NC State football remains ranked in AP top 25 and coaches poll
NC State football’s clash with Tennessee will officially be a ranked matchup. The Pack remained in the Associated Press top 25 and USA Today Coaches poll, checking at No. 24 and No. 23 respectively.
The Wolfpack defeated Western Carolina 38-21 Aug. 29— a game at Carter-Finley Stadium where the program needed a 21-point fourth quarter to pull away from its FCS foe. Graduate quarterback Grayson McCall threw for 318 yards, sophomore receiver KC Concepcion caught 3 touchdowns and graduate running back Jordan Waters tied his career high in rushing.
“Obviously a game we would have loved to have been playing better in the first half, but I’m not going to apologize for winning either,” head coach Dave Doeren said after the game.
Thanks to that season-opening win, combined with everything else that happened around the college football world, NC State remained at the spot in the AP Poll while dropping from No. 22 to No. 23 in the Coaches ranking.
With 142 total points in the Associated Press rankings, the Pack checked in 8 points in front of Clemson and 19 points behind Georgia Tech.
Tennessee will travel to Charlotte this week for clash with NC State in the Duke’s Mayo Kickoff game. The Volunteers are ranked No. 14 in the AP Poll and No. 15 in the coaches poll after throttling Chattanooga 69-3 in Knoxville.
Elsewhere in the ACC, Florida State dropped completely out of both top 25s after starting the season with two conference losses. Miami leads the league at No. 12 in the AP Poll, followed by Louisville at No. 22, Georgia Tech at No. 23 and Clemson at No. 25.
AP Poll
1. Georgia
2. Ohio State
3. Texas
4. Alabama
5. Notre Dame
6. Ole Miss
7. Oregon
8. Penn State
9. Missouri
10. Michigan
11. Utah
12. Miami
13. USC
14. Tennessee
15. Oklahoma
16. Oklahoma State
17. Kansas State
18. LSU
19. Kansas
20. Arizona
21. Iowa
22. Louisville
23. Georgia Tech
24. NC State
25. Clemson
USA Today Coaches Poll
1. Georgia
2. Ohio State
3. Texas
4. Alabama
5. Ole Miss
6. Oregon
7. Notre Dame
8. Penn State
9. Michigan
10. Missouri
11. Utah
12. Tennessee
13. Oklahoma
14. USC
15. Miami (Fla.)
16. Kansas State
17. Oklahoma State
18. Arizona
19. LSU
20. Kansas
21. Iowa
22. Clemson
23. NC State
24. Louisville
25. Washington
