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2026 Week 11 Wake Forest Demon Deacons Rankings

Main Poll Voters

User Rank Rationale
infinitempg 3 0.901, +1
JustAManAndHisLaptop 4
RiffRamBahZoo 4
SIMBONEGTP 4
TheNSAAgent777 4
BuckeyeForLife95 5 5.56
Maladroit44 5
owlalwaysloveyew 5
ThaCarter 5
Blazeth 6
BoukenGreen 6
budget_um 6
ch1l1_ch33s3 6
chillmagic420 6
DarthYoda2594 6 See methodology - beat who you play and beat the shit out of them, all you can do
EpicSchwinn 6
GenialGiant 6
jjjoebox 6
Lex_Ludorum 6
MainPeanut25 6
Muffinnnnnnn 6
sirvalkyerie 6
SpadeRyker 6
srs_house 6
StFuzzySlippers 6 Their schedule may not be the most impressive, but it's not so bad as to make the way they've been dogwalking everyone the last few weeks less impressive.
Striker743 6 Up 3 - win over #22, loss to #5, 6 wins in a row
tdoger 6
ALStark69 7 +1; I know it's Merrimack but 77 is crazy
BananaBouquet 7
CRedds19 7
Dropbackandpunt 7
dukemetoo 7
Euphoric_Relative_13 7
fredmerc111 7
G-Aardvark 7
Hugefootballfan44 7
IceColdDrPepper_Here 7
ikindalikelemons 7
jonstark19 7 CFP: #7 seed, vs BYU
justsaynotoreddit 7
Longvols 7
Luigiatl 7
ManiacalBlazer 7 85.679
noahthearc 7
Noy_Telinu 7 Only loss is to Miami
olmsted 7
one98d 7
Rcfan0902 7 1629.52 (-1)
redwave2505 7
retnuh101 7
SCsprinter13 7
spsellers 7
Staind075 7
strikersteve60 7
TaylorLeprechaun 7 +2
texas2089 7
TopGoose 7
velociraptorfarmer 7
xX_GIGA_MAN_Xx 7 (+1)
AJ_CC 8
AllHawkeyesGoToHell 8
blahblehblahwhoru 8
BorisNumber1 8
CambodianDrywall 8
Cassiyus 8
Charlemagne42 8 137
ChaseTheFalcon 8
Chipsahoy523 8 +4
cvsprinter1 8 1-loss
Daigotsu 8
DarkLegend64 8
DataDrivenPirate 8
deadtofall12 8
eclectic_tastes 8
flyingcircusdog 8
fshi 8
grjohnst 8
grtgbln 8
hascogrande 8
Helifino 8
IAmAChemicalEngineer 8
JBonkies 8
jmac_21 8
joebob431 8
jthomas694 8
KJdkaslknv 8
laprasrules 8
LiptonCB 8
mthompson2320 8 LW: 8
Noelthemexican 8
NyquillusDillwad20 8
OKgolfer 8 LW: 9. Best win: UR Louisville. Worst (only) loss: #5 Miami
plannedsickdays 8
Pure_Protein_Machine 8
Pyromania1983 8
RedBarracuda25 8
romulusjsp 8
Ruhrgebietheld 8
shifty1032231 8
Shion314 8
sickmemes48 8
sirgippy 8 GippyRank Quality of Results expected rank: 9.7. Central 80% interval: 2–20. Top-25 probability: 95.3%.
SlaminSammons 8
Sometimeswelose 8
spmartin1993 8
tdeff19 8
TDenverFan 8
titansfan174 8
ToeInDigDeep 8 Loss to Miami
Tornadohunter24 8 [8-1, 5-1 ACC] (+2) | SOR: #10 | Notable Results: W 38-36 (2OT) @ Purdue [3-6], L 20-33 vs #5 Miami [8-1], W 30-27 @ HM Louisville [6-3] |
w8w8 8
zenverak 8
Zloggt 8 Watch them (still) underrank Wake Forest at the show tonight lol
BendrickLamar19 9
boxbeat 9
bretticus733 9
CFBHurts 9
cinciforthewin 9
CptCheese 9
diehardcubforever 9
ehoefler 9 87.35 | +1
JamoRedhead 9
jrichardh 9
jrluhn 9
KansasEF5Tornado 9
Klaassy23 9
