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2026 Week 9 Wake Forest Demon Deacons Rankings

Main Poll Voters

User Rank Rationale
Corporal_Hicks 4
cvsprinter1 4 1-loss to Undefeated
Stoneador 4 133 | 12 | 126
infinitempg 5 0.901, =
VerySeriousBanana 5
jjjoebox 6
SIMBONEGTP 6
budget_um 7
Justanother_0 7 Quality loss to Miami plus handling business through their weaker schedule, not much else to note.
SpadeRyker 7
Xy13 7 Maybe should've ranked the Demons higher earlier. Their one loss was a competitive one to current #1 MIA, and when looking at common opponents of other teams, they beat stanford better than ND, and Cal bette than UCLA did, etc.
bwburke94 8 +8.7192985 (LW: #9)
ch1l1_ch33s3 8
MainPeanut25 8
Maladroit44 8
spasm01 8
A_Rolling_Baneling 9
Bank_Gothic 9
Blazeth 9
fredmerc111 9
JBonkies 9
justsaynotoreddit 9
Muffinnnnnnn 9
nw____ 9
one98d 9
retnuh101 9
sickmemes48 9
srs_house 9
tdeff19 9
TheNSAAgent777 9
xX_GIGA_MAN_Xx 9 (+7)
AJ_CC 10
ALStark69 10 +3; bye bye; why are they played an FCS team next week?
BoukenGreen 10
bretticus733 10
DarthYoda2594 10
Doogitywoogity 10 😴
fshi 10
GatorBolt 10
halldaylong 10
hascogrande 10
Helifino 10
ikindalikelemons 10
MADBuc49 10 +2. Would be the #10 playoff seed in this scenario, playing at #7 BYU in the first round
monkeymatt1836 10
Rakarei 10
RedBarracuda25 10
RegionalBias 10
samspopguy 10
Sometimeswelose 10
Staind075 10
StFuzzySlippers 10
texas2089 10
tks231 10
_fastball 11
AlexanderComet 11
BendrickLamar19 11
blahblehblahwhoru 11
BuckeyeForLife95 11 3.59
Buckeyes2010 11
CambodianDrywall 11
Charlemagne42 11 93.4
chillmagic420 11
Colton3690 11
colton_97 11
COLU_BUS 11
CRedds19 11
daredassdude 11
DarkLegend64 11
EpicSchwinn 11
Euphoric_Relative_13 11
grjohnst 11
HieloLuz 11 Wake Forest launches into the rankings thanks to Louisville being considered a quality win finally. But it's all they have, and their blowout loss to Miami is fine but not great.
jmac_21 11
joebob431 11
jonstark19 11
jthomas694 11
KansasEF5Tornado 11
KJdkaslknv 11
Mr_Brews 11
noahthearc 11
OldCoaly 11
olmsted 11
owlalwaysloveyew 11
PattyKane16 11
plannedsickdays 11
Polarbear1914 11
Rcfan0902 11 1211.05 (-4)
redrumsoxLoL 11 Wake Forest keeps slowly climbing these rankings having only 1 loss to #1 Miami and multiple dominant victories against their ACC rivals.
SCsprinter13 11
Shion314 11
smartkeg 11 The Louisville win and 38–14 road win over NC State are meaningful. A 6–1 record backed by real results.
soonerfreak 11
spsellers 11
Techwid 11
