University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

===Rivalries===
{{main|Carolina–Duke rivalry|North Carolina–NC State rivalry|South's Oldest Rivalry}}

The [[South's Oldest Rivalry]] between North Carolina and its first opponent, the [[University of Virginia]], was prominent throughout the first third of the twentieth century.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.1122productions.com/rivalries/most-played.html|title=Most-Played Rivalries|access-date=April 14, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090220070515/http://1122productions.com/rivalries/most-played.html|archive-date=February 20, 2009|url-status=live}}</ref> The 119th meeting in [[college football|football]] between two of the top public universities in [[East Coast of the United States|the east]] occurred in October 2014.<ref>''[[U.S. News & World Report]]'' has ranked UC Berkeley, UVA, UCLA, Michigan, and UNC-Chapel Hill as the top five public universities in America for at least nine consecutive years as of 2014.</ref>

One of the fiercest rivalries is with Durham's [[Duke University]]. Located only eight miles from each other, the schools regularly compete in both athletics and academics. The [[Carolina-Duke rivalry]] is most intense, however, in [[college basketball|basketball]].<ref name="hbo">{{cite news|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/richard_deitsch/06/22/media.623/index.html|title=HBO probes Carolina-Duke rivalry|last=Deitsch|first=Richard|work=Media Circus|publisher=SI.com|access-date=June 24, 2008|date=June 23, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080627065723/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/richard_deitsch/06/22/media.623/index.html|archive-date=June 27, 2008|url-status=live}}</ref> With a combined eleven national championships in men's basketball, both teams have been frequent contenders for the national championship for the past thirty years. The rivalry has been the focus of several books, including Will Blythe's ''To Hate Like This Is to Be Happy Forever'' and was the focus of the HBO documentary ''Battle for Tobacco Road: Duke vs Carolina''.<ref>{{cite web|title=HBO.com|url=http://www.hbo.com/sports/battle-for-tobacco-road-duke-vs-carolina/index.html|access-date=November 14, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120211001634/http://www.hbo.com/sports/battle-for-tobacco-road-duke-vs-carolina/index.html|archive-date=February 11, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>

Carolina holds an in-state rivalry with fellow [[Tobacco Road (rivalry) |Tobacco Road]] school, [[North Carolina State University]]. Since the mid-1970s, however, the Tar Heels have shifted their attention to Duke following a severe decline in NC State's basketball program (and the resurgence of Duke's basketball program) that reached rock bottom during Roy Williams' tenure as evidenced by their 4–36 record against the Tar Heels. The Wolfpack faithful still consider the rivalry the most bitter in the state despite the fact that it's been decades since Tar Heel supporters have acknowledged NC State as a rival. Combined, the two schools hold eight NCAA Championships and 27 ACC Championships in basketball. Students from each school often exchange pranks before basketball and football games.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kyle |first=Blakely |date=2006-11-16 |title=Ram Roast deters Tar Heel blue tunnel |url=https://www.technicianonline.com/ram-roast-deters-tar-heel-blue-tunnel/article_04fc0d80-9fa2-56ca-b1e3-c81cd589cef5.html |url-status= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231211041313/https://www.technicianonline.com/ram-roast-deters-tar-heel-blue-tunnel/article_04fc0d80-9fa2-56ca-b1e3-c81cd589cef5.html |archive-date=2023-12-11 |access-date=2023-12-11 |website=Technicianonline.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url= http://media.www.dailytarheel.com/media/storage/paper885/news/2008/02/21/University/Campus.Awakes.To.A.Red.Old.Well-3224421.shtml|title= Campus awakes to a red Old Well|last= Tovar|first= Sergio|date= February 21, 2008|location= Chapel Hill, NC|work= The Daily Tar Heel|access-date=May 18, 2008|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080527222925/http://media.www.dailytarheel.com/media/storage/paper885/news/2008/02/21/University/Campus.Awakes.To.A.Red.Old.Well-3224421.shtml|archive-date= May 27, 2008}}</ref>

[[File:Franklin Street Celebration.jpg|thumb|Celebration on [[Franklin Street (Chapel Hill)|Franklin Street]] after victory over Duke|alt=A large gathering of people on a street with a bonfire in the right side of the image.]]