According to a report from college basketball insider Jon Rothstein, UNC will face Kentucky in a true road game as part of the 2025 edition of the ACC-SEC Challenge this fall. Rothstein shared the news on social media Wednesday afternoon, along with the other expected matchups in the challenge.
NEWS: Matchups are set for the 2025 ACC/SEC Challenge, per sources.
UF @ DukeUNC @ UKUVA @ TexasNC St @ AuburnClemson @ BamaLVille @ ArkOU @ WakeSMU @ VandyA&M @ PittMiss St @ GTMiami @ Ole MissLSU @ BCVT@SCTenn @ CuseMizzou @ NDUGA @ FSU t.co/SYoZLlz1Fd
— Jon Rothstein (@JonRothstein) June 11, 2025
Should the Tar Heels indeed face the Wildcats, it will be the first matchup between the two teams since Kentucky hired head coach Mark Pope. The 2025-26 season will be Pope’s second in Lexington following the departure of longtime head coach John Calipari. The game would also be the first time UNC has visited Kentucky’s Rupp Arena since the 2014-15 season, when the top-ranked Wildcats won 84-70.
In past seasons, the two programs maintained a home-and-home series, with the two teams visiting each other in corresponding years. However, that deal was abandoned following the inception of the CBS Sports Classic, a four-team event featuring both the Wildcats and Tar Heels. The teams have not played on each others’ campuses since the matchup in Lexington in 2014.
Overall, UNC has dropped seven of its last 10 meetings with Kentucky, including both games under head coach Hubert Davis. Carolina has not beaten the Wildcats on the road since 2007, having lost its last three games at Rupp Arena.
The 2025-26 season will be the third featuring the ACC-SEC Challenge. UNC has split its first two games of the annual event, beating Tennessee in 2023 and falling to Alabama in 2024. Both games were in Chapel Hill.
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