Tornadohunter24 11 [6-1, 4-1 ACC] (+1) | SOR: #11 | Notable Results: W 38-36 (2OT) @ Purdue [3-4], L 20-33 vs #1 Miami [7-0], W 30-27 @ Louisville [4-3] |
w8w8 11
WarEagle9 11
BananaBouquet 12
boxbeat 12
Cassiyus 12
cfbguy 12
Chipsahoy523 12 +4
CptCheese 12
DataDrivenPirate 12
diehardcubforever 12
douchebagjack 12 Best 3 Wins: Louisville, N.C. State, California.
1 Losses: Miami.
ain't nobody ever lost to BYE PAWL UVA, Merrimack, SMU, GT, Duke is a great path to the ACC, win the tiebreaker over SMU
Drexlore 12
Dropbackandpunt 12
eclectic_tastes 12
ExternalTangents 12 73.1%
Hackasizlak 12
jrichardh 12
Luigiatl 12
MemeLovingLoser 12 Score 75.94 (▼ 0.26) | Place Change: ▲ 2 | Previous Rank: 14th | Wins Composite Rank: 6th | SoS Composite Rank: 19th | Margin of Victory Rank: 14th | Penalties Composite Rank: 134th | Yardage Composite Rank: 15th | Turnover Composite Rank: 40th | 3rd/4th Down Conversion Rank: 10th | Other Stats Rank: 26th
nemoran 12
nin478 12
OKgolfer 12 LW: 14
PlactusTX 12 LW: 16 | Tier 2 | bye
PSUMediaPA 12
Pure_Protein_Machine 12
Ruhrgebietheld 12
spmartin1993 12
strikersteve60 12
TadKosciuszko 12
TaylorLeprechaun 12 +2
ToeInDigDeep 12 Loss to Miami
a_bit_of_a_misnomer_ 13
bannista7 13
BearsAreGreat1 13
CFBHurts 13
ChaseTheFalcon 13
Conn3er 13
corundum9 13
ehoefler 13 83.10 | -3
eSpiritCorpse 13
flyingcircusdog 13
Jay_Dubbbs 13
jrich960608 13
Keener1899 13
Klaassy23 13
Lex_Ludorum 13
LiptonCB 13
MemeofMemeJTG999999 13 (6-1) (up 4)
Bye
Next Week: vs Virginia (4-4)
Projected Bowl: Gator Bowl vs Tennessee
mthompson2320 13 LW: 12
noodlethebear 13
NyquillusDillwad20 13
pileatedloon 13
Player_1_has_Joined 13
roguebandit1 13
royrules22 13
seaotter2 13
sirvalkyerie 13
Striker743 13 EVEN - blowing out teams, no signature win
thomasosu 13
titansfan174 13
velociraptorfarmer 13
Zloggt 13 Here come the Deacs!
Acm0028 14
Bereft13 14 Power: 15, SoR: 12; LW: 13
bladefencer 14 0.866, +6, Pow: 21, Off: 35, Def: 13, SOR: 13
Cars-and-Coffee 14
Chris-P-Creme 14
Conglossian 14
Corgi_Koala 14
elnino550 14
GenialGiant 14
grtgbln 14
HelioOne 14
kflinderman 14
laprasrules 14
ManiacalBlazer 14 77.747 (6-1) +2, -0.367 bye week
mellolizard 14
Noy_Telinu 14 Top 3 in the ACC, look at you!
Our-Gardian-Angel 14
Pollaski 14
redwave2505 14
RheagarTargaryen 14
RJEP22 14
RollWarTideEagle 14
scronko 14
sgtshenanigans 14 Wake forest was on the BYE and my have been the biggest beneficiary of a bye this week. Miami wins which helps and teams ahead of them lost. However, the Demon Deacons lack any sort of signature win and their upcoming schedule doesn't provide many opportunities to prove themselves.
