33 in those matchups . Stream UNC-Cal on Fubo (free trial)

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