ACC · 2026

Wake Forest

6–1
CFPi+ rank#17of 138 FBS teams
+14.5CFPi+ rating
#12Best: EPi+ efficiency
#63Weakest: TPi+ talent
5Games left
CFPi+ index

Where the team ranks

CFPi+#17+14.5
Offense#18+33.9
Defense#22+19.4
EPi+ efficiency index

How efficiently it plays

EPi+#12+18.3
Off EPi+#17+9.6
Def EPi+#20-8.7
Advanced stats

Offense and defense

StatOffenseDefense
Success rate#1749.1%#7141.0%
Explosiveness#20+1.342#10+1.100
Havoc rate#610.1%#7515.5%
Pass PPA#8+0.487#66+0.159
Rush PPA#6+0.259#37-0.026

Raw season splits, not opponent-adjusted. Defense #1 is the stingiest in the country.

TPi+ talent index

The roster and the staff

TPi+#63+0.8
Recruiting#61+3.3
Returning#127-18.6
247 talent#63680.9
Head coach#48+5.7
National composite

What other systems say

Composite#14+15.6
SP+#25+12.2
SP+ off#29+33.1
SP+ def#35+21.3
ESPN FPI#16+15.1
Traditional stats

The box-score view

Yards/G#25445.9
Yards/G allowed#35322.6
Pass yards/G#13290.3
Rush yards/G#70155.6
3rd down#1848.9%
3rd down allowed#11142.6%
Sacks/G#252.6
Takeaways/G#1320.6

Ranks are national out of 138 FBS teams and #1 is best. The bar shows where a rank sits in the field; the rating is the source beneath it.

2026 schedule

Every game, with the model's read

WkOpponentResultProjectedWin probMarketEdge
1vsAkronW 38–16Final
2@PurdueW 38–36Final
3vs#2MiamiL 20–33Final
4@LouisvilleW 30–27Final
5vsStanfordW 57–3Final
6@NC StateW 38–14Final
7@CaliforniaW 41–7Final
9vsVirginia—
10vsMerrimack—
11@SMU—
12@Georgia Tech—
13vsDuke—

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CFPi-X V4.0 Selected · data vintage 10/26/2026