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▼ Below its 5-year level -8▼ Down 8 this season
Career66since 1936
Peak802021
Last 572seasons
#71 nationally · 3-3 (1-2 conf)
Résumé #69
Schedule so far #49
Margin ±5 pts (tightens with games)
NC State Wolfpack
ACC · Raleigh, NC · Carter-Finley Stadium · Head coach Dave Doeren
Rival
North Carolina · also Wake Forest
Heated rivalry
41-60-5 all time (106 meetings since 1902)
North Carolina leads
Last: won 42-19 (2025) · NC State has won 5 straight
Holds it
program traits are earned from history
0national titles
0Heisman
0AP top-10
11All-Americans
117NFL picks
50.7%win pct
History since 1936 · football since 1902. Every season →
Chemistry
52
71Foundation
33Gel
gel counts 45% so far
▼ Below its norm -14
early · #94 of 138
HC year14
Ret. starters36%
QB yrs w/ OC2
| Season | Record | Conference | AP final | Season rank | Rating | Head coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026in progress | 3-3 | ACC | — | #71 | 64 | Dave Doeren |
| 2025 | 8-5 | ACC | — | #39 | 73 | Dave Doeren |
| 2024 | 6-7 | ACC | — | #80 | 62 | Dave Doeren |
| 2023 | 9-4 | ACC | #21 | #37 | 73 | Dave Doeren |
| 2022 | 8-5 | ACC | — | #41 | 72 | Dave Doeren |
| 2021 | 9-3 | ACC | #20 | #11 | 80 | Dave Doeren |
| 2020 | 8-4 | ACC | — | — | — | Dave Doeren |
| 2019 | 4-8 | ACC | — | #111 | 54 | Dave Doeren |
| 2018 | 9-4 | ACC | — | #35 | 73 | Dave Doeren |
| 2017 | 9-4 | ACC | #23 | #20 | 78 | Dave Doeren |
| 2016 | 7-6 | ACC | — | #34 | 73 | Dave Doeren |
| 2015 | 7-6 | ACC | — | #47 | 72 | Dave Doeren |
| 2014 | 8-5 | ACC | — | #52 | 67 | Dave Doeren |
| 2013 | 3-9 | ACC | — | #83 | 59 | Dave Doeren |
| 2012 | 7-6 | ACC | — | #64 | 63 | Tom O'Brien |
| 2011 | 8-5 | ACC | — | #61 | 64 | Tom O'Brien |
| 2010 | 9-4 | ACC | #25 | #22 | 77 | Tom O'Brien |
| 2009 | 5-7 | ACC | — | #71 | 62 | Tom O'Brien |
| 2008 | 6-7 | ACC | — | #54 | 66 | Tom O'Brien |
| 2007 | 5-7 | ACC | — | #77 | 58 | Tom O'Brien |
| 2006 | 3-9 | ACC | — | #74 | 60 | Chuck Amato |
| 2005 | 7-5 | ACC | — | #44 | 69 | Chuck Amato |
| 2004 | 5-6 | ACC | — | #35 | 72 | Chuck Amato |
| 2003 | 8-5 | ACC | — | #17 | 78 | Chuck Amato |
| 2002 | 11-3 | ACC | #17 | #13 | 80 | Chuck Amato |
| 2001 | 7-5 | ACC | — | #39 | 72 | Chuck Amato |
| 2000 | 8-4 | ACC | — | #51 | 68 | Chuck Amato |
| 1999 | 6-6 | ACC | — | #61 | 64 | Mike O'Cain |
| 1998 | 7-5 | ACC | — | #38 | 71 | Mike O'Cain |
| 1997 | 6-5 | ACC | — | #30 | 74 | Mike O'Cain |
| 1996 | 3-8 | ACC | — | #77 | 58 | Mike O'Cain |
| 1995 | 3-8 | ACC | — | #65 | 61 | Mike O'Cain |
| 1994 | 9-3 | ACC | #17 | #51 | 66 | Mike O'Cain |
| 1993 | 7-5 | ACC | — | #53 | 65 | Mike O'Cain |
| 1992 | 9-3-1 | ACC | #17 | #16 | 78 | Dick Sheridan |
| 1991 | 9-3 | ACC | #24 | #35 | 71 | Dick Sheridan |
| 1990 | 7-5 | ACC | — | #27 | 73 | Dick Sheridan |
