After beating Boston College and #25 Florida St., NC State sits at #29 in the AP poll released today.
ACC Teams in the AP Poll
1) UVA
5) Duke
9) UNC
18) Clemson
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29) NC State
33) FSU
36) Virginia Tech
Alright, lets talk, because things have gotten to the point of stupidity.
St. Bonaventure is 28th, and they are 22-9. They have beaten one ranked team, #16 Rhode Island, and that’s the only ranked opponent on their whole schedule.
Butler is 27th and has a record of 19-9. They have played 7 ranked opponents, and have beaten 1 of them: #1 Villanova.
Texas Christian is 26th and has a record of 20-9. They have played 8 ranked opponents and came out victorious only twice: #7 West Virginia and #22 Nevada.
Let me pick on #23 Kentucky for a second. They are 20-9, and have played 5 ranked teams and only won one of them: #7 West Virginia.
Why not pick on #21 West Virginia: 21-7, and 2-5 against Top 25.
Or #18 Clemson: 21-7, and 3-3 against Top 25.
On the other hand, NC State is 20-9, and has beat 5 of the 8 ranked teams hey have played: #2 Arizona, #2 Duke, #19 Clemson, #10 UNC and #25 Florida St.
I think we need to re-examine who has the power to vote in the AP Poll, because they are clearly incompetent at their job and seem to be relying solely on a calculation (RPI) that is starting to show some pretty deep flaws.