Here’s where N.C. State is in the national polls: No. 16 in the AP top 25 and No. 17 in the USA Today top 25.
Here’s where N.C. State is mentally: locked in enough to get away with a mistake-filled performance.
N.C. State (6-1, 4-0 ACC) heads into the open date on its schedule on a six-game winning streak and with a chance to catch its breath before back-to-back games against No. 13 Notre Dame (Oct. 28) and No. 7 Clemson (Nov. 4). By any measure, they’re the two biggest games on the Wolfpack’s schedule this season.