RALEIGH, NC- It wasn’t the best win for Wolfpack on Saturday afternoon, but the 31-20 win over Duke was enough to take a Place in the Top 25 in the two primary elections for the first time this season. Wolfpack ranked 22nd on the coaches’ ballot and 23rd on the Associated Press ballot on Sunday after a 4-1 start to the year.
It is the first time since the 2018 season that the Pack has qualified on any of the ballots, when State ranked No. 22 on the AP ballot after week 11 of the season. It is also the thirteenth week in which State qualified under Dave Doeren, the other 12 weeks ahead of the 2017 and 2018 campaigns.
The Pack’s most recent ranking comes after a three-match winning streak, adding two away wins and a recent state rivalry opposed to Duke. Doeren’s team has already eliminated a ranked opponent this year in Pittsburgh and was able to handle opposite two issues. other parts in coastal warfare in Virginia and at home opposite the Blue Devils on Saturday.
While this is a great achievement for the team as a whole, it’s also a bittersweet time for the show. After suffering a left fibula fracture on Saturday as opposed to Duke, NC State Quarterback Devin Leary will be out for at least 4-8 weeks after Sunday Surgery.
“He’s a tough kid, ” said Doeren about Leary on Saturday night. “I hate that he gets hurt like that because I know how much this game means to him, how much this team means to him. So, the next man. Bailey,” Ben Finley and Ty Evans will have to be in a position to play. For us, quarterback. It was a wonderful victory, and the boys kept responding. “
Fortunately for the Pack, there are several experienced offensive play creators like Cary Angeline, Ricky Person, Emeka Emezie, Zonovan Knight, Devin Carter, Jordan Houston, Dylan Autenrieth and several others who will now want to stand up and bring that aspect of the ball. ArrayArray And with a defense in development of the game through Alim McNeill, Payton Wilson, Tyler Baker-Williams and several others, the Pack deserves to be able to join in combination to get a series of more victories this season.
The next for the Wolfpack is UNC-Chapel Hill, which came out of the Top 10 in any of the polls after a loss to Florida State on Saturday night. The Tar Heels have a lot of offensive power, so the state will have to restrict UNC in it as FSU did this weekend or maintain speed with the Heels’ offensive speed to stay in the Top 25 next week.
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