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SATURDAY FOOTBALL
THE COMPUTER POLL
THE POLL / ACC / 2026

North Carolina logoNORTH CAROLINA.

Every game. Every component. Every point accounted for.

COMPUTER RANK
#35
AP RANK
NR
RECORD
3–2
COMPUTER SCORE
72.37
North Carolina is #35 with a 3–2 record. Strength of record contributes 35.04 points to its 72.37 total. Its most valuable win is over Pittsburgh (21–17), worth 1.80 résumé units. Capped dominance is its lowest component at 51.1/100. The next team, Memphis, scores 70.88.

THE SCORE, DISASSEMBLED.

v2.0.0
Quality wins · 20%
70.8 / 100
+14.161 points
Strength of schedule · 20%
86.1 / 100
+17.226 points
Strength of record · 50%
70.1 / 100
+35.036 points
Capped dominance · 5%
51.1 / 100
+2.555 points
Loss quality · 5%
67.9 / 100
+3.394 points

SUM OF WEIGHTED CONTRIBUTIONS = 72.37226277
Legacy OWP (diagnostic only): 0.736842 · Legacy OOWP (diagnostic only): 0.459507 · Raw SOS: 0.527339

THE SEASON SO FAR.

WEEKLY COMPUTER RANK
W5W6

W5: #73 → W6: #35

THE RECEIPTS.

WKOPPONENTSITERESULTOPP. QUALITYWIN VALUELOSS PENALTY
1TCUneutralW 15–100.4269+0.7622—
2East Tennessee StateFCShomeW 35–30.0000+0.1500—
3ClemsonRoadL 20–280.5579—1.4268
5Notre DamehomeL 26–370.8426—1.4490
6PittsburghRoadW 21–170.8093+1.7980—

Résumé units feed the quality-win and loss components before percentile normalization. They are not direct additions to the final score.

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