MADBuc49 9 +0. Would be the #9 playoff seed in this scenario, playing at #8 Texas in the first round
Player_1_has_Joined 9
Rakarei 9
redrumsoxLoL 9 The Demon Deacons played FCS Merrimack in a complete blow out 77-0 and stay hot as the prepare for SMU this upcoming week.
RJEP22 9
seaotter2 9
sgtshenanigans 9 Wake Forest lacks a real signature win however they only have one loss and that is to a team I feel is a top 5 team. Next week's game against SMU is going to go a long way to hammering out the top teams in the ACC.
smartkeg 9 An 8–1 record and an explosive offense proves Wake is a legitimate top team.
The-Gothic-Castle 9
tomdawg0022 9
Acm0028 10
Bank_Gothic 10 Wake Forest is in a similar position to Indiana, as a one-loss team who hung with one of the best teams in the country. Their best win is probably Louisville, however, and it is hard to rank them any higher based on a lack of bad losses. The upcoming SMU game will tell us a lot about this team, but for now I'm happy with them in my top-10.
bannista7 10
Cecil_Hardboner 10
Ch-i-ef 10
ChBass 10 The absolute destruction that Wake brought upon Merrimack doesn't factor into these calculations, and their best win is still against #33 power rated Louisville, but when you have one loss and it's to Miami, you don't fall that far.
colton_97 10
Conn3er 10
Corgi_Koala 10
cornholesurfer 10
DavoinShower-handle 10
Drexlore 10
e8odie 10
ExternalTangents 10 67.2%
GatorBolt 10
GeauxTri 10 8-1. Eight wins with road victories at Louisville and California. Only loss is to Miami, a strong opponent, though the elite-win portfolio is thinner than teams above.
Hackasizlak 10
HelioOne 10
Jerrywelfare 10
nbingham196 10
Our-Gardian-Angel 10
PSUMediaPA 10
ruwisc 10
SearonTrejorek 10 0.78070
Terminal_BAS 10
Texasagsman 10
True_Ad5324 10 Up 4
WarEagle9 10
12panther 11
_fastball 11
A_Rolling_Baneling 11
BearsAreGreat1 11
Bereft13 11 Power: 15, SoR: 11; LW: 8
bernkastel87 11
BUSean 11
bwburke94 11 +7.177532 (LW: #9)
Cars-and-Coffee 11
COLU_BUS 11
cyclonepsycho 11
dabul-master 11
daredassdude 11
elnino550 11
grey_pilgrim_ 11
halldaylong 11
HideNZeke 11
Jay_Dubbbs 11
jimbobbypaul 11
MahjongDaily 11
mellolizard 11
monkeymatt1836 11
PeteyNice 11
Pollaski 11
RegionalBias 11
Roscoe_Filburn 11
SufferingfOrLife 11
Techwid 11
the_neverdoctor 11
vanburen1845 11
visor841 11
Wescat 11
ya111101 11
Blooblod 12
HieloLuz 12
Jakesnake42 12 Read above. Last Week: #12
mcdsmaster8824 12
MemeofMemeJTG999999 12 (8-1) (no change)
W: 77-0 vs Merrimack (4-6)
Next Week: @ #26 SMU (7-2)
Projected Bowl: Holiday Bowl vs USC
Pikachu1989 12
PlactusTX 12 LW: 12 | Tier 2 | W Merrimack
royrules22 12
scronko 12
sroach91 12
TheUltimate721 12
TimeBroken 12
UNC_Samurai 12
52hoova 13
AlphaH4wk 13
BallSoHerd 13
bladefencer 13 0.859, +1, Pow: 27, Off: 12, Def: 23, SOR: 14
BlueFalcon89 13
dubscurry30 13 +5
frone 13
galacticdude7 13 Predicted Record: 11-1

