{"id":1939611,"date":"2026-10-22T13:52:44","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T17:52:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/?p=1939611"},"modified":"2026-10-22T14:02:23","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T18:02:23","slug":"uncs-bowl-projections-include-facing-penn-state-in-charlotte","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/?p=1939611","title":{"rendered":"UNC\u2019s bowl projections include facing Penn State in Charlotte"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>North Carolina has gone from missing the postseason in Bill Belichick\u2019s first season to a likely bowl team, with several projections for a December trip to Charlotte and a potential matchup with Penn State. The Tar Heels (4\u20132, 2\u20131 ACC) are two victories away from bowl eligibility after consecutive road wins over then-No. 25 Pittsburgh and rival Duke. Their 24\u201320 comeback victory at Duke last Saturday returned the Victory Bell to Chapel Hill and strengthened their postseason outlook, with media outlets projecting UNC to go bowling in Charlotte, The Bronx or Annapolis, Md.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tarheeltribune.com\/2026\/10\/22\/uncs-bowl-projections-include-facing-penn-state-in-charlotte\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click here to read the full article<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>North Carolina has gone from missing the postseason in Bill Belichick\u2019s first season to a likely bowl team, with several projections for a December trip to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":1939612,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"Default","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tarheeltribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/season-scores-schedule-banner.png?resize=1140%2C142&ssl=1","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1,80],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1939611","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","category-north-carolina-tar-heels","wpcat-1-id","wpcat-80-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1939611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1939611"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1939611\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1939613,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1939611\/revisions\/1939613"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1939612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1939611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1939611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1939611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}