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2018 — The Winning Chapter

NC State's 2018 season (9-4) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 9-4
Final result Bowl season Lost the Gator Bowl
AP final #22 post-bowls
SP+ +4.2 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
W vs Jame Mad 24-13 W vs Geor Sta 41-7 W @ Marshall 37-20 W vs Virginia 35-21 W vs Bost Col 28-23 L @ Clemson 7-41 L @ Syracuse 41-51 W vs FSU 47-28 L vs Wake For 23-27 W @ Louisv 52-10 W @ UNC 34-28 W vs East Car 58-3 L @ Texas A&M 13-52 Bowl

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2018.

Defining moments
The statement

The 2018 season's largest margin: NC State 58, East Carolina 3. A 55-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: NC State 13, Texas A&M 52. A 39-point margin the season is remembered by.

The postseason

The season's last act: NC State fell to Texas A&M 13-52 in the postseason.

"Go Pack"
— NC State fanbase voice · 2018· synthesized
What it meant

2018 is a middle chapter for NC State — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.