Losses: Miami (20-33)
Hobbes_121 13
JeromesNiece 13
Justanother_0 13
luckroy 13
malowry0124 13
NotSoSuperNerd 13 1.700 [10.26-1.74]
r0sco 13
ShogunAshoka 13
skuhlke 13
studio_sally 13
T-Thugs 13 Wake Forest is 8-1 with a nice win over Louisville (6-3). Only loss is to Miami
TheZachster 13
TolkienFan71 13
Bill3ffinMurray 14
brucewaynewins 14
Darth_Ra 14
djowen68 14
ewolfy13 14
hythloday1 14
kflinderman 14
MemeLovingLoser 14 Score 73.05 (▼ 5.17) | Place Change: ▼ 6 | Previous Rank: 8th | Wins Composite Rank: 5th | SoS Composite Rank: 60th | Margin of Victory Rank: 2nd | Penalties Composite Rank: 135th | Yardage Composite Rank: 7th | Turnover Composite Rank: 20th | 3rd/4th Down Conversion Rank: 5th | Other Stats Rank: 17th
Pablo49 14 899
placid_salad 14 LW: #16 Hurt more than helped by playing a FCS game, their resume is very similar to New Mexico. The lobos have a better top win (#11 NDSU vs #26 Louisville), a worse loss (#51 Oklahoma vs #1 Miami), a scare against an underperforming team (#98 SJSU and #102 Purdue), and lots of fluff filling out the rest of the resume so far. The Deacs have a better chance of moving up with games against #29 SMU and #30 Duke outclassing the Lobos’ remaining opponents
RobertNeyland 14
bakonydraco 15 82.757 (8-1)
cyberchaox 15
dschinghiskhan 15
douchebagjack 16 Best 3 Wins: Louisville, Virginia, N.C. State.
1 Losses: Miami.
FCS win, whatever. Wake's resume falls with Miami losing as well
Hey_Its_Roomie 16
CPiGuy2728 17
Stoneador 17 4 | 17 | 170
jbowen1 18
SwissArmyScythe 19 +2
Tarmacked 19 As said above, what wins do they have? I just don't know what i'm supposed to do with the resume here.
0010MK 20
Inkblot9 20
ColombianInIowa24 25 42.56 - [7-1-1] Loss to Miami (FL) hurts more now. Up next #26 SMU. (Mode: 10, Median: 39) I cheated a little here, since on the rerun they were a little lower. I want ranked Wake Forest.

Notable omissions: #26 SMU, luck of the draw. #29 Iowa, not really sure why they are low when Wisconsin is so high. #34 USC, a more confusing version of Iowa.

