A mid-week battle between ACC programs is on tap for Thursday with the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (6-4, 4-3) set to host the NC State Wolfpack (5-5, 2-4) at Bobby Dodd Stadium. Georgia Tech is looking to build off its massive 28-23 upset win over Miami in its last outing. Miami was ranked No. 4 in the country at the time. The Wolfpack is looking to bounce back from their 29-19 loss to Duke and lock up bowl eligibility with a win. The Yellow Jackets lead the all-time series 20-11. 

Kickoff in Atlanta, Georgia is at 7:30 p.m. ET. The Yellow Jackets are 8.5-point favorites in the latest Georgia Tech vs. NC State odds via SportsLine consensus, while the over/under for total points scored is 51. Georgia Tech is a -323 (risk $323 to win $100) favorite on the money line, with NC State listed as a +254 underdog (see up-to-date odds for every game this week on our college football odds page). 

Before you make any Georgia Tech vs. NC State picks or any other college football predictions, you NEED to see which side proven SportsLine expert Jimmie Kaylor is on. 

Kaylor is a NFL, college football and DFS expert for SportsLine, who has covered the NFL and college football for close to a decade as a member of the Pro Football Writers of America. His background as a former college football All-American and NFL player gives him a unique perspective when building his fantasy lineups and locking in his betting picks. He has his finger on the pulse of the college football landscape and has been cashing in big for the last two years. 

Kaylor has destroyed the sportsbooks in college football the last two seasons, netting a whopping 66.92 units while posting a 208-132-6 record since Week 1 of the 2023 season. All of his picks have been featured on his SportsLine expert page or in his weekly bylined articles. Anyone who followed his picks is WAY UP!

Now, Kaylor has locked in a confident against-the-spread pick for NC State vs. Georgia Tech in their Week 13 ACC matchup. We can tell you he's leaning Over on the point total, but he knows a crucial X-factor makes one side of the spread a MUST-BACK! You ABSOLUTELY need to see what it is before locking in any picks of your own.

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