

North Carolina Tar Heels at Duke Blue Devils
Post-game analysis · Saturday, October 17, 2026
The betting line
DUKE -3.5
Sportsbooks make Duke Blue Devils the favorite by 3.5. Expected combined score: 47.5
DraftKings · updated Wed, 6:07 PM EDT
Our projected score
North Carolina Tar Heels—
Duke Blue Devils—
Final score
North Carolina Tar Heels24
Duke Blue Devils20
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Our recommendations on this game
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Team
No high-rated team recommendation on this matchup. We only show one here when DraftKings posted the number and price and we locked a high-rated recommendation before kickoff.
Players
- Shamar Easter — Anytime touchdown: Yes+425DraftKings line 0.5 · rating high · line recorded Oct 13, 9:30 PM EDT · result loss
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Player prop angles
Our model projects individual stat lines from each player's recent games and the matchup in front of them, then compares that projection to the live sportsbook number. Where a book has not posted a prop yet, the line shown is our own.
- DUKE

Jaivon Solomon — Anytime touchdown: Yes
We project 0.33Recent average 0.33 over 3 gamesConfidence mediumLine DraftKings +600Jaivon Solomon scored in 1 of 3 games this season (0.33 touchdowns per game after the matchup), and the matchup is roughly neutral. Our model gives him a 33% chance to score, against 14% in the DraftKings price (+600), so the play is Anytime touchdown: Yes.
- DUKE

Kavon Simmons — Anytime touchdown: Yes
We project 0.67Recent average 0.67 over 3 gamesConfidence mediumLine DraftKings +600Kavon Simmons scored in 2 of 3 games this season (0.67 touchdowns per game after the matchup), and the matchup is roughly neutral. Our model gives him a 67% chance to score, against 14% in the DraftKings price (+600), so the play is Anytime touchdown: Yes.
MissedFinal: Kavon Simmons did not score a touchdown
- DUKE

Jared Richardson — Anytime touchdown: Yes
We project 0.67Recent average 0.67 over 3 gamesConfidence mediumLine DraftKings +475Jared Richardson scored in 2 of 3 games this season (0.67 touchdowns per game after the matchup), and the matchup is roughly neutral. Our model gives him a 67% chance to score, against 17% in the DraftKings price (+475), so the play is Anytime touchdown: Yes.
MissedFinal: Jared Richardson did not score a touchdown
- UNC

Jelani Thurman — Anytime touchdown: Yes
We project 0.8Recent average 0.6 over 5 gamesConfidence mediumLine DraftKings +135Jelani Thurman scored in 3 of 5 games this season (0.8 touchdowns per game after the matchup), and the matchup is roughly neutral. Our model gives him a 60% chance to score, against 43% in the DraftKings price (+135), so the play is Anytime touchdown: Yes.
MissedFinal: Jelani Thurman did not score a touchdown
- UNC

Shamar Easter — Anytime touchdown: Yes
We project 0.39Recent average 0.39 over 6 gamesConfidence highLine DraftKings +425Shamar Easter scored in 2 of 4 games this season and in 0 of 2 games last season (0.39 touchdowns per game after the matchup), and the matchup is roughly neutral. Our model gives him a 39% chance to score, against 19% in the DraftKings price (+425), so the play is Anytime touchdown: Yes.
MissedFinal: Shamar Easter did not score a touchdown
Records & form
How our picks have graded in NCAA Football, plus how both teams have actually played.
Our College Football record
3-2
60% of graded picks covered
Road team

North Carolina Tar Heels
Record 1-0
Against the spread 1-0 (100%)
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Home team

Duke Blue Devils
Record 0-1
Against the spread 0-1 (0%)
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