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Wake Forest Demon Deacons football

2026 season · ACC

7-15-1 in conference · all 2026 games
  • AP No. 14
  • Coaches No. 14

Next vs Merrimack · Nov 7 · 3:30 PM ET

Schedule and results

2026 · opponent AP rank shown when ranked
  1. Sep 3vsAkronW38–16
  2. Sep 12atPurdueW38–36
  3. Sep 18Confvs5MiamiL20–33
  4. Sep 26Confat16LouisvilleW30–27
  5. Oct 3ConfvsStanfordW57–3
  6. Oct 10ConfatNC StateW38–14
  7. Oct 17ConfatCaliforniaW41–7
  8. Oct 31ConfvsVirginiaW51–7
  9. Nov 7vsMerrimack3:30 PM ET
  10. Nov 14ConfatSMUTime TBA
  11. Nov 21ConfatGeorgia TechTime TBA
  12. Nov 28ConfvsDukeTime TBA

Season stats

per game · rank among FBS teams · 8 games
  • Points per game39.1No. 9
  • Points allowed per game17.9No. 22
  • Total yards per game457.4No. 16
  • Passing yards per game282.6No. 16
  • Rushing yards per game174.8No. 47
  • Yards allowed per game323.5No. 35
  • Third-down conversion51.0%No. 13
  • Turnover margin per game+0.3No. 43

Team leaders

2026 season totals · top 3 on this team

Passing

Passing yards

  1. Giovanni LopezQB2,17618 TD
  2. Steele PizzellaQB850 TD

Rushing

Rushing yards

  1. Ty Clark IIIRB37678 CAR
  2. Deuce LawrenceRB32468 CAR
  3. Giovanni LopezQB31876 CAR

Receiving

Receiving yards

  1. Carlos HernandezWR85657 REC
  2. Jack FoleyWR39522 REC
  3. Kameran ShanksWR26218 REC

Defense

Total tackles

  1. Vincent FirenzeLB5421 SOLO
  2. Aiden HallLB4813 SOLO
  3. Braylon JohnsonDB4728 SOLO

Sacks

  1. Langston HardyDL5.511 TFL
  2. Gabe KirschkeDL3.07 TFL
  3. Zach LohavichanDL2.58 TFL

Interceptions

  1. Braylon JohnsonDB12 YDS
  2. Somad EaddyDB11 YDS
  3. Dallas AfalavaDL1-3 YDS

Schedule, results, rankings and stats via CollegeFootballData.