Wake Forest Demon Deacons Football

Wake Forest opens the 2026 season against Akron on Thursday, Sep 3 at Allegacy Federal Credit Union Stadium.

The Read

Wake Forest opens a 23.5-point favorite. Our model gives Wake Forest a 93% chance.

WIN PROBABILITY

WAKE 93% AKR 7%

PROJECTED FINAL

Wake Forest

37

Akron

13

WAKE win
93% One-score game
15%

What's driving the model

Ratings edge (Elo) WAKE

Home-field edge WAKE

Market lean WAKE

Model projection WAKE

Each game samples a margin around the market spread and a final total around the market total.

Sim the game Akron @ Wake Forest

Your sims:Sims: WAKE 0, AKR 0

@

Akron @ Wake Forest

Thu, Sep 3 · 7:00 PM EDT

CFB VIBES MODELWAKE 93% to win

ACC NetworkSIM NOW →

@

Wake Forest @ Purdue

Sat, Sep 12 · 12:00 PM EDT

CFB VIBES MODELWAKE 55% to win

FS1SIM NOW →

#7@

Miami @ Wake Forest

Fri, Sep 18 · 7:30 PM EDT

CFB VIBES MODELMIA 81% to win

ESPNSIM NOW →

@#24

Wake Forest @ Louisville

TBD

CFB VIBES MODELLOU 76% to win

SIM NOW →

Standings

Full standings →

Place	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
13	NCSUNC StateNCSU	0–1	0–1
14	PITTPittsburghPITT	0–0	0–0
15	SYRSyracuseSYR	0–0	0–0
16	VTVirginia TechVT	0–0	0–0
17	WAKEWake ForestWAKE	0–0	0–0

Rankings

All rankings →

Rank	AP TOP 25
1	OSUOhio StateOSU
2	OREOregonORE
3	UGAGeorgiaUGA
4	NDNotre DameND
–	WAKEWake ForestWAKE

Rank	COACHES
1	OSUOhio StateOSU
2	OREOregonORE
3	UGAGeorgiaUGA
4	TEXTexasTEX
–	WAKEWake ForestWAKE