The North Carolina–NC State rivalry, also known as the State-Carolina game, Carolina–State Game, North Carolina–NC State game, NCSU–UNC game, and other similar permutations, is an ongoing series of athletic competitions between the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Tar Heels and North Carolina State University Wolfpack. The intensity of the game is driven by the universities' similar sizes, the fact the schools are separated by only 25 miles, and the large number of alumni that live within the state's borders. Both are charter members of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) and are part of the Tobacco Road schools. The most popular games between the two are in football, basketball, and baseball. In football, the rivalry game is played at the end of each season during Thanksgiving week. As the ACC has moved to a new scheduling system with protected rivalries, North Carolina and NC State are matched up as permanent rivals so as to allow both schools to face each other annually. Formerly, NC State was in the conference's Atlantic Division and North Carolina was in the Coastal Division and were designated as cross-over rivals that played on a yearly basis. The annual game between both schools is the biggest football rivalry game in the state of North Carolina. Both schools are also known for their basketball history. They have won eight national championships between them (North Carolina 6, NC State 2), and 29 ACC Tournaments (North Carolina 18, NC State 11). North Carolina and NC State are 2 of the 15 college programs that can claim multiple national titles in men's college basketball. In recent years, some Tar Heel basketball players and fans have claimed that the Wolfpack are not their main rivals in basketball due to the Tar Heels' recent dominance, saying that UNC's top basketball rivalry is the North Carolina-Duke rivalry. Opinions vary, however, about the rivalry with NC State. Former North Carolina basketball coach, Roy Williams, has an intense dislike for all things related to NC State. Plenty of articles have been written about Williams' hatred for the Wolfpack, underlining the significance of the rivalry for the fans and alumni of both schools who work, eat, and live together throughout the state of North Carolina, regardless of the outcome of the games. Another Tar Heel great, Tyler Hansbrough, also voiced that his dislike for NC State was greater than his dislike for Duke. In the 2024 ACC Tournament, NC State put an exclamation point on the strength of the basketball rivalry, making history by winning 5 games in 5 days and pulling off an 84-76 upset of the top-seeded Tar Heels in the championship game. Oddly enough, the ACC has split the two in baseball so that the two schools did not meet in the 2014 regular season; the result of that split was the ACC reinstating permanent partners for baseball in 2015. In the interim, the two schools agreed to a nonconference neutral-site game in Durham. NC State and North Carolina faced off in a 3 game series in Raleigh during the 2024 season, with State winning 2 out of the 3 games to win the series.

Football all-time series records

Listed by number of games won. North Carolina: 68; NC State: 40; Ties: 6

Largest victory margins

Listed by score.

Conference Championships

Bowl Record

All time records

Game results since 2000

Men's basketball all-time series records

Listed by number of games won.

All-time series record

Longest Win Streaks

By location

By Titles

By Final Four appearances

By coach

North Carolina coaches

NC State coaches

By decade

Other

Listed by score.

Scores of games (1913–Present)

Winning team is shown in bold. Ranking of the team at the time of the game by the AP poll is shown in parentheses next to the team name (failure to list AP ranking does not necessarily mean the team was not ranked at the time of the game).

Women's basketball all-time series records

Listed by number of games won.

All-time series record

Longest Win Streaks

By location

By Titles

By coach

NC State coaches

UNC coaches

By decade

Other

Listed by score.

Scores of games (1975–Present)

Baseball all-time series records

All-time series record

ACC regular season championships

ACC Tournament championships

College World Series appearances

College World Series victories

NCAA championship game/series appearances

Men's soccer all-time series records

All-time series record (1950-Present)

ACC regular season championships

ACC tournament championships

College Cup appearances

NCAA championships

Wrestling all-time series records

All-time series record (1955-present)

ACC Championships

All-Americans

NCAA Champions (individual)

NCAA Championships (team)

Scores of games (1955–Present)

Gymnastics all-time series records

Series record (1981-present)

Conference Championships

NCAA Champions (individual)

NCAA Championships (team)

Scores of meets (1981–Present)

Men's swimming/diving all-time series records

Women's swimming/diving all-time series records

Softball all-time series records

Women's soccer all-time series records

Men's cross country all-time series records

Women's cross country all-time series records

Volleyball all-time series records

Men's tennis all-time series records

Women's tennis all-time series records

Men's golf all-time series records