Oct 29, 2015 06:00 PM EDT By Russell Westerholm, UniversityHerald Reporter

The North Carolina Tar Heels and Pittsburgh Panthers (23) are vying for the ACC Coastal division lead, each taking an undefeated conference record into their matchup.

Pittsburgh needs the win to bolster its case in national poll, as the team is 0-1 against ranked opponents this season. North Carolina, on the other hand, is facing its first ranked opponent and could stand to jump into the Top 25.

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Neither team has ACC heavyweights Clemson or Florida State on their schedules, but are eyeing one or the other if the reach the conference title game. Regardless, all that matters for Pittsburgh head football coach Pat Narduzzi is this week's game.

"Outside this room I really don't care what they say or what they think," he said in his weekly press conference. "It really matters what we think in this room. I think we're a darn good football team. "

North Carolina's tough pass defense will be put to the test against Pittsburgh's offense, which features the conference's leading receiver.

"It's not about the adjustments and the speech and all that," North Carolina head coach Larry Fedora told reporters this week. "It is really just staying calm and being patient... and letting (the players) adjust to it. Our guys have played really well in the second half."

(Quotes, stats courtesy of ESPN)

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