I haven’t understood why our sports information folks seem to perpetuate “the first time in 15 years that App beats a top-6 ranked team”. That’s the wrong narrative. This is the correct narrative:

As it is, neither school—UNC or NCSU has won the ACC in more than 40 years. Heck, neither school during that span has even beaten one team on the road as highly ranked as Texas A&M, let alone two. App during the past 15 years now has victories at No. 5 Michigan, in 2007, and against the sixth-ranked Aggies on Saturday. UNC has NEVER beaten a team that highly ranked on the road. N.C. State’s most recent comparable road victory came in 1967, at No. 2 Houston. It’s not as if both schools haven’t had plenty of at-bats over the years. Yet time and time again, they swing and MISS.

Heard an interesting discussion a few minutes ago on the Raleigh sports station. They were debating/discussing about who is the best college football team in NC. The consensus is App State. They also mentioned that over the past 15 years has any other state program- namely UNC, NC State, Duke and Wake had what would be considered a marquee win outside of their conference. The answer is no.

+1 on both of these posts

I believe App is batting about 40% wins vs top 10 opponents on the road in the last 15 yrs

How does that compare to ANYBODY else?