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North Carolina State Wolfpack vs Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets: Who wins the ACC battle?

The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets are hosting the North Carolina State Wolfpack at Bobby Dodd Stadium, Atlanta, GA on Thursday.

Can the Wolfpack save the season?

The North Carolina State Wolfpack are 14th in the ACC with a 5-5 record including 2-4 in conference play. They have lost 3 of the last 5 games and are coming off a 29-19 loss to the Duke Blue Devils. CJ Bailey went 16 of 39 for 184 yards. NC State is 62nd in the nation averaging 28.6 points per game and are ranked 94th averaging 362.1 yards per game.

The Yellow Jackets have to finish the season strong

The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets are sixth in the ACC with a 6-4 record including 4-3 in conference play. They have won 3 of the last 5 games and are coming off a 28-23 win over the Miami Hurricanes. Haynes King went 6 of 6 for 32 yards and Aaron Philo went 5 of 10 for 67 yards. The Yellow Jackets are 47th in the nation averaging 417.1 yards per game and 71st scoring 27.7 points per game.

Betting Trends

The Yellow Jackets are 5-2 SU in their last 7 home games against NC State, and 3-12 SU in their last 15 games against teams from the Atlantic Division. They are 6-0-1 ATS in their last 7 home games and 6-1 ATS in their last 7 games played in November. Georgia Tech has played under the total point line in 5 of their last 6 games overall and 6 of their last 7 games against teams from the ACC and has gone over in 5 of their last 6 games against NC State and 4 of their last 6 games played in Week 13. The Wolfpack are 4-12 SU in their last 16 games against Georgia Teck, 6-2 SU in their last 8 games on the road and 2-5 SU in their last 7 visits to Georgia Tech. They are 2-9 ATS in their last 11 games overall and 6-1 ATS in their last 7 games played in November. NC State has played over the total point line in 6 of their last 9 games overall and 6 of their last 8 games against teams from the ACC and under in 4 of their last 6 games against teams from the Coastal Division.

Prediction and Conclusion

Both teams are coming off bye week, and they will be well-rested going into this one. Georgia Tech stunned Miami in the last game for the program’s first win against a top-five team since 2009. Georgia Tech became bowl eligible for the second straight season, which is the first time the Yellow Jackets have done that since qualifying for 18 straight bowl games from 1997-2014. NS State, on the other side, is coming off a costly loss to Duke, which most likely limited their ambitions for the season. Their starting quarterback, Grayson McCall, is out with injury, and CJ Bailey has juimped into that spot. Georgia Tech is the better team at the moment and needs this one, so we go with the Yellow Jackets to cover the -8.5-point spread.