The Miami Hurricanes and North Carolina Tar Heels play on Saturday, Oct. 31, 2026, at Kenan Stadium in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, in a game on the college football Week 9 schedule.
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Check out these college football Week 9 picks and college football Week 9 predictions for the game, which can be seen at 4:30 p.m. MST on ABC (stream with FUBO).
Miami is a 14.5-point favorite over North Carolina in college football Week 9 odds for the game, according to BetMGM Sportsbook.
The Hurricanes are -700 on the moneyline, while the Tar Heels are +525. The over/under (point total) for the game is set at 52.5 points.
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The Sporting News: Miami 38, North Carolina 21
Bill Bender writes: "North Carolina allowed 455 total yards in a 31-30 overtime loss to Syracuse last week. It's going to be a challenge slowing Miami's high-powered offense around Darian Mensah and Malachi Toney. The Tar Heels have not allowed a 300-yard passer this season and are 4-1 ATS as an underdog."
Bookies.com: Bet North Carolina with the points vs Miami
Bill Speros writes: "Bill Belichick earns a statue on the Chapel Hill campus if he’s able to engineer an upset of the No. 1 ranked Miami Hurricanes on Halloween. Look for the Hoodie to unload his bag of tricks against Mario Cristobal’s Hurricanes (7-0 SU/5-2 ATS). The UNC (4-3 SU/4-3 ATS) defense aims to spook Miami’s passing game and try to contain Malachi Toney. Our model has Miami winning by 18.1 points, offering a slight value against this line of 15.5. Both North Carolina and Miami beat Pitt this season: UNC won, 21-17; Miami rolled, 52-23. But Belichick’s Heels are 4-1 ATS as underdogs this season. And in this crazy season of craziness — nothing’s more crazy than Belichick pulling off an upset — against the spread — come Halloween."
Dimers.com: Miami 34, North Carolina 19
It writes: The numbers give Miami Florida a win probability of 85.2%, while North Carolina has a win probability of 14.8%."
ESPN: Miami has an 89.8% chance to defeat North Carolina
The site gives North Carolina a 10.2% shot at winning the college football Week 9 game.
Sports Betting Dime: Miami 32.5, North Carolina 16.7
The site's formula predicts that the Hurricanes will beat the Tar Heels in the Week 9 college football game.
Sports Illustrated: Take Miami to cover against North Carolina
Peter Dewey writes: "While the Tar Heels are over .500, they’ve struggled against elite competition, losing to Clemson (by eight) and Notre Dame (by 11). Belichick’s squad showed some fight against Notre Dame, but I have a lot of questions about this offense – which shouldn’t be good enough to knock off the No. 1 team in the country. North Carolina is 80th in EPA/Pass and 106th in EPA/Rush, scoring less than 30 points in five of its seven games. That simply won’t cut it against Miami, which is a top-10 team in success rate on both sides of the ball, sporting the No. 1 defense in the country in run success rate."
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