Six individuals tied for first with 28 points, meaning they lost just one game — assist, How bout th Pack, Wizard of the East, ASKA, jpacker and AlanStuart. However, assist had NC State winning 28-20 and had the closest score.

Week 5 results
assist: 28
How bout th Pack: 28
Wizard of the East: 28
ASKA: 28
jpacker: 28
AlanStuart: 28
LVPack: 25
awswolf: 25
onlyarumor: 25
itpacker: 25
MsPacFan: 25
WPWE: 25
larrystate: 25
sapearce: 25
first base: 25
packinga: 25
Lawwuf: 25
CAMPBUD: 22
RamPride192: 22
rewing91: 22
LBH1980: 22
One putt: 22
Beauwolf: 22
legend83: 22
OICU812: 22
Jacey Zembal: 22
Ro1246: 19
Splashwolf: 19
greath: 19
greenstonewall: 19

UNLV is ranked right now and controls their own destiny to get an automatic bid into the college football playoff. However, with their starting QB deciding to red-shirt, that's probably not going to happen. Just another sign of the times, I suppose.

My hunch there will be some movement after yesterday, but here are the standing through Sept. 27:

Jacey Zembal: 119
LBH1980: 107
rewing91: 105
itpacker: 104
Wizard of the East: 104
AlanStuart: 101
Beauwolf: 101
CAMPBUD: 101
LVPack: 101
Splashwolf: 101
WPWE: 99
assist: 98
greenstonewall: 98
How bout th Pack: 98
packpride92: 98
One putt: 96
ASKA: 95
first base: 95
jpacker: 95
MsPacFan: 95
PACKed House: 94
legend83: 89
Lawwuf: 88
sapearce: 83
packinga: 82
Hawkeye: 76
greath: 75
stephenk: 73
awswolf: 72
onlyarumor: 72
larrystate: 71
OICU812: 67
RamPride192: 65
starch: 53
troutscott: 53
Ro1246: 48
robpro: 44
HAWBR: 41
packfan88: 41
Packman56: 26
Beaver: 21

Both rewing91 and Spashwolf joined three others with 31 points, but both had Clemson winning 38-17 and had the closest score.

Week four results:
rewing91: 31
Splashwolf: 31
How bout th Pack: 31
Jacey Zembal: 31
packpride92: 31
Wizard of the East: 28
LVPack: 28
greath: 28
ASKA: 28
PACKed House: 27
awswolf: 25
onlyarumor: 25
LBH1980: 25
itpacker: 25
jpacker: 25
MsPacFan: 25
WPWE: 25
One putt: 25
AlanStuart: 25
Beauwolf: 25
legend83: 25
assist: 22
OICU812: 22
greenstonewall: 22
sapearce: 22
first base: 25
packinga: 23
Lawwuf: 22
CAMPBUD: 16
RamPride192: 13

Getting ahead of the curve here

Guessing that counter run game goes nuts and our D is charmin soft.

Doesn't look like our power will be restored by noon tomorrow. Where is a good place to watch the game in the SouthPark area in Charlotte?

Friday
Virginia Tech at Miami (Fla.) (3 points)

Saturday
Northern Illinois at NC State (3 points)
Louisville at Notre Dame (3 points)
North Carolina at Duke (3 points)
Stanford at Clemson (3 points)
Florida State at SMU (3 points)
Louisiana at Wake Forest (3 points)
Western Kentucky at Boston College (3 points)
Holy Cross at Syracuse (1 point)

National games of the week
Georgia at Alabama (3 points)
Illinois at Penn State (3 points)

Tiebreaker is score of NC State game

Cornelius Hough junior WR Tryan Evans nets NC State offer​

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Thinking over the weekend about the performance we had Saturday and I looked at all the new players we have that contribute. Transfers and freshmen. I don’t know the exact number but we have close to 30 new players. Peyton used to talk about our culture but I’m not sure all these new guys have been here long enough to understand our culture and embrace it. One of the things that made me thing that is in the interviews both players and coach said some people have not bought in, or are not putting for the effort needed on a consistent basis. Players not fitting in their gaps, not putting forth the effort required. Studdawg and I both commented and questioned if DD had lost this team. I guess it’s possible with everyone being so new and young.

Then I looked at our leadership and the impact of Covid. We had a lout of 6 year players last year. We were a very old team. Most of those guys have washed through and are gone. White and Boykin probably 2 holdovers. I realized that in many positions we are either a young team or maybe not 5he most experienced. I didn’t realize that we have 8 new starters on defense. I’m not sure why my expectations of the defense were so high knowing that. And then moving Sean Brown to liber and then him starting was a big clue.

I have not reached a conclusion yet but some data points to us being a young and new team to us. I don’t think some of these new guys fully understand our culture and what is required. And now you throw in a QB change mid season. Just a thought.

Arden (N.C.) Christ School senior power forward Zymicah Wilkins will be officially visiting NC State this weekend, and then I’d expect a decision between the Wolfpack and Georgetown. He really wants a coach that has similar backgrounds like Kevin Keatts and Ed Cooley have, and has canceled a bunch of trips.

It has been an unorthodox recruitment but I think strange favors the home state school, so it could work out well for NC State.