What better thing to do on the first day of the college football offseason than to throw out a top 25 for the next season? Fox Sports’ Stewart Mandel takes his best guess at how the 2017 season will shape up and has NC State at No. 24.
There’s something familiar about this ... let’s see, State finishes out the season strong with a win over its rival on the road and an impressive bowl game victory. Oh, that’s right! This exact same thing happened two years ago, after State beat UNC in Kenan and then won the Bitcoin Bowl (RIP).