NC State Needs to Win the Games they are Supposed to Win

You have to make a habit of winning the games your supposed to win. For the first time in 2020, NC State is favored to win a football game. The Wolfpack were 2-4-1 against the spread in 7 games as the favorite in 2019, and 4-3 straight up.

Dating back to the 2016 season, NC State is 7-9-1 against the spread against ACC opponents when they are favored, and 11-6 straight up. 

2019 

East Carolina – 17-point favorite – Won by 18

Western Carolina – 41-point favorite – Won by 41

West Virginia – 7-point favorite – Lost by 17

Ball State – 19-point favorite – Won by 11

Syracuse – 4-point favorite – Won by 6 

Boston College – 4-point favorite – Lost by 21

Georgia Tech – 2.5- point favorite – Lost by 2

2018

James Madison – 14-point favorite – Won by 11

Georgia State – 24.5-point favorite – Won by 34

Marshall – 6-point favorite – Won by 17

Virginia – 6.5-point favorite – Won by 14

Boston College – 6.5-point favorite – Lost by 5

Syracuse – 2-point favorite – Lost by 10

Florida State – 9.5-point favorite – Won by 19

Wake Forest – 19-point favorite – Lost by 4

Louisville – 16-point favorite – Won by 42

UNC – 7-point favorite – Won by 6

ECU – 25.5-point favorite – Won by 55

2017

South Carolina – 7-point favorite – Lost by 7

Marshall – 21-point favorite – Won by 17

Furman – 37-point favorite – Won by 33

Syracuse – 14-point favorite – Won by 8

Pitt – 10.5-point favorite – Won by 18

Boston College – 3-point favorite – Won by 3

UNC – 14.5-point favorite – Won by 12

Arizona State – 4.5-point favorite – Won by 21

2016

William & Mary – 20-point favorite – Won by 34

ECU – 6.5-point favorite – Lost by 3

Old Dominion – 24.5-point favorite – Won by 27

Wake Forest – 14-point favorite – Won by 17

Notre Dame – 2.5-point favorite – Won by 7

Boston College – 16-point favorite – Loss by 7

Syracuse – 7-point favorite – Won by 15

Vanderbilt – 5.5-point favorite – Won by 24

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