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1998 NC State

7–⁠5 (5–⁠3 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by Mike O’Cain.

Schedule and results

NC State in 1998, game by game: won vs. Ohio 34–31; won vs. No. 2 Florida State 24–7; lost at Baylor 30–33; won vs. No. 11 Syracuse 38–17; lost vs. Georgia Tech 24–47; won vs. Duke 27–24; lost at No. 16 Virginia 13–23; won at Clemson 46–39; won vs. Wake Forest 38–27; won at Maryland 35–21; lost vs. North Carolina 34–37; lost vs. No. 24 Miami 23–46+21−23Won 34–31 vs. Ohio+3OhioWon 24–7 vs. No. 2 Florida State+17No. 2 Florida StateLost 30–33 at Baylor-3BaylorWon 38–17 vs. No. 11 Syracuse+21No. 11 SyracuseLost 24–47 vs. Georgia Tech-23Georgia TechWon 27–24 vs. Duke+3DukeLost 13–23 at No. 16 Virginia-10No. 16 VirginiaWon 46–39 at Clemson+7ClemsonWon 38–27 vs. Wake Forest+11Wake ForestWon 35–21 at Maryland+14MarylandLost 34–37 vs. North Carolina-3North CarolinaLost 23–46 vs. No. 24 Miami-23No. 24 Miami
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 3vsOhioW 34–⁠3158%
Sep 12vs2Florida StateW 24–⁠728%
Sep 19atBaylorL 30–⁠3368%
Oct 1vs11SyracuseW 38–⁠1741%
Oct 10vsGeorgia TechL 24–⁠4760%
Oct 17vsDukeW 27–⁠2474%
Oct 24at16VirginiaL 13–⁠2331%
Oct 31atClemsonW 46–⁠3954%
Nov 7vsWake ForestW 38–⁠2773%
Nov 21atMarylandW 35–⁠2170%
Nov 28vsNorth CarolinaL 34–⁠3747%
Dec 29Bowls & playoffvs24MiamiMicronPC BowlL 23–⁠4645%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Miami 46–⁠23 in the MicronPC Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 4th in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

In program history: The 45th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 3: 20
  2. Wk 6: 23

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1998.

Consensus All-AmericanTorry Holt, WR

Record
7–⁠5
Conference
5–⁠3 tied for 4th in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 20
Points
366–⁠352
Coach
Mike O’Cain
Elo
1541 +34 this season
SP+ rating
7.5 No. 42 of 112; offense No. 17, defense No. 72
SRS
5.8 No. 38 of 112 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Jimmy Kiser
Defensive coordinators
Kent Briggs and Jeff Snipes

Drafted in 1999

The 1999 draft
Rd 1Torry Holt WRSt. Louis Rams
Rd 4Jason Perry DBSan Diego Chargers

All-ACC

2 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

  • Ian RaffertyOTAP-2
  • Jamie BarnetteQBAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1998 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1998 Atlantic Coast Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Florida State7–⁠111–⁠23
Georgia Tech7–⁠110–⁠29
Virginia6–⁠29–⁠318
NC State5–⁠37–⁠5
North Carolina5–⁠37–⁠5
Duke2–⁠64–⁠7
Wake Forest2–⁠63–⁠8
Maryland1–⁠73–⁠8
Clemson1–⁠73–⁠8

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.