ESPN just released an article this morning breaking down how every team in their Way-Too-Early Preseason Top-25 can make the College Football Playoff, which will be expanded to 12 teams in 2024.
The Wolfpack ranks 18th in ESPN’s Way-Too-Early Preseason Top-25. Here’s what Heather Dinich of ESPN thinks is necessary for NC State to do in order to make the 12-team College Football Playoff.
How to impress the committee: Win the ACC and win on the road. NC State has a chance to beat Tennessee in nearby Charlotte, N.C., but it also has conference road trips to Clemson, Cal, Georgia Tech on a Thursday night and at rival North Carolina.