Wake Forest Demon Deacons FBS College Football Ratings & Rankings

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Wake Forest

Demon Deacons

Good

B- Overall Grade 83

Mid Pack Menace

Winner

Next Up:
at Purdue, Sat Sep 12

Preseason Performance Rankings: FBS (National)

Wake Forest Demon Deacons has been rated by Versus for 19 seasons, from 2007-08 through 2025-26.

Winning season Losing season Current season Bars run from .500; # is the season-ending Versus rank

Versus divisional rankings begin in 2010-11; earlier seasons show the record only.

Season-by-season table

Season	Record	Win %	Versus Rank
2007-08	9-4	69.2%	—
2008-09	8-5	61.5%	—
2009-10	5-7	41.7%	—
2010-11	3-9	25.0%	#95
2011-12	6-7	46.2%	#70
2012-13	5-7	41.7%	#78
2013-14	4-8	33.3%	#88
2014-15	3-9	25.0%	#100
2015-16	3-9	25.0%	#96
2016-17	7-6	53.8%	#52
2017-18	8-5	61.5%	#28
2018-19	7-6	53.8%	#38
2019-20	8-5	61.5%	#47
2020-21	4-5	44.4%	#69
2021-22	11-3	78.6%	#24
2022-23	8-5	61.5%	#38
2023-24	4-8	33.3%	#87
2024-25	4-8	33.3%	#99
2025-26	9-4	69.2%	#38

Rank	Team	W	L	Change
4	Miami FL	13	3	1
25	Virginia	11	3	1
29	Duke	9	5
32	North Carolina St	8	5
33	SMU	9	4
35	Georgia Tech	9	4	1
37	Louisville	9	4
40	Wake Forest	9	4
48	Pittsburgh	8	5
61	Clemson	7	6
75	California	7	6	1
82	Florida St	5	7
98	Stanford	4	8
110	Virginia Tech	3	9	1
124	North Carolina	4	8
137	Syracuse	3	9
192	Boston College	2	10	1

Date	Opponent	Outcome
Fri Aug 29	vs Kennesaw St (10-4) CUSA	W10-9
Sat Sep 6	vs Western Carolina (7-5) (FCS) Southern · FCS	W42-10
Thu Sep 11	vs North Carolina St (8-5) ACC	L24-34
Sat Sep 27	vs Georgia Tech (9-4) ACC	L29-30
Sat Oct 4	at Virginia Tech (3-9) ACC	W30-23
Sat Oct 11	at Oregon St (2-10) FBS Independents	W39-14
Sat Oct 25	vs SMU (9-4) ACC	W13-12
Sat Nov 1	at Florida St (5-7) ACC	L7-42
Sat Nov 8	at #24 Virginia (11-3) (#25 nationally) ACC	W16-9
Sat Nov 15	vs North Carolina (4-8) ACC	W28-12
Sat Nov 22	vs Delaware (7-6) CUSA	W52-14
Sat Nov 29	at Duke (9-5) ACC	L32-49
Fri Jan 2	Mississippi St (5-8) SEC	W43-29

Week	Date	Rank	W	L	Change
0	Aug 3	96	0	0
1	Sep 2	87	1	0	9
2	Sep 7	79	2	0	8
3	Sep 14	90	2	1	11
4	Sep 21	91	2	1	1
5	Sep 28	104	2	2	13
6	Oct 5	65	3	2	39
7	Oct 12	47	4	2	18
8	Oct 19	44	4	2	3
9	Oct 26	32	5	2	12
10	Nov 2	45	5	3	13
11	Nov 9	38	6	3	7
12	Nov 16	35	7	3	3
13	Nov 23	39	8	3	4
14	Nov 30	47	8	4	8
15	Dec 7	47	8	4
16	Dec 14	46	8	4	1
17	Dec 21	49	8	4	3
18	Dec 28	49	8	4
19	Jan 4	38	9	4	11
20	Jan 10	40	9	4	2
21	Jan 20	40	9	4

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