1-loss to Undefeated

1433.83 (+5)

+2; they seem to actually be legitimately good especially on offense

Score 78.44 (▲ 2.32) | Place Change: ▲ 4 | Previous Rank: 11th | Wins Composite Rank: 9th | SoS Composite Rank: 26th | Margin of Victory Rank: 3rd | Penalties Composite Rank: 37th | Yardage Composite Rank: 6th | Turnover Composite Rank: 20th | 3rd/4th Down Conversion Rank: 8th | Other Stats Rank: 1st

LW: 12

Up 4 - another blowout win

70.4%

Beat Louisville (5-3) and NC state (4-4). Lost to Miami

[7-1, 5-1 ACC] (+1) | SOR: #11 | Notable Results: W 38-36 (2OT) @ Purdue [3-4], L 20-33 vs #2 Miami [8-0], W 30-27 @ Louisville [5-3] |

It feels odd to only have the potential to note their performances in September considering their recent streak of form. The Demon Deacons have yet to allow a team to remain within 3 scores of them since their upset of the Cardinals in Louisville (who were ranked at the time) and have absolutely terrorized the lower and mid- levels of the ACC with some absolutely ridiculous performances on both offense and defense. Gio Lopez has managed to turn himself into a fringe Heisman candidate, and their rushing attack has had bursts of some real potential behind an impressive O-Line. Dickert's squad is well ahead of schedule and clearly looking forward to a potential rematch with the Hurricanes in Charlotte, but they still have to survive a few more weeks, with games in Dallas against the Mustangs and at rival Duke still left on the schedule.

11. Wake Forest — Score: 0.206 | Results: 1.224, SOS Rank: #76, Quality: 0.058, Recency: 0.000 | T10W: 0, T25W: 0, T50W: 1, Off Rk: #14, Def Rk: #15

.808 rating, 7-1, SOS .571 (+4)

LW: 12 | Tier 2 | W Virginia

GippyRank Quality of Results expected rank: 10.4. Central 80% interval: 2–22. Top-25 probability: 94%.

0.872, +0, Pow: 20, Off: 19, Def: 15, SOR: 14

102

Predicted Record: 11-1

Losses: Miami (20-33)

Comment: Back to back blowout wins and SMU falling off catapults them as my #2 ACC team, and as a result they shoot up my rankings.

Quality win over Louisville is all they have, and has been suspect. The loss to Miami doesn't hurt at all, but they need better wins.

1.749 [10.26-1.74]

LW: #20 7-1 and struggled in their 3 games against top 80 teams, including a narrow 2-point win over #80 Purdue. Other than the Purdue game, the deacs haven’t looked vulnerable against the bottom of the FBS.

83.720 (7-1)

+1

net elo off def ridge fei conf
+21.2 +25.5 44.1 18.5 +17.7 +20.5 ACC

^8

Wake Forest has been destroying opponents besides Miami (who's at #2 of course).

T5ᵗʰ W/L, T4ᵗʰ Predicted Wins, 10ᵗʰ Team Strength, 12ᵗʰ Quality of Wins

+2

Playing great football with only a loss to Miami. They mean business.

The Demon Deacons would be my last team in, not sure how’d they fare against the big dawgs, but they’ve earned their spot.

Honestly haven't watched them at all but they got a good record

+1 - Passes eye test but suffers from their best win being Louisville and having legit potential to have no ranked wins at all if they go 11-1

Border line in, hard for me to rank them higher, but if they keep winning the rest will work itself out.

+1

Looking good, but face a tough Merrimack team next.

Tier 4.

.470

After a blow-out win, the Deacons move up considerably. Virginia is a bad team (4-5), which is fitting: teams in the teens blow out bad teams occasionally. I'm still a bit low on Wake compared to the consensus because they haven't really been tested by a real opponent except for Miami, and in that game, they lost by more than UNC and FSU did combined.

+3
W (7-1) H +44 vs Virginia (unranked)
W (6-1) A +34 vs California (unranked)
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Could be the 3rd best team, could be the 30th best team. Still need them to win against better teams