As I promised in this thread discussing SI’s predictions, I received my college football season preview from The Sporting News, and we can now compare their take on the 2006-07 Wolfpack.
It’s not good, but a little better. TSN picks NC State 5th in the Atlantic, and #58 overall (no record given). In 10 categories ranked, NC State is only in the top half of the league once (secondary picked #5). In coaching, TSN ranks us dead last. Duke is last in all categories except secondary (11, only UNC is worse) and coaching (10, UNC and NC State are worse).