Coming into the season, there was a ton of talk about the offense. And yeah, the offense has been elite.
In fact, NC State’s offensive efficiency is ranked 25th in the nation.
But in my opinion, the defense is where NC State has been the most pleasantly surprising.
This is a team whose opening day starting five currently has only one guy with a ‘Defensive Box +/-‘ grade above 1.5 (Copeland). The rest are below 2, and in my opinion, that’s kind of ‘average to liability’ territory.
That said, NC State’s defense is ranked #36 nationally in defensive efficiency.