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TCU at North Carolina Preview & Picks – TCU To Wreck Bill Belichick’s College Football Debut

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31 Jul 2025
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Leigh Copson 31 Jul 2025
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  • TCU at North Carolina picks for Monday, September 1
  • Game is taking place at Kenan Memorial Stadium
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    TCU at North Carolina Preview & Picks
  • TCU at North Carolina Preview & Picks
  • Head To Head
  • TCU Form
  • North Carolina Form

TCU at North Carolina Preview & Picks

TCU are tipped to spoil Bill Belichick’s debut as North Carolina coach.

The Horned Frogs have returned a bunch of starters on both sides of the football, including star quarterback Josh Hoover, and that consistency can give them the advantage.

  • TCU are 6-1 in their previous 7 games
  • North Carolina are 2-4 in their last 6 games
  • North Carolina were 0-2-0 ATS in their 2 games as a betting underdog last season
  • The Under has cashed in 3 of TCU’s last 4 games

Head To Head

  • North Carolina lead the all-time series 3-0
  • North Carolina won 31-10 when the two teams last met in October 1997

TCU Form

TCU enter the 2025 campaign looking to pick up from where they left off at the end of the 2025 campaign.

The Horned Frogs lost three of their first six games last season, ending any hopes they had of reaching the College Football Playoffs pretty quickly.

They did finish the campaign on a solid run of form though, winning six of their final seven games, including a Bowl game.

TCU won 13-7 in Utah and beat Texas Tech 35-34 at home, before suffering a 37-34 road defeat at the hands of Baylor.

The Horned Frogs rallied though, beating Oklahoma State 38-13, Arizona 49-28 and Cincinnati 20-13, before lifting the New Mexico Bowl thanks to a 34-3 blowout of Louisiana.

North Carolina Form

North Carolina made a huge change after a disappointing 2024 campaign that saw them go 6-7 and lose a Bowl game.

The Tar Heels lured Hall of Fame-bound head coach Bill Belichick to Chapel Hill, in the hope that he ran replicate his pro football success in the college ranks.

He arrived to take over a team that lost four straight games between late September and mid-October to effectively end their season.

North Carolina rallied with three straight victories, but they failed to maintain that momentum until the end of the campaign.

The Tar Heels lost back-to-back games to end the regular season, before suffering a 27-14 defeat at the hands of Connecticut in the Fenway Bowl.

Verdict

All eyes are on Bill Belichick heading into this one, but we are not buying.

TCU are the better team and return plenty of talent from the group that finished 2024 strong, so we expect the visitors to spoil the party.

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