I’m going to be honest here. I did not see NC State being the favorite in this game against #19 Kansas.
I know it’s a home game and I know most analytics sites had their early line at +1 for NC State (picking Kansas to win by 1), but I even thought that was a little generous. Coming into this game Kansas had a slew of metrics baked in without their uber-star Darryn Peterson. He was added back into the mix last week and Kanas destroyed Missouri by 20.
Then you had NC State who has been up and down, but hasn’t really looked like a fully cohesive unit against top tier opponents and were coming off a 10-point loss to #21 Auburn followed by a sort of uninspired 12 point win over UNC-Asheville.