No. 3 Notre Dame hits the road to square off against North Carolina

No. 3 Notre Dame (4-0) at North Carolina (2-1), Oct. 3 at 12 p.m. EDT.

Opening Line: Notre Dame by 21.5. Against the spread: Notre Dame 3-1, North Carolina 1-2.

How to watch: ESPN

Key stats

Notre Dame Offense

Overall: 416.8 yards per game (63rd in FBS)

Passing: 275 yards per game (34th)

Rushing: 141.8 yards per game (98th)

Scoring: 42.3 points per game (17th)

Notre Dame Defense

Overall: 199.3 yards per game (1st in FBS)

Passing: 145.5 yards per game (9th)

Rushing: 53.8 yards per game (5th)

Scoring: 8.3 points per game (2nd)

North Carolina Offense

Overall: 366 yards per game (93rd in FBS)

Passing: 211 yards per game (89th)

Rushing: 155 yards per game (81st)

Scoring: 23.3 points per game (102nd)

North Carolina Defense

Overall: 312.3 yards per game (44th in FBS)

Passing: 189.3 yards per game (46th)

Rushing: 123 yards per game (61st)

Scoring: 13.7 points per game (20th)

North Carolina is 117th in defensive third down percentage, allowing opponents to convert 44.4% of the time. Notre Dame ranks 67th on offense, converting on 41.5% of third downs.

Notre Dame is 3rd in the FBS with a +8 turnover margin.

Both teams avoid getting penalized. Notre Dame leads the FBS averaging 26.5 penalty yards per game, and North Carolina ranks 4th with a 31.7-yard average.

Both teams have strong red zone defenses. Notre Dame is 19th in FBS, with opponents scoring on 71.4% of trips. North Carolina's red zone defense ranks 4th at 62.5%.

North Carolina ranks 99th in the FBS with an average time of possession of 28:59, compared to Notre Dame's 48th-ranked average of 31:25.

Team leaders

Notre Dame

Passing: C.J. Carr, 963 yards, 9 TDs, 1 INT, 70.5 completion percentage

Rushing: Aneyas Williams, 224 yards on 52 carries, 4 TDs

Receiving: Micah Gilbert, 334 yards on 15 catches, 2 TDs

North Carolina

Passing: Billy Edwards Jr., 611 yards, 3 TDs, 1 INT, 56.4 completion percentage

Rushing: Benjamin Hall, 215 yards on 33 carries, 0 TDs

Receiving: Jelani Thurman, 183 yards on 11 catches, 1 TD

Last game

Notre Dame won 49-10 over Purdue on Sept. 26. Carr threw for 237 yards on 14-of-22 attempts (63.6%) with three touchdowns and one interception. He also carried the ball three times for 10 yards and one rushing touchdown. Williams carried the ball 14 times for 80 yards and scored one touchdown, adding one reception for six yards. Gilbert had two receptions for 83 yards and one touchdown.

North Carolina fell 28-20 to Clemson on Sept. 19. Edwards threw for 135 yards on 13-of-30 attempts (43.3%) with one touchdown and one interception. Hall carried the ball 18 times for 130 yards, adding one reception for 15 yards and one touchdown. Jordan Shipp had six receptions for 68 yards.

Next game

Notre Dame hosts Stanford on Oct. 10. North Carolina plays at Pittsburgh on Oct. 10.