The preseason Pomeroy Ratings are here! And NC State is in its usual “who knows?” zone: is this a tournament team? Is it not? Who knows! To put a finer point on it, that’s good for No. 56 in the preseason ratings this year.
NC State finished at 71 last season, which was the first time in four years that Kevin Keatts had a team finish outside the top 50. So it’s not surprising that the computatin’ machine expects a little course correction in the positive direction. Here in the glow of the preseason, this feels like a conservative estimate on State’s prospects, but no doubt the team has a lot to prove after an NIT year.