NC State is currently up 11 on ClemsonThe bracket matrix is always a good quick reference tool.
Right now (before today) NC ST was the last team in. They will lose that lost spot because of losing to Clemson today
They were 12-5.
1) Their Q1+Q2 win profile is no better than ours.
Wisconsin (H), at UNC Greensboro, at Wake
VS
at Virginia, at Virginia Tech, at Georgia Tech
2) Like us they have one bad loss (Q3).
Georgia Tech at Home
Notre Dame at Home
3) They are 4-4 in Q1+Q2 games. We are 3-5. (Basically that is one game behind)
So we are not massively off after today.
why is ncst losing to clemson today?
The turnovers thing is even more impressive when you consider how tight VT plays on D4 Turnovers, on the road. Q looked like we imagined for 10 minutes in the first half, seconds double double from Marek, Eli showed up when it mattered and a coaches son dropping 15 points in 6 minutes.
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Beat Notre Dame.
I'm not sure if we need to get to 13-7 in conference. This board has a history of over-projecting what is needed to get in at this time of year.
That being said. obviously the ACC is down, and I do suspect the bubble line to be a bit stronger this year in terms of resume. The reason for that line being a bit better is if the top seeds are a bit weaker, which we appear to be heading, that means more scalps for teams on the bubble and a few more wins distributed down from top P5+BE teams to the teams in the middle of those conferences.
So given that we always overshoot I am going to hedge and say 12-8 might get you over the top (and it may not), so it should not be the target either.
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Remaining road games:
@ Notre Dame
@ Clemson
@ Florida St
@ Louisville
@ Pitt
@ Boston College
@ Miami
Would be awesome if we could steal one of the Fla St/Louisville games. Those are huge resume boosting opportunities. And the way the boys are playing right now, the other 5 don't look anywhere near as daunting as they were a month ago.