shifty1032231 14
SufferingfOrLife 14
TDenverFan 14
Texasagsman 14
the_neverdoctor 14
0010MK 15
AllHawkeyesGoToHell 15
arbadak 15 .783 rating, 6-1, SOS .574 (+3)
bernkastel87 15
BlueSCar 15
ChBass 15 The Miami loss hurts Wake the same amount as 2 Louisville wins would’ve helped. They have a top-15 defense, but a middle of the road offense.
Darth_Ra 15
deadtofall12 15
digdat0 15 15. Wake Forest — Score: 0.182 | Results: 1.174, SOS Rank: #68, Quality: 0.055, Recency: 0.000 | T10W: 0, T25W: 0, T50W: 1, Off Rk: #33, Def Rk: #12
jimbobbypaul 15
Longvols 15
MahjongDaily 15
Pikachu1989 15
r0sco 15
RiffRamBahZoo 15
ryseing 15
SearonTrejorek 15 0.75905
tdoger 15
True_Ad5324 15 Up 3
visor841 15
Wescat 15
Bill3ffinMurray 16
conchobor 16
dabul-master 16
DavoinShower-handle 16
dukemetoo 16
GeauxTri 16 6-1. Road win at Louisville and dominant road win at California; only loss is to undefeated Miami, which continues to become more forgivable.
grey_pilgrim_ 16
HideNZeke 16
Hugefootballfan44 16
malowry0124 16
Noelthemexican 16
Pablo49 16 814
PeteyNice 16
studio_sally 16
TheReformedBadger 16
TheZachster 16
AlphaH4wk 17
BosskOnASegway 17 1734.5 -> 1748.9 [+14.4] (#22 -> #17)
BUSean 17
ChemicalOle 17
CPiGuy2728 17
DampFrijoles 17
G-Aardvark 17
Hobbes_121 17
IceColdDrPepper_Here 17
Jerrywelfare 17
mcdsmaster8824 17
ruwisc 17 LW: 23
sroach91 17
TouchdownHeroes 17
vanburen1845 17
zenverak 17
bakonydraco 18 81.492 (6-1)
brucewaynewins 18
e8odie 18
ewolfy13 18
hypercube42342 18
Inkblot9 18
Roscoe_Filburn 18
12panther 19
Cecil_Hardboner 19
cyberchaox 19
dubscurry30 19 +3
frone 19
hythloday1 19
Jakesnake42 19 Louisville is like....fine? Waiting for this team to be tested again. Could easily see 10-2 with a road loss to SMU....don't think that is close to a playoff team imo. Last Week: #22
JeromesNiece 19
TimeBroken 19
TolkienFan71 19
ya111101 19
Ch-i-ef 20
frumious88 20
JustAManAndHisLaptop 20
NotSoSuperNerd 20 1.484 [9.83-2.17]
placid_salad 20
stripes361 20
UNC_Samurai 20
JamoRedhead 21
djowen68 22
sirgippy 22 GippyRank expected rank: 16.7. Central 80% interval: 7–29. Top-25 probability: 85%.
T-Thugs 22 Wake Forest is similar to Northwestern. They've got a nice 6-1 record, but also lacking any real quality wins. They beat Louisville who is 4-3 and lost to only Miami. Big showdown looming next month with SMU could have them in the ACC title game with a win.
BlueFalcon89 23
Fmeson 24
SwissArmyScythe 24 +1
galacticdude7 25 Predicted Record: 10-2

