HARRISONBURG — Bryan Schor said he gave himself less than 24 hours to digest James Madison’s win over Central Connecticut State last Saturday before beginning preparation for today’s test at FBS North Carolina.

The Dukes’ junior quarterback ran for three scores in Week 1 and threw for three scores in Week 2. Schor said he wants to continue his success even as the strength of Madison’s opponents increase.

“You have to take that small amount of time to digest the last team you played,” Schor said. “But I’d say by Sunday night, I got a glimpse of what [North Carolina] runs.”

No. 11 JMU (2-0) and North Carolina (1-1) are scheduled to kick off at 3:30 p.m. inside Kenan Memorial Stadium in Chapel Hill, N.C.

When Schor started watching film of the Tar Heels’ defense, it didn’t take him long to notice a glaring familiarity.

“It’s actually similar to the defense that our defense has run all camp and all year against us,” Schor said. “That’s one thing that’s a plus for our offense.”

Under second-year defensive coordinator Gene Chizik, North Carolina sits in a base 4-2-5 system. The biggest difference between the JMU’s unit and UNC’s unit is the personnel, Schor said.

JMU’s starting defensive line averages 6-feet-3, 258 pounds, whereas UNC’s starting defensive front stands at an average of 6-feet-4, 278 pounds.

“They have guys that look the part,” Schor added.

All inside the Madison program, including first-year coach Mike Houston, noticed the elevated size and skill level of players on North Carolina’s roster. In his last job at The Citadel, Houston beat FBS South Carolina last fall and fell to eventual ACC champion Florida State in 2014.

“We have a pretty drastic increase in the level of competition,” Houston said. “You go from two [Morehead State and Central Connecticut State} that I feel are not quite the level of play that we’ll see in the CAA to a team that is a top-tier ACC team this year.

“Having experienced playing an SEC East team last year and playing the ACC champion Florida State in the year before, North Carolina has talent that, especially on offense, is right there with what I saw from Florida State a few years ago.”

But again, even though there is a size and talent gap between JMU’s defense and North Carolina’s offense, a similarity could serve as an advantage to the Dukes. North Carolina uses an offense which looks like JMU’s offense.

North Carolina coach Larry Fedora uses a shotgun, up-tempo style. His quarterback, junior Mitch Trubisky, threw for two touchdowns and ran for two scores in UNC’s 48-23 win over Illinois last week.

“They’re similar in the spread and that they’re a tempo team,” JMU defensive coordinator Bob Trott said.

Trott is a 1976 graduate of North Carolina and one of a few JMU assistant coaches familiar with the Tar Heels.

Wide receivers coach Drew Dudzik and tight ends coach Bryan Stinespring coached against UNC last season. Dudzik was a graduate assistant at Duke and Stinespring was in his final season as an assistant at Virginia Tech. Offensive coordinator Donnie Kirkpatrick, who was at East Carolina for the last 11 seasons, also coached against UNC throughout his previous tenure.

Kirkpatrick said he tried to recruit many of UNC’s current players.

The only change in Kirkpatrick’s preparation for UNC this time has been readying for Chizik’s defense. ECU last played against North Carolina in 2014 before Chizik took the coordinator role under Fedora.

“The thing that concerns us is that they’ve played Georgia and Illinois and neither of those teams are very much like we are. Those teams are power-based, so we’re not sure how they’ll defend us,” Kirkpatrick said.

In its first two games, JMU’s rushing attack, led by Schor and junior running back Cardon Johnson, has been dominant. JMU has combined to rush for 810 yards. Against Morehead State in the season opener, the Dukes set a school record with 10 rushing touchdowns.

“JMU will spread you out and run the football on you,” Fedora said. “They’re similar in scheme to what we do offensively. I think they’ve done a really good job it. Eight-hundred yards in two games, I don’t care if you’re playing against air, that’s hard to do.”

In North Carolina’s last three games — dating back to the 2015 Russell Athletic Bowl against Baylor — its defense has given up an average of 372 rushing yards per game. Kirkpatrick said JMU’s offensive coaches watched film of the bowl game to learn how Baylor rushed for 645 yards versus UNC.

“Baylor was all wildcat and had lost all their quarterbacks, but it was still good to watch and evaluate,” Kirkpatrick said.

JMU is 5-19 all-time against FBS schools and 2-7 all-time against ACC opponents. Its last win against an FBS school came last fall when the Dukes went to Dallas and beat SMU. Its last win against an ACC opponent came in 2010 against Virginia Tech.