NC State
ACC Wolfpack school
NC State is the common name for North Carolina State University, a public research university in Raleigh.
The name appears most often in sports contexts, where NC State competes in the Atlantic Coast Conference: NC State upset the top seed in the tournament.
The full name distinguishes it from UNC (the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), its chief rival.
- RaleighNorth Carolina capital
- ACCEastern collegiate division
- Tobacco RoadSymbol of rural destitution
- college basketballUniversity-level hoops competition
- basketballTeam sport with hoops
football · Reynolds · tobacco · engineering · land grant · agriculture · red · white · howl · campus · Hillsborough · brickyard · rivalry · red and white · tailgate · pack · textiles · veterinary
- Southern CollegesAlabama, Auburn, Clemson, Duke University, Florida
- NC SchoolsUNC, Duke University, Wake Forest, Davidson, Elon
- Triangle NCRaleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill, Cary, Duke University
- ACCDuke, North Carolina, Virginia, Clemson, Wake Forest
- Land-Grant UniversitiesCornell, Texas A&M, Purdue, Rutgers, Virginia Tech
- North CarolinaTar Heel, Great Smoky Mountains, Blue Ridge Parkway, Outer Banks, Asheville
NC StateUNC
Carolina school initials
North Carolina · Chapel Hill · Carolina · Tar Heels · Duke
NC StateDuke
High-ranking noble title
Davidson · Wake Forest · Elon · private universities · liberal arts colleges
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