2011 NC State Wolfpack football team

2011 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
Atlantic Division
No. 22 Clemson x$	6	–	2	10	–	4
Wake Forest	5	–	3	6	–	7
No. 23 Florida State	5	–	3	9	–	4
NC State	4	–	4	8	–	5
Boston College	3	–	5	4	–	8
Maryland	1	–	7	2	–	10
Coastal Division
No. 21 Virginia Tech x%	7	–	1	11	–	3
Virginia	5	–	3	8	–	5
Georgia Tech	5	–	3	8	–	5
Miami (FL)	3	–	5	6	–	6
North Carolina	3	–	5	7	–	6
Duke	1	–	7	3	–	9
Championship: Clemson 38, Virginia Tech 10
$ – BCS representative as conference champion % – BCS at-large representative x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 2011 NC State Wolfpack football team represented North Carolina State University in the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Wolfpack were led by fifth-year head coach Tom O'Brien and played their home games at Carter–Finley Stadium. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the season 8–5, 4–4 in ACC play to finish in fourth place in the Atlantic Division. They were invited to the Belk Bowl, where they defeated Louisville, 31–24.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	6:00 pm	No. 22 (FCS) Liberty*	Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC	ESPN3	W 43–21	56,564
September 10	3:30 pm	at Wake Forest	BB&T Field Winston-Salem, NC (rivalry)	FSN	L 27–34	32,423
September 17	5:00 pm	South Alabama*	Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC	ESPN3	W 35–13	56,756
September 22	8:00 pm	at Cincinnati*	Nippert Stadium Cincinnati, OH	ESPN	L 14–44	28,431
October 1	3:30 pm	No. 21 Georgia Tech	Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC	ABC/ESPN	L 35–45	55,811
October 8	3:30 pm	Central Michigan*	Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC	ESPN3	W 38–24	54,388
October 22	3:30 pm	at Virginia	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA	ESPNU	W 28–14	46,030
October 29	12:00 pm	at Florida State	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL	ESPNU	L 0–34	80,849
November 5	12:30 pm	North Carolina	Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC (rivalry)	ACCN	W 13–0	57,583
November 12	1:00 pm	at Boston College	Alumni Stadium Chestnut Hill, MA	ACCN	L 10–14	33,712
November 19	3:30 pm	No. 8 Clemson	Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC (Textile Bowl)	ABC/ESPN	W 37–13	57,583
November 26	12:30 pm	Maryland	Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC	ACCN	W 56–41	55,323
December 27	8:00 pm	vs. Louisville*	Bank of America Stadium Charlotte, NC (Belk Bowl)	ESPN	W 31–24	58,427
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from Coaches Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

	1	2	3	4	Total
Clemson	3	0	3	7	13
• North Carolina State	0	27	10	0	37

^ "North Carolina State Surprises Mistake Prone Clemson". ESPN. November 19, 2011. Archived from the original on November 21, 2011. Retrieved December 29, 2014.

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