NC State men's basketball debuts at No. 40 in first NET rankings of the season
NC State would be near the bubble if the NCAA Tournament were to begin today after a 5-2 start to the Will Wade era.
The first iteration of the 2025-26 NCAA Evaluation Tool (NET) rankings were released Monday morning, the eighth season as the primary sorting tool for evaluating teams in place of the RPI. NC State opened as the No. 40 team overall, which is the eighth-highest ranked ACC team behind No. 2 Duke, No. 9 Louisville, No. 26 UNC, No. 31 UVA, No. 34 Clemson, No. 38 Miami and No. 39 SMU.
As it stands now, NC State is 0-1 in Quad 1, while it is 2-1 in Quad 2, 1-0 in Quad 3 and 2-0 in Quad 4. The rest of the Wolfpack’s non-conference offers two Quad 1 chances with no Quad 2 opportunities, two Quad 3 and two Quad 4 games left. NC State can boost its NET ranking with the pair of Quad 1 games — at Auburn on Wednesday and home against Kansas on Dec. 13 — before ACC play begins on New Year’s Eve.
Here’s a look at the ACC’s NET ranking debut:
| Team | NET ranking | Avg. opp NET ranking | Record | Road WL | NET SOS | WAB ranking | WAB | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 |
| Duke | 2 | 234 | 8-0 | 1-0 | 158 | 6 | 1.58 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 5-0 |
| Louisville | 9 | 337 | 7-0 | 0-0 | 288 | 17 | .68 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 5-0 |
| UNC | 26 | 196 | 6-1 | 0-0 | 122 | 20 | .61 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 4-0 |
| UVA | 31 | 248 | 6-1 | 0-0 | 190 | 36 | .20 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 4-0 |
| Clemson | 34 | 326 | 7-1 | 0-1 | 260 | 53 | -0.03 | 1-0 | 0-1 | 1-0 | 5-0 |
| Miami | 38 | 201 | 6-2 | 0-0 | 161 | 70 | -0.43 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 4-0 |
| SMU | 39 | 227 | 8-0 | 1-0 | 303 | 18 | 0.66 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 3-0 | 4-0 |
| NC State | 40 | 67 | 5-2 | 0-0 | 188 | 84 | -0.78 | 0-1 | 2-1 | 1-0 | 2-0 |
| Cal | 52 | 169 | 6-1 | 0-1 | 250 | 55 | -0.10 | 0-1 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 5-0 |
| Wake Forest | 56 | 181 | 6-2 | 0-0 | 147 | 67 | -0.37 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 5-0 |
| Florida State | 82 | 172 | 5-2 | 0-1 | 211 | 105 | -0.93 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 1-0 | 4-0 |
| Virginia Tech | 84 | 123 | 6-2 | 0-0 | 182 | 75 | -0.57 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 4-0 |
| Notre Dame | 86 | 149 | 5-3 | 0-1 | 59 | 92 | -0.83 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 4-0 |
| Syracuse | 90 | 176 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 32 | 73 | -0.54 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4-0 |
| Stanford | 107 | 121 | 6-1 | 0-0 | 299 | 69 | -0.39 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 3-0 |
| Pitt | 147 | 129 | 5-3 | 0-1 | 268 | 180 | -2.07 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 4-0 |
| Boston College | 166 | 251 | 4-4 | 1-1 | 321 | 277 | -3.50 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 3-1 |
| Georgia Tech | 201 | 314 | 5-3 | 0-1 | 278 | 184 | -2.12 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 5-0 |