| 1989 | 7-5 | ACC | — | #41 | 69 | Dick Sheridan |
| 1988 | 8-3-1 | ACC | — | #26 | 74 | Dick Sheridan |
| 1987 | 4-7 | ACC | — | #58 | 63 | Dick Sheridan |
| 1986 | 8-3-1 | ACC | — | #33 | 72 | Dick Sheridan |
| 1985 | 3-8 | ACC | — | #73 | 57 | Tom Reed |
| 1984 | 3-8 | ACC | — | #69 | 61 | Tom Reed |
| 1983 | 3-8 | ACC | — | #66 | 59 | Tom Reed |
| 1982 | 6-5 | ACC | — | #51 | 65 | Monte Kiffin |
| 1981 | 4-7 | ACC | — | #47 | 68 | Monte Kiffin |
| 1980 | 6-5 | ACC | — | #44 | 69 | Monte Kiffin |
| 1979 | 7-4 | ACC | — | #23 | 77 | Bo Rein |
| 1978 | 9-3 | ACC | #18 | #32 | 73 | Bo Rein |
| 1977 | 8-4 | ACC | — | #20 | 76 | Bo Rein |
| 1976 | 3-7-1 | ACC | — | #59 | 66 | Bo Rein |
| 1975 | 7-4-1 | ACC | — | #38 | 70 | Lou Holtz |
| 1974 | 9-2-1 | ACC | #11 | #26 | 75 | Lou Holtz |
| 1973 | 9-3 | ACC | #16 | #14 | 78 | Lou Holtz |
| 1972 | 8-3-1 | ACC | #17 | #16 | 77 | Lou Holtz |
| 1971 | 3-8 | ACC | — | #93 | 52 | Al Michaels |
| 1970 | 3-7-1 | ACC | — | #90 | 53 | Earle Edwards |
| 1969 | 3-6-1 | ACC | — | #63 | 61 | Earle Edwards |
| 1968 | 6-4 | ACC | — | #31 | 72 | Earle Edwards |
| 1967 | 9-2 | ACC | — | #15 | 79 | Earle Edwards |
| 1966 | 5-5 | ACC | — | #36 | 70 | Earle Edwards |
| 1965 | 6-4 | ACC | — | #37 | 70 | Earle Edwards |
| 1964 | 5-5 | ACC | — | #72 | 60 | Earle Edwards |
| 1963 | 8-3 | ACC | — | #37 | 72 | Earle Edwards |
| 1962 | 3-6-1 | ACC | — | #53 | 67 | Earle Edwards |
| 1961 | 4-6 | ACC | — | #40 | 68 | Earle Edwards |
| 1960 | 6-3-1 | ACC | — | #58 | 63 | Earle Edwards |
| 1959 | 1-9 | ACC | — | #72 | 58 | Earle Edwards |
| 1958 | 2-7-1 | ACC | — | #70 | 59 | Earle Edwards |
| 1957 | 7-1-2 | ACC | #15 | #18 | 76 | Earle Edwards |
| 1956 | 3-7 | ACC | — | #61 | 60 | Earle Edwards |
| 1955 | 4-5-1 | ACC | — | #63 | 59 | Earle Edwards |
| 1954 | 2-8 | ACC | — | #72 | 56 | Earle Edwards |
| 1953 | 1-9 | ACC | — | #88 | 38 | Horace Hendrickson |
| 1952 | 3-7 | Southern | — | #85 | 42 | Horace Hendrickson |
| 1951 | 3-7 | Southern | — | #70 | 57 | Beattie Feathers |
| 1950 | 5-4-1 | Southern | — | #82 | 54 | Beattie Feathers |
| 1949 | 3-7 | Southern | — | #74 | 56 | Beattie Feathers |
| 1948 | 3-6-1 | Southern | — | #51 | 65 | Beattie Feathers |
| 1947 | 5-3-1 | Southern | #17 | #35 | 70 | Beattie Feathers |
| 1946 | 8-3 | Southern | #18 | #28 | 73 | Beattie Feathers |
| 1945 | 3-6 | Southern | — | #50 | 58 | Beattie Feathers |
| 1944 | 7-2 | Southern | — | #39 | 61 | Beattie Feathers |
| 1943 | 3-6 | Southern | — | — | — | |
| 1942 | 4-4-2 | Southern | — | — | — | |
| 1941 | 4-5-2 | Southern | — | — | — | |
| 1940 | 3-6 | Southern | — | #75 | 55 | Doc Newton |
| 1939 | 2-8 | Southern | — | — | — | |
| 1938 | 3-7-1 | Southern | — | — | — | |
| 1937 | 5-3-1 | Southern | — | — | — | |
| 1936 | 3-7 | Southern | — | #64 | 61 | Hunk Anderson |