Losses: Miami (20-33), @SMU

Comment: I'm late to the part on this one, but I'm still not all that confident in Wake Forest, they haven't really impressed me in a conference I'm not impressed with either.
jbowen1 25 1879.92 (+1)

Provisional Poll Voters

User Rank Rationale
CallMeTheKing 3 134-1-2
bryophyta_insolitam 4
LegionMammal978 4 (+6) GS .867, TS 793.
alexjcode_com 5 851
Nervous_Metal_9445 6
RealityComps 6
Aggravating-Funny569 7
owl-bears 7
BoNnnnfhir 8
Oldenmw 8 Your only loss being to #1 is doing a lot for your ranking, make the ACC proud
rob_bot13 8 1735 points. Wake's wins continue to age well and their loss has too. I think they are criminally under-ranked in the AP poll but this might be a smidge high.
sportstrap 8
2AcesRoth 9 net elo off def ridge fei conf
+17.4 +19.8 39.1 19.3 +14.7 +17.7 ACC
drewscottt 9 +1
Flaky_Bit6733 9
myworld3 9
NoOutdoorSoup 9
Procyonyx 9 Wake played a solid game against Miami and has won everything else, so there's no shame in ranking them in the top 10;...
ArlyntheAwesome 10
beckett929 10
BoilerUp28 10
chief_sitass 10
d1sportsball 10 Dominating a very weak schedule, beneficiary of a good loss to Miami
DownshiftGD 10
FoodCourtDruid 10
gonshpreds1 10
JackWK_Gaming 10
jmdinbtr 10
josh55134 10
kevinsdomain 10
LightningDusty 10 ↑4
Minnesnowtaaa 10
SaguaroCactus19 10
TheBeekman8 10
andrewtodd98 11
BlueRFR3100 11
DillyDillySzn 11
logace444444444 11
mathmanhale 11
WBLwiffleball 11
_THE__BOULDER_ 12 Bye
Arago_ 12
bigred91224 12
Character_Orchid4698 12
DarthGlazer 12 they look like demons...
isrealball 12
jackmc04 12 (+5)
JCNoles 12 12/14
Lucaball3r 12
MyAngelMiraidon 12 E - on bye
Ok_Significance_3803 12
Scottyfer 12
Star_Wars_Sith 12
TailgateLegend 12
TheCryptPartDeux 12
TrashyTuber 12
Yelich04 12 ^2
AoA_nB1 13
BeyondLiesTheWub 13 change from last week: +2
ChiTrojan2 13
Delicious_Fig5384 13
FrontRunner51 13 (+5)
g_trechel 13
gohncell 13
Hastronaut 13
HereComesNightTime 13
Kirkwood641 13
mathwrath55 13
MillerHighLifeStan 13
Nath0leon 13 +1.
Original_Profile8600 13
Quick-Newt-5651 13
S2OP 13 (+3)
SportsCat4 13
1Subject 14
Applesaucemannus 14
dstrainr 14
grahamca 14 T8ᵗʰ W/L, T4ᵗʰ Predicted Wins, 26ᵗʰ Team Strength, 29ᵗʰ Quality of Wins
HHunko13 14
jtchr33 14
Pure-Shirt-5831 14
quantum_jedi 14 (62.77, -2) Also on BYE this week.
Scruggerboy 14
Spazzatack 14
SpeddyDawg 14
TyRoland06 14
70277027 15
bruhstevenson 15
buccaneerboy22 15
divey043 15
ianmcmoney 15 65.48%
idnttcrisis 15
jis024 15
Klightgrove 15
loneSTAR_06 15
NA_Faker 15
ndbfsu22 15
ninjatown23 15 A couple teams above them in my rankings lost, Wake Forest gets bye week boost.
Ok_Boysenberry716 15
Pyroblockx 15
Sflabuckeye13 15
SonOfGarry 15
spaceblev11 15
ThompsonCreekTiger 15
undercover_hot_dog 15
XVW55 15
dee3Poh 16 .360
m3owzika 16
OG_Felwinter 16
Rhizical 16
shouldajustsaid_yeah 16
tm65- 16 .657
Blazemaster77 17
jtsmd2 17
kennethbring 17
Piptit 17
pongislame 17 -
boblovespi 18
bocnj 18
EL-YEO 18
hbh110 18
Menktenk 18
Noahsince2002 18
Rishik01 18
SpectralHydra 18
geordieColt88 19
KevinDoesSports 19 Their only loss is to Miami, who is clearly pretty good. One of the better teams in the ACC.
manbeqrpig 19
NNul 19
saquad69 19
ted1995 19
thatoneguyD13 19 Tier 4.
666PeaceKeepaGirl 20
Isthmus11 20
Tortillero96 20 W (6-1) A +34 vs California (unranked)
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GreenAndYellow12 21 .313 |+2|
Impossible-Still-349 21 (+4)
PsychologicalFox8660 21
rt13wx 21
samtaylor92 21
tbraptors 21 Same story as Northwestern, only one loss to a top 10 team, with a lacking resume outside of that
GDSamstag 22
meristematic 22
ResearchFlaky5912 22 Floats up after the teams that dropped out all lose.
jibberishdhyukl 24
newSomberMan 24
Crelc3 25
GenuineBoss 25
HokiPoqi 25
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Green = Hybrid

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