ACC schedule review: North Carolina Tar Heels

This week, we’re examining each ACC team’s schedule, identifying the biggest games, looming upsets and most grueling stretches for each.

Next up: North Carolina Tar Heels

Larry Fedora has turned UNC into a power player over the past two seasons, but 2017 represents a changing of the guard. Virtually every skill player who contributed on the offense is gone, as are Nazair Jones, Des Lawrence and defensive coordinator Gene Chizik. So, can the rebuilt Tar Heels of 2017 make some noise in the Coastal?

Toughest three-game stretch: Sept. 23-Oct. 7 (vs. Duke, at Georgia Tech, vs. Notre Dame)

Two of these three opponents missed bowl games last year, but that hardly makes this stretch easy. Duke should…