Why 24th Ranked NC State Now Unranked NC State Was Routed By 14th Ranked Tennessee Now 5th Ranked Tennessee 51-10 Saturday In Duke's Mayo Classic In Charlotte

NC State was ranked 24th in AP Top Poll going into the Duke’s Mayo Classic between NC State, 14th ranked Tennessee now 5th ranked Tennessee Saturday

NC State wasn’t ranked when the new AP Top 25 poll released Sunday morning According to Stephen Wiseman News & Observer article https://www.newsobserver.com/sports/college/article291977135.html because as stated above NC State was routed 51-10 by then 14th ranked Tennessee now 5th ranked Tennessee Saturday in Duke’s Mayo Classic in Charlotte 51-10.

As 24th NC State was routed by 14th ranked Tennessee 51-10 Saturday in Charlotte NC State had 10 first downs were 0-2 on fourth down 15-22 in passing yards to 39 rushing yards had 3 turnovers that included 2 fumbles lost 1 interception thrown.

Defensively as a team NC State had a total of 81 tackles!

According to espn app

Following 24th ranked NC State being routed by 14th ranked Tennessee NC State linebacker Shawn Brown had this to say!

We know we’ve got a bunch of games ahead of us,”“We all know that we have a chance to come back here for the ACC championship.

Following 24th ranked NC State being routed by 14th ranked Tennessee NC State Head Coach Dave Doeren had this to say!

I’m the one that sits in there and leads the staff and our game planning and all that, but this is a really good bunch of guys,”

They will go back to work, I know that. They’ll stick together. There’ll be a lot of people telling them that they’re no good, and that’s fine. Inside the building, we’ve got to do a great job leading; our captains, our leadership council, all that. There’s a lot of football in front of us.”

We’ve got a lot of work to do, obviously, and get back to it.”

Following 24th ranked NC State being routed by 14th ranked Tennessee 51-10 Saturday in Charlotte NC State starting quarterback who was 15/22 for 104 yards had this to say!

ou can’t let one loss turn into two when you have a bad night like this,”

You have to learn from your mistakes, and the guys have to be accountable (for) what happened tonight.”

According to Jadyn Watson Fisher News & Observer article https://www.newsobserver.com/sports/college/acc/nc-state/article291782300.html

NC State is now going to prepare to host Louisiana Tech Saturday in North Carolina’s state capital!

Kick off is set for 12:00pm on ACC Network! Though, who is commentating is to be determined!