North Carolina’s football future just got a whole lot more interesting and maybe a little riskier. The Tar Heels have quietly shifted a key element of their 2026 non-conference schedule, swapping two anticipated home games for away contests, wanting a tougher path ahead. But the twist is this decision coincides with whispers and reports that Bill Belichick is angling for a future move to the SEC, the most competitive and financially lucrative conference in college football.

So the change is a planned home opener against UConn in Chapel Hill is now set to kick off in East Hartford instead, as reported by FBSchedules. Throw in moving their TCU game to a neutral site in Dublin, Ireland, and suddenly, it’s not the soft non-conference slate that many Power Five programs aim for when buildi

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