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Wake Forest

Wake Forest University · 2022 · ACC

FanBoardHQ CFP
#31
Efficiency
+9.6
31st FBS
Record
8-5
Conf. record
3-5
Conf. finish
T-10th
of 14
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Wake Forest went 8-5 and was ranked 31st in the FanBoardHQ CFP Rankings (blended resume and efficiency). Their 17th-ranked offense was the engine, backed by a 57th-ranked defense. They passed the ball on 56% of offensive plays with an 11th-ranked passing attack and ran the ball on the remaining 44% of plays with an 110th-ranked rushing attack.

Quadrant record

By opponent strength, adjusted for where the game was played.

Q1
1-2
Q2
1-2
Q3
2-1
Q4
4-0

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 8.0 wins
Strength of Record
36th
-0.6 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
55th
full season
55th
AP poll
Unranked
Conf. sched. difficulty
33rd
a 25th-ranked team would win ~4.5 conference games on this schedule

The resume

Every game on the schedule. Click a row for the game breakdown (played) or the matchup projection (upcoming).

WkOpponentConfOpp rankResultExp. marginWin probGameScoreQuad
1vs VMISouthernW 4410+51.6100%-5.9Q4
2@ VanderbiltSEC#73W 4525+10.9100%24.0Q3
3vs LibertyFBS Independents#71W 3736+16.9100%-4.9Q4
4vs ClemsonACC#15L 4551-2.60%13.1Q1
5@ Florida StateACC#18W 3121-10.2100%32.4Q1
6vs ArmyFBS Independents#84W 4510+18.0100%28.0Q4
8vs Boston CollegeACC#113W 4315+22.7100%10.3Q4
9@ LouisvilleACC#27L 2148-4.40%-13.3Q1
10@ NC StateACC#36L 2130+0.60%0.1Q2
11vs North CarolinaACC#37L 3436+8.10%-2.3Q3
12vs SyracuseACC#52W 4535+6.1100%16.6Q3
13@ DukeACC#35L 3134-2.00%8.5Q2
Postseason
vs MissouriSEC#60W 2717+3.8100%14.9Q2

13 played · 8-5. Expected margin and gamescore use the latest ratings — a completed game shows what the model would say now, not that week.

The season

The model’s read on Wake Forest, recomputed after every week. Toggle between overall, offensive, and defensive efficiency (each with a dot for that week’s game) or the FanBoardHQ CFP rank.

-9.7+9.5+28.7-624-513322810-130-2178Week 0Week 17
Line = the model's read each week; dots = that week's game (green above the line, red below).

Passing & rushing

Opponent-adjusted, FBS-only. The bar is the blended Eff rank — EPA/play (scoring value), success rate (staying on schedule), and yards/play (explosiveness), each standardized against the FBS field. The three ranks below each bar are those components, so you can see what's driving it.

Offense
PassingEff 11th
SR 9thYPP 18thEPA 10th
RushingEff 110th
SR 72ndYPP 124thEPA 117th
Defense
Pass defenseEff 63rd
SR 92ndYPP 66thEPA 52nd
Rush defenseEff 62nd
SR 83rdYPP 51stEPA 55th
Dropback rate 56%Tempo +8.6 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 57th on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 46%1st · Defense allowed: 45%1st2nd · Offense: 49%2nd · Defense allowed: 41%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 48%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 43%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 86.0Q1 · Allowed: 63.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 152.0Q2 · Allowed: 102.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 122.0Q3 · Allowed: 101.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 96.0Q4 · Allowed: 89.0Q4
ScoredAllowed

What kind of team is this?

Every team by offensive and defensive efficiency (points/game vs. an average team, higher is better on both). Click a dot for that team.

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Wake Forest Offense vs Defense, 2022
Offensive EffRanked 17th
+8.8
Field position: -0.4Finishing drives: +9.2
Field position -0.4Finishing drives +9.2= +8.8
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 79th · Finishing 18th

Defensive EffRanked 57th
+0.9
Field position: +0.3Finishing drives: +0.7
Field position +0.3Finishing drives +0.7= +0.9
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 61st · Finishing 56th

2.77 points per drive on offense, 2.14 allowed — starting, on average, at their own 32.

Play-calling & efficiency

What the offense did, by quarter and by down — raw, not opponent-adjusted.

By quarter
Quarter (att.)Pass / rushSuccessYd/play
Q1(215)53% / 47%45%6.1
Q2(278)58% / 42%48%5.9
Q3(242)62% / 38%54%7.0
Q4(250)41% / 59%42%5.1
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(210)10.152%7.8
2nd(166)9.252%7.8
3rd(130)7.545%6.7
4th(19)5.358%9.1
All (525)50%7.5
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(234)9.541%4.4
2nd(157)5.945%4.0
3rd(59)4.549%4.7
4th(10)1.470%3.0
All (460)44%4.3

Wake Forest, all games.