Provisional Poll Voters

User Rank Rationale
sportstrap 2
grahamca 3 T3ʳᵈ W/L, T3ʳᵈ Predicted Wins, 3ʳᵈ Team Strength, 9ᵗʰ Quality of Wins
2AcesRoth 4 net elo off def ridge fei
+21.2 +25.5 44.1 18.5 +17.5 +20.5
BlueRFR3100 4
bryophyta_insolitam 4
bigred91224 5
Nervous_Metal_9445 5
-MrWrightt- 6
BoNnnnfhir 6
AoA_nB1 7
DillyDillySzn 7
DownshiftGD 7
drewscottt 7 --
Flaky_Bit6733 7
josh55134 7
LightningDusty 7 ↑3
MiserableConfusion74 7
myworld3 7
NoOutdoorSoup 7
ogsmurf826 7
owl-bears 7
BoilerUp28 8
ChiTrojan2 8
DarthGlazer 8
Effective-Lead-6657 8 (9)
g_trechel 8
jackmc04 8 (+3)
JackWK_Gaming 8
KansasChaser2021 8
Kirkwood641 8
MillerHighLifeStan 8
NebraskaPlainsman 8
Ok_Boysenberry716 8
shouldajustsaid_yeah 8
Spazzatack 8
Yelich04 8 v4 (#4 1-loss team, better than Texas Tech (#5 1-loss team) because they have a far better loss, and Wake handles business better vs. inferior competition than Texas Tech does, better than Texas (#3 2-loss team) because their loss is better than either of Texas's losses.)
EL-YEO 9
fm22fnam 9 +1
Hastronaut 9
hbh110 9
HokiPoqi 9
JJones927 9
logace444444444 9
mathwrath55 9
S2OP 9 (+3)
SaguaroCactus19 9
Scottyfer 9
SomerandomIDFBfan 9
Star_Wars_Sith 9
TailgateLegend 9
Arago_ 10
ArlyntheAwesome 10 I want you to be so much better than you are and it takes a lot of willpower to not call you even with TTU despite having nothing on the resume as good as TTU has. at least with my rankings as is you'd play them in the CFP :)
beckett929 10
d1sportsball 10
Delicious_Fig5384 10
divey043 10
Forsaken_Forever_678 10
gohncell 10 SMU game will tell everything.
GrimmacingGrinny 10
idnttcrisis 10
jtchr33 10 getting their cupcake in a bit earlier, and looked good during it.
loneSTAR_06 10
manbeqrpig 10
ninjatown23 10 Wake Forest moves up with UK and BYU losses. With a tough stretch the next three weeks (SMU, Georgia Tech, Duke), we’ll get to see how serious the Demon Deacons are this season.
Pyroblockx 10
Rishik01 10
ThompsonCreekTiger 10 T-3rd Win %, 85th SOS, 3rd SR
undercover_hot_dog 10
WBLwiffleball 10
XVW55 10
70277027 11
Blazemaster77 11
ChunkyMarx 11
CinemaWithPsalty 11
Dramatic-Squash-6538 11
FoodCourtDruid 11
geordieColt88 11
isrealball 11
jtsmd2 11
m3owzika 11
ndbfsu22 11
Original_Profile8600 11
qwop00 11
RealityComps 11
Rhizical 11
SportsCat4 11
ad51603 12
alexjcode_com 12 816
CALL_ME_ISHMAEBY 12 8-1; score +1.24 = blend +1.04 +0.20 results; Q1/Q2 wins 0/1; losses Q1
dee3Poh 12 .500
FrontRunner51 12 (+1)
HereComesNightTime 12
ianmcmoney 12 59.42%
Isthmus11 12
KevinDoesSports 12
Kyrosiv 12
meristematic 12
MyAngelMiraidon 12 -1 - Their schedule strength is diabolical
OG_Felwinter 12
penix4heisman 12
PsychologicalFox8660 12
Pure-Shirt-5831 12
rt13wx 12
samtaylor92 12
SignificanceFirm2398 12
thatoneguyD13 12 Tier 4.
666PeaceKeepaGirl 13
Applesaucemannus 13
bruhstevenson 13
buccaneerboy22 13
jibberishdhyukl 13
jwrtf 13
ResearchFlaky5912 13 Like Houston, not so much of a huge jump from a good performance (tune-up game) as it is that a bunch of teams in front of them lost.
SpectralHydra 13
chief_sitass 14
johnjones55 14
bocnj 15
GDSamstag 15
Piptit 15
saquad69 15
ted1995 15
CallMeTheKing 16 .781
Tortillero96 16 +1
W (8-1) H +77 vs Merrimack (unranked)
W (7-1) H +44 vs Virginia (unranked)
W (6-1) A +34 vs California (unranked)
TyRoland06 16
1Subject 18
BigGamesShouldCount 18
GreenAndYellow12 18 0.400 (+1)
Impossible-Still-349 18 (-1) victim of chaos they're not involved in (slowed + reverb)
tbraptors 18 Wake should not be ranked higher. Their only loss is to the #9 team, but their best win is against unranked Louisville. If they can beat SMU without many issues, they should move up to around Houston
LegionMammal978 20 (−16) GS .846, TS 2543: 48.1% #40 Louisville + 14.8% #56 Stanford + 11.2% #61 Purdue + 10.2% #63 NC State + 9.6% #64 Virginia + 6.0% #70 California = 100% #11 Miami.
GenuineBoss 21
IWieldTheFlameOfAnor 22
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Green = Hybrid

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