Each team heads into the weekend with one side of the ball hoping their identity is found, while the other side needs some improvement.
- Atlantic Coast Conference (38th year)
- Atlanta, Georgia
- 2021 record: 1-2
- 2021 conference record: 0-1
- All-time record versus UNC: 30-22-3 (First meeting: October 30, 1915)
- Current win streak: UNC - 1 (2019)
- AP Top 25 ranking: n/a
- 2021 Football Power Index ranking: 56 (3.0)
- 2021 Team Efficiencies ranking: 56 (60.5)
- 2021 Total Offense ranking: 80 (379.