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NC State
Best finish
No. 2
Seasons ranked
21 / 26
Best finish
No. 2 (2021-2022)
Sports
Football · Men's Basketball · Women's Basketball
Polls
Media · Coaches · Playoff
Years in the Rankings
Any poll, any sportBest ranking by season · 2000-2001 – 2025-2026
Each point is NC State's best rank that season. Lower is better; gaps are seasons unranked.
A year is lit when NC State was ranked in any poll that season; the best rank reached is shown. Click a year to open that season's poll board and cycle it week by week.
2020s6 ranked
2010s7 ranked
2000s8 ranked
Recent Season
Media Top 25 · 2024-2025Ranking by week
Lower is better. Gaps mark weeks the team was unranked. Open this season's board →
2024-2025 Schedule
6–7Opponent ranks are their Media Top 25 position that week. Ranked wins are highlighted.
| Wk | Opponent | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | vs | Western Carolina | W 38–21 |
| Wk 2 | vs | 14 Tennessee · neutral |
L 10–51 |
| Wk 3 | vs |  Louisiana Tech |
W 30–20 |
| Wk 4 | at | 21 Clemson |
L 35–59 |
| Wk 5 | vs |  Northern Illinois |
W 24–17 |
| Wk 6 | vs |  Wake Forest |
L 30–34 |
| Wk 7 | vs |  Syracuse |
L 17–24 |
| Wk 8 | at |  California |
W 24–23 |
| Wk 10 | vs |  Stanford |
W 59–28 |
| Wk 11 | vs |  Duke |
L 19–29 |
| Wk 13 | at |  Georgia Tech |
L 29–30 |
| Wk 14 | at |  North Carolina |
W 35–30 |
| Bowl | vs |  East Carolina · neutral |
L 21–26 |