NC State rose two spots to #18 in the final AP poll of 2018. The week 9 poll had five other ACC teams ranked: Duke (1, no change), UVA (4, no change), FSU (9, no change), VT (10, no change), UNC (15, down 1).
There wasn’t much movement across the board in the poll. Wisconsin suffered their third loss and dropped seven spots because of it. UNC lost their third and dropped one. This all makes sense. All I know is NC State hasn’t been ranked this high since 2013
The Wolfpack have been rewarded with performing well against a not great schedule, to be fair.