NC State used a stout defensive effort from its defense last night to beat Texas Tech. It turns out that if you beat a Power 5 opponent in a nationally televised game during primetime (when many voters are likely to be watching), people take notice. (when The AP voters did just that and rewarded the Wolfpack by moving them from #16 to #12 in the week 4 poll.
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As always, other higher ranked teams lost in order to make room the Pack. BYU got trounced by Oregon, who was trying to regain favor after its week 1 demolition at the hands of Georgia.