Not a huge week of shift among the teams that are among the top 50 in SP+, but NC State came away as the big winner among that group with the largest ranking advancement of the week for the entire ACC. The Wolfpack moved up five spots thanks to a 1.1-point increase in their overall SP+ rating. What’s nice about that is it was boosted by improvements from both the offense (0.5-point improvement, 4 ranking spots) and defense (0.6, 8).
North Carolina, Clemson, Louisville, Miami, and Duke all saw their respective overall ratings drop, although the Tar Heels and Tigers both moved up slightly in the rankings in spite of that.