Fox Ranks NC State 30th in their 2024 Preseason Rankings

RJ Young of Fox has ranked all 134 FBS teams heading into the 2024 College Football season, and NC State is ranked 30th.

30. North Carolina State Wolfpack / P4 / ACC

Perhaps the most underrated coach in the entire ACC — if not on a short list across the country — Dave Doeren is synonymous with winning. In 13 years, he’s had just two losing seasons and won seven or more games 11 times. But one of the reasons Doeren’s name doesn’t get dropped for bigger-name jobs is he rarely has a team that can play at a high level all year.

In 2023, NC State started 4-3 before winning five in a row to close out the regular season. With Clemson and Tennessee making up two of their first four opponents, it might be a close-fast-kind-of-year in Raleigh, and I’d be shocked if N.C. State didn’t finish with seven, eight or even nine wins, because that’s what this program does. They’ve only failed to win seven games once in the Doeren era and have never won 10.

North Carolina State Win Total Odds: Over 8.5 (-130) Under 8.5 (+110)

(Fox)

ACC Team Rankings

5. FSU

19. Clemson

26. Miami

30. NC State

32. SMU

35. Louisville

46. UNC

51. Duke

53. Georgia Tech

58. Virginia Tech

68. Cal

81. Syracuse

85. Boston College

86. Wake Forest

89. Virginia

91. Pitt

98. Stanford