ACCDemon Deacons
Wake Forest
Next: vs VirginiaOct 31
Rank
18th
of 138 FBS teams
Rating
90% range 8.4 to 23.5
Offense
33.7
19th: points scored vs an average team
Defense
17.7
21st: points allowed vs an average team
Record
6–1
9.9–2.1 projected over the regular season
Playoff
30%
chance to make the field
Schedule
Ranks are retrospective TEMPO estimates, not poll rankings or ranks saved before kickoff.
Week and dateOpponentResult or win chancePlayoff stakes or rating change
Wk 4Sep 26 · 12:00 PM ET atRetrospective TEMPO rank estimate#25
Louisville W
30–27
Rating changeΔ+1.8
Chances
Provisional odds. Schedule or rules need confirmation.Details
- Projected record
- 9.9–2.1
- Conference record
- 6.9–2.1
- Make the playoff
- 30%
- First-round bye
- 2%
- Conference title game
- 54%
- Win the conference
- 17%
- Reach the quarterfinal
- 14%
- Reach the semifinal
- 6%
- Reach the final
- 2%
- Win it all
- <1%
Rating this season
90% range
Estimated after the fact at each cutoff.
Past seasons
| Season | Conference | Rank# | Rating | Off. | Def. | RecordW–L | CFP entryCFP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | ACC | 45 of 136 | 7.9 | 29.6 | 21.7 | 9–4 | — |
| 2024 | ACC | 92 of 134 | −7.2 | 23.4 | 30.7 | 4–8 | — |
| 2023 | ACC | 69 of 133 | −1.1 | 25.6 | 26.7 | 4–8 | — |
| 2022 | ACC | 36 of 131 | 7.3 | 35.7 | 28.4 | 8–5 | — |
| 2021 | ACC | 37 of 130 | 6.8 | 37.6 | 30.9 | 11–3 | — |
| 2020 | ACC | 54 of 127 | 2.9 | 34.3 | 31.3 | 4–5 | — |
| 2019 | ACC | 63 of 130 | 0.0 | 30.7 | 30.6 | 8–5 | — |
| 2018 | ACC | 45 of 130 | 5.6 | 34.6 | 29.0 | 7–6 | — |
| 2017 | ACC | 28 of 130 | 10.3 | 38.7 | 28.4 | 8–5 | — |
| 2016 | ACC | 61 of 128 | 1.8 | 26.1 | 24.2 | 7–6 | — |
| 2015 | ACC | 82 of 128 | −3.1 | 21.1 | 24.3 | 3–9 | — |
Profile
WAKE offenseFBS average
Points per drive · points per possession.