NC State Ranked 30th in AP Preseason Poll

The 2017 AP Preseason Poll is out, and NC State received 26 votes, which is good for 30th overall. Here is a look at how the rest of the ACC fared in the preseason poll:

3) FSU
5) Clemson
16) Louisville
18) Miami
21) Virginia Tech
30) NC State
32) Pittsburgh

Joe Giglio of the N&O believes that this is good news for NC State. In his legendary yellow pad presentation, he broke down how NC State has fared when they enter the season ranked in the AP Preseason Poll:

Maybe NC State head coach Dave Doeren should give coaching legend Lou Holtz a call to help him find a way to break the curse, seeing as he is the last coach to pull of the feat of staring and finishing in the AP poll.