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NC State

ACC · 2020 Season · Final

Rebuilding
Record
8–4
0.667 Win %
Conference
5th
7–3 in ACC

All-Time Resume

Ranked Seasons
121
1902–2026
All-Time Record
629–593–46
0.514 Win %
Peak Final Rank
#4
1910
#1 Finishes
0
Top 5: 1 · Top 10: 2 · Top 25: 21
  • 12-Team Playoff & Revenue Era · 2 seasons
  • Limited Playoff Era · 26 seasons
  • Independents & Bowl Tie-In Era · 16 seasons
  • Divisional Era · 26 seasons · 1 Top 10
  • AP Poll & Postwar Era · 20 seasons
  • Forward Pass & Stadium Boom Era · 28 seasons · 1 Top 10
  • Pioneer Era · 2 seasons

Final finishes, as published; the season in progress counts toward record only. Compare NC State head-to-head · History & Eras

2020 Schedule & Results

WkDateOpponentConfOpp. RecordResult
4Week 4 · Sep 22Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)H2HACC4–5W 45–42
5Week 5 · Sep 29Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)H2HACC5–6L 24–45
6Week 6 · Oct 6Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)H2HACC6–5W 30–29
7Week 7 · Oct 13Virginia (VIRGINIA)H2HACC5–5W 38–21
8Week 8 · Oct 20Duke (DUKE)H2HACC2–9W 31–20
9Week 9 · Oct 27North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)H2HACC8–4L 21–48
11Week 11 · Nov 10Miami (MIAMI)H2HACC8–3L 41–44
12Week 12 · Nov 17Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)H2HACC3–6W 38–22
13Week 13 · Nov 24Liberty (LIBERTY)H2HIND FBSI10–1W 15–14
14Week 14 · Dec 1Syracuse (SYRACUSE)H2HACC1–10W 36–29
14Regular Season Final · Dec 8Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)H2HACC3–7W 23–13
4Post-Season Week 4 · Jan 5Kentucky (KENTUCKY)H2HSEC5–6L 21–23

Past season results come from the published weekly rankings; home/away is not recorded. Unranked = opponent outside the ranked field. Kickoff times in Eastern Time. TBD = not yet announced. vs* = neutral site. Opp. Record is the current season record; — = unavailable.

Rating Tier Spectrum
2.136
Paramount (best)Rock Bottom

Where the rating sits on the 12-tier scale (lower is better).

NOW — Net Opponent Wins
+15
-19+34
  • Liberty +10
  • Pittsburgh +6
  • Virginia +5
  • Wake Forest +4
  • Florida State +3
  • Georgia Tech +3
  • Duke +2
  • Syracuse +1
  • Miami -3
  • North Carolina -4
  • Virginia Tech -6
  • Kentucky -6

Each win stacks that opponent's win total to the right; each loss stacks that opponent's loss total to the left.

National Standing
Rank #40Better than 72%
Win % Place 33rdBetter than 77%

0.667 Win % · No change

Percent of all FBS teams this team is ahead of.

Rank by Week
#32Post-Season W1#33Post-Season W2#33Post-Season W3#40Post-Season W4#40Final

Higher on the chart = better rank.

Game Margins
+3
-21
+1
+17
+11
-27
-3
+16
+1
+7
+10
-2

Bars above the line are wins, below are losses; height = point margin.

Final Rank by Season
#632015#542016#242017#332018#1102019

Higher = better finish. Ranks as published.

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