| 1935 | 6-4 | Southern | — | #73 | 55 early | Hunk Anderson |
| 1934 | 2-6-1 | Southern | — | #80 | 52 early | Hunk Anderson |
| 1933 | 1-5-3 | Southern | — | — | — | |
| 1932 | 6-1-2 | Southern | — | — | — | |
| 1931 | 3-6 | Southern | — | — | — | |
| 1930 | 2-8 | Southern | — | #80 | 31 early | John Van Liew |
| 1929 | 1-8 | Southern | — | #77 | 30 early | Gus Tebell |
| 1928 | 4-5-1 | Southern | — | #59 | 56 early | Gus Tebell |
| 1927 | 9-1 | Southern | — | #39 | 64 early | Gus Tebell |
| 1926 | 4-6 | Southern | — | #68 | 49 early | Gus Tebell |
| 1925 | 3-5-1 | Southern | — | #70 | 52 early | Gus Tebell |
| 1924 | 2-6-2 | Southern | — | — | — | |
| 1923 | 3-7 | Southern | — | #71 | 50 early | Harry Hartsell |
| 1922 | 4-6 | Southern | — | #59 | 58 early | Harry Hartsell |
| 1921 | 3-3-3 | South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic | — | #59 | 54 early | Harry Hartsell |
| 1920 | 7-3 | South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic | — | #35 | 66 early | William Fetzer |
| 1919 | 7-2 | South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic | — | #41 | 64 early | William Fetzer |
| 1918 | 1-3 | South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic | — | — | — | Tal Stafford |
| 1917 | 6-2-1 | South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic | — | #28 | 66 early | Harry Hartsell |
| 1916 | 2-5 | South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic | — | — | — | |
| 1915 | 3-3-1 | South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic | — | #44 | 58 early | Jack Hegarty |
| 1914 | 2-3-1 | South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic | — | #31 | 65 early | Jack Hegarty |
| 1913 | 6-1 | South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic | — | — | — | |
| 1912 | 4-3 | South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic | — | — | — | |
| 1911 | 5-3 | South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic | — | — | — | |
| 1910 | 4-0-2 | South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic | — | — | — | |
| 1909 | 6-1 | South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic | — | — | — | |
| 1908 | 6-1 | South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic | — | #24 | 65 early | Mickey Whitehurst |
| 1907 | 2-0 | South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic | — | — | — | |
| 1906 | 0-1-1 | SIAA | — | — | — | |
| 1905 | 0-1-1 | SIAA | — | — | — | |
| 1904 | 3-1-2 | SIAA | — | #15 | 72 early | W.S. Keinholz |
| 1903 | 1-2 | SIAA | — | — | — | |
| 1902 | 3-4-2 | SIAA | — | — | — |
★ = a national title the school claims. Seasons before 1936 (the first AP poll) are the early era: shown in gray and rated on the same yardstick, but the all-time pool and program totals that matter most start in 1936.