North Carolina (2-2) at No. 25 Pittsburgh (5-0), Oct. 10 at 12 p.m. EDT.
Opening Line: Pittsburgh by 3.5. Against the spread: Pittsburgh 4-1, North Carolina 2-2.
How to watch: ESPN
Key stats
Pittsburgh Offense
Overall: 478.0 yards per game (23rd in FBS)
Passing: 316.0 yards per game (10th)
Rushing: 162.0 yards per game (64th)
Scoring: 38.4 points per game (24th)
Pittsburgh Defense
Overall: 295.4 yards per game (30th in FBS)
Passing: 239.8 yards per game (110th)
Rushing: 55.6 yards per game (2nd)
Scoring: 13.4 points per game (12th)
North Carolina Offense
Overall: 345.8 yards per game (109th in FBS)
Passing: 210.3 yards per game (89th)
Rushing: 135.5 yards per game (100th)
Scoring: 24.0 points per game (98th)
North Carolina Defense
Overall: 353.0 yards per game (69th in FBS)
Passing: 200.5 yards per game (60th)
Rushing: 152.5 yards per game (89th)
Scoring: 19.5 points per game (43rd)
North Carolina is 71st in third down percentage, converting 40.9% of the time. Pittsburgh ranks 20th on defense, allowing its opponents at convert at 29.0%.
North Carolina ranks 75th in the FBS with a -1 turnover margin, compared to Pittsburgh's 14th-ranked +5 margin.
Pittsburgh is 127th in the FBS averaging 79.4 penalty yards per game, compared to North Carolina's 4th-ranked 28.8 per-game average.
Pittsburgh is 68th in FBS in red zone offense, scoring on 86.4% of trips. North Carolina's red zone defense ranks 9th at 69.2%.
North Carolina ranks 122nd in the FBS with an average time of possession of 27:28, compared to Pittsburgh's 39th-ranked average of 31:38.
Team leaders
Pittsburgh
Passing: Mason Heintschel, 1,304 yards, 14 TDs, 1 INT, 66.2 completion percentage
Rushing: Damon Ferguson Jr., 270 yards on 51 carries, 3 TDs
Receiving: Cataurus Hicks, 315 yards on 15 catches, 3 TDs
North Carolina
Passing: Billy Edwards Jr., 819 yards, 6 TDs, 3 INTs, 57.5 completion percentage
Rushing: Benjamin Hall, 251 yards on 43 carries, 0 TDs
Receiving: Jordan Shipp, 273 yards on 20 catches, 0 TDs
Last game
Pittsburgh defeated Virginia Tech 35-33 on Oct. 2. Heintschel passed for 113 yards on 10-of-18 attempts (55.6%) with one touchdown and no interceptions. Ja'Kyrian Turner carried the ball 14 times for 65 yards and scored one touchdown, adding six receptions for 35 yards. Hicks recorded 63 yards on three catches with two touchdowns.
North Carolina lost 37-26 to Notre Dame on Oct. 3. Edwards led North Carolina with 208 yards on 17-of-28 passing (60.7%) for three touchdowns and two interceptions. Hall had 36 rushing yards on 10 carries. Shipp recorded 109 yards on seven catches.
Next game
Pittsburgh plays at Boston College on Oct. 17. North Carolina plays at Duke on Oct. 17.
