North Carolina upsets No. 25 Pitt 21–17 on a 75-yard Billy Edwards Jr. strike
- Final: North Carolina Tar Heels 21, Pittsburgh Panthers 17
- Where: Acrisure Stadium, Pittsburgh, PA
- When: Saturday, October 10, 2026
- League: CFB
North Carolina went into Pittsburgh and knocked off No. 25 Pitt 21–17, and the winning play took 11 seconds.
Pitt led 10–0 in the second quarter and looked in control. The Tar Heels clawed back to lead 14–10 after three quarters. Pitt went back up 17–14 early in the fourth, and on the very next possession Billy Edwards Jr. hit Shamar Easter for a 75-yard touchdown. That was the last score of the game.
Pitt did nearly everything except win. The Panthers outgained UNC 369–269 and held the ball for 36:32. They also went 0 for 4 on fourth down, and in a four-point game that's the whole story: four chances to extend drives or put points on the board, and none of them converted.
Our take: this can be a turning point for North Carolina, a road win over a ranked team built on one big play and enough defensive stops. For Pitt, it's the kind of loss that sticks, because the stat sheet says they were the better team for most of the afternoon.
There was no AI house pick on this game, so it doesn't affect the record. Saturday's graded picks went 5–1, and the house record is 51–55–2. Every pick is tracked in the open on CoorsKnows.
The AI house pick: none on this game, so it doesn't move the record. The all-time house record is 51–55–2. Today's board is on the picks page, and every graded pick is in the archive.
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