NC State football finishes in top 20 of final AP and coaches polls

MattCarterby:Matt Carter•01/11/22•

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NC State football has landed in the final Associated Press Top 25 poll, checking in at No. 20.

It also came in at No. 19 in the Coaches Poll that was released Tuesday afternoon.

The last time that the Wolfpack finished in the top 25 was in 2017 when NC State was No. 23 in both the AP and Coaches polls, and it is the Pack’s highest final rating since the Gator Bowl 2002 team that won a school-record 11 games, and finished at No. 12 in the AP Poll and 11 in Coaches Poll.

NC State, which had its Holiday Bowl game canceled after going 9-3 overall and 6-2 in the ACC , dropped two spots from its ranking in the final AP Poll of the regular season and one in the Coaches.

The Pack was the fourth highest ACC team in the polls , following league champ Pittsburgh (13 in both), Clemson (14 in AP and 16 in Coaches) and Wake Forest (15 in AP and 14 in Coaches).

Here is the final AP poll after Georgia defeated Alabama Monday evening to win its first national title since 1980.

AP Coaches Team
1.1.Georgia
2.2.Alabama
3.3.Michigan
4.4.Cincinnati
5.6.Baylor
6.5.Ohio State
7.7.Oklahoma State
8.9.Notre Dame
9.8.Michigan State
10.10. Oklahoma
11.11.Ole Miss
12.12.Utah
13.13.Pittsburgh
14.16.Clemson
15.14.Wake Forest
16.18.Louisiana
17.17.Houston
18.15.Kentucky
19.22.BYU
20.19.NC State
21.20.Arkansas
22.21.Oregon
23.23.Iowa
24.24.Utah State
25.NRSan Diego State
NR25.Texas A&M

Here is a rundown of ranked finishes in the polls in NC State football history.

YearAP pollCoaches Poll
20212019
20172323
20102525
20021211
19941717
19921715
19912425
1988NR17
19781819
1977NR19
1974119
197316NR
197217NR
1967NR17
19571520
194717NR
194618NR

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