NC State hasn't won 10 games in a season since 2002, hasn't won an ACC championship since 1979 and hasn't beat a top-50 team this season. But could the Wolfpack be a playoff dark horse thanks to a favorable schedule and lack of elite teams in the ACC?
NC State enters Week 6 as one of only two undefeated ACC teams, though the other, Clemson, was unimpressive — before and after Trevor Lawrence's injury — in a comeback win over Syracuse. We broke down NC State's potential path on this week's episode of The Hot Route:
