Rivalry leaderboard
North Carolina-NC State Greatest Games
The series' top 25 meetings, ranked without team allegiance by game-time AP strength, final-score closeness, and overtime.
- Games
- 25
- Top score
- 51/100
- Overtime
- 2
Series context
- Completed meetings
- 105
- Series record
- North Carolina 60-40-5 NC State
- Tracked years
- 1894-2024
- Trophy
- No named trophy
Series ranking
The rivalry's top 25 games
12 of these games include at least one AP-ranked team at kickoff. Open a supported game for its box score and statistics.
- 1981Week 7
North Carolina at NC State
North Carolina 21, NC State 10
Winner: North Carolina
No. 4 North Carolina vs. Unranked NC State · 11-point margin
Ranking 22/50 · Closeness 24/35 · Overtime 0/15
46
Game score
- 1997Week 9
North Carolina at NC State
North Carolina 20, NC State 7
Winner: North Carolina
No. 4 North Carolina vs. Unranked NC State · 13-point margin
Ranking 22/50 · Closeness 22/35 · Overtime 0/15
44
Game score
- 1950Week 2
NC State at North Carolina
NC State 7, North Carolina 13
Winner: North Carolina
Unranked NC State vs. No. 11 North Carolina · 6-point margin
Ranking 15/50 · Closeness 29/35 · Overtime 0/15
44
Game score
- 1948Week 6
NC State at North Carolina
NC State 0, North Carolina 14
Winner: North Carolina
Unranked NC State vs. No. 6 North Carolina · 14-point margin
Ranking 20/50 · Closeness 21/35 · Overtime 0/15
41
Game score
- 1986Week 8
NC State at North Carolina
NC State 35, North Carolina 34
Winner: NC State
No. 20 NC State vs. Unranked North Carolina · 1-point margin
Ranking 6/50 · Closeness 34/35 · Overtime 0/15
40
Game score
- 1949Week 3
NC State at North Carolina
NC State 6, North Carolina 26
Winner: North Carolina
Unranked NC State vs. No. 6 North Carolina · 20-point margin
Ranking 20/50 · Closeness 15/35 · Overtime 0/15
35
Game score
- 1934Week 7
North Carolina at NC State
North Carolina 7, NC State 7
Result: Tie
Unranked North Carolina vs. Unranked NC State · 0-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 35/35 · Overtime 0/15
35
Game score
- 1928Week 9
NC State at North Carolina
NC State 6, North Carolina 6
Result: Tie
Unranked NC State vs. Unranked North Carolina · 0-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 35/35 · Overtime 0/15
35
Game score
- 1905Week 9
NC State at North Carolina
NC State 0, North Carolina 0
Result: Tie
Unranked NC State vs. Unranked North Carolina · 0-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 35/35 · Overtime 0/15
35
Game score
- 1904Week 10
North Carolina at NC State
North Carolina 6, NC State 6
Result: Tie
Unranked North Carolina vs. Unranked NC State · 0-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 35/35 · Overtime 0/15
35
Game score
- 1902Week 9
NC State at North Carolina
NC State 0, North Carolina 0
Result: Tie
Unranked NC State vs. Unranked North Carolina · 0-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 35/35 · Overtime 0/15
35
Game score
- 1980Week 8
NC State at North Carolina
NC State 8, North Carolina 28
Winner: North Carolina
Unranked NC State vs. No. 7 North Carolina · 20-point margin
Ranking 19/50 · Closeness 15/35 · Overtime 0/15
34
Game score
- 1975Week 7
North Carolina at NC State
North Carolina 20, NC State 21
Winner: NC State
Unranked North Carolina vs. Unranked NC State · 1-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 34/35 · Overtime 0/15
34
Game score
- 1972Week 3
NC State at North Carolina
NC State 33, North Carolina 34
Winner: North Carolina
Unranked NC State vs. Unranked North Carolina · 1-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 34/35 · Overtime 0/15
34
Game score
- 1964Week 2
NC State at North Carolina
NC State 14, North Carolina 13
Winner: NC State
Unranked NC State vs. Unranked North Carolina · 1-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 34/35 · Overtime 0/15
34
Game score
- 1962Week 2
NC State at North Carolina
NC State 7, North Carolina 6
Winner: NC State
Unranked NC State vs. Unranked North Carolina · 1-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 34/35 · Overtime 0/15
34
Game score
- 1919Week 6
North Carolina at NC State
North Carolina 13, NC State 12
Winner: North Carolina
Unranked North Carolina vs. Unranked NC State · 1-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 34/35 · Overtime 0/15
34
Game score
- 1995Week 14
North Carolina at NC State
North Carolina 30, NC State 28
Winner: North Carolina
Unranked North Carolina vs. Unranked NC State · 2-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 33/35 · Overtime 0/15
33
Game score
- 1973Week 6
North Carolina at NC State
North Carolina 26, NC State 28
Winner: NC State
Unranked North Carolina vs. Unranked NC State · 2-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 33/35 · Overtime 0/15
33
Game score
- 1974Week 7
NC State at North Carolina
NC State 14, North Carolina 33
Winner: North Carolina
No. 10 NC State vs. Unranked North Carolina · 19-point margin
Ranking 16/50 · Closeness 16/35 · Overtime 0/15
32
Game score
Methodology
How each game earns up to 100 points
AP ranking, 50 points: each team earns 26 minus its game-time AP rank. Unranked teams receive zero.
Closeness, 35 points: the final margin is subtracted from 35, with margins of 35 or more receiving zero.
Overtime, 15 points: overtime starts at nine points and rises by two per additional period, capped at 15.
Regular-season rankings use the AP Top 25 recorded for the game's week. Postseason meetings use the final regular-season AP poll before bowl and playoff results. Games before 2005 remain in the ranking but do not link to unsupported box-score pages. Videos are matched by canonical game ID or by a rematch-safe season matchup.