Two straight losses have N.C. State out of one national poll and on the edge of the other.
A home loss to Clemson dropped the Wolfpack out of the AP top 25 and down to No. 24 in the USA Today top 25.
The Wolfpack (6-3) had been ranked for the past five weeks, reaching as high as No. 14 in the AP poll.
N.C. State followed up a 35-14 loss at Notre Dame last week with a 38-31 loss to the Tigers on Saturday. Clemson (8-1) moved up to No. 4 in the AP pollon Sunday and Notre Dame (8-1) is ranked No.