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Wake Forest

Your complete Wake Forest season intelligence view.

Ten returning starters and Jake Dickert's system provide a floor, but the offense remains modest and the Cal-SMU-Georgia Tech road sequence is difficult.

MPR #54Projected Wins #78ACC MPR #13Week 1 Ready
Matrix Power Rating3.9National #54
Projected Wins6.11National #78
Schedule Strength#63National SOS rank
Projected Offense24.5Points per game
Projected Defense23.0Points allowed
Point Differential+1.5Projected per game
Current Context

What Changed

Reviewed State

No Week 0 game has been played for this team. Current MPR and projected wins remain the approved preseason team state entering Week 1.

Week 0 ResultNo game
MPR3.9 → 3.9
Projected Wins6.11 → 6.11
Model update note

No new game evidence has entered the team update gate yet.

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Outcome Range

Season Distribution

The detailed record distribution remains the certified preseason baseline until the full game-by-game probability cascade is refreshed.

Preseason Outcome ShapeBaseline distribution
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The gold bar is the baseline mode (6 wins). This component is explicitly separated from the current headline state and will switch to the refreshed distribution when the full probability cascade is updated.
Season Market Context · 2026-08-08
Preseason Comparison Layer

Market context stays separate from MPR and projected wins. This snapshot is retained as comparison context and does not define team strength.

Posted Total5.5
Effective Market5.70
Adjusted Edge+0.42
SignalLean
Game by Game

2026 Schedule Matrix

Remaining game rows preserve the approved preseason game-level projection baseline until the next full schedule-probability cascade.

DateOpponentWin %Score / ResultMarginTotalConfidenceType
SEP 3AkronHome · Nonconference95%Win %35–10Baseline score+25.2Margin44.2TotalHighFBSOpponent
SEP 12PurdueAway · Nonconference62%Win %26–21Baseline score+4.5Margin47.4TotalMediumFBSOpponent
SEP 18Miami (FL)Home · ACC16%Win %16–30Baseline score-14.9Margin46.0TotalHighFBSOpponent
SEP 26LouisvilleAway · ACC26%Win %19–28Baseline score-9.6Margin47.0TotalMediumFBSOpponent
OCT 3StanfordHome · ACC71%Win %27–19Baseline score+8.1Margin45.1TotalMediumFBSOpponent
OCT 10NC StateAway · ACC40%Win %23–27Baseline score-3.8Margin50.3TotalLowFBSOpponent
OCT 17CaliforniaAway · ACC42%Win %23–26Baseline score-3.2Margin49.3TotalLowFBSOpponent
OCT 31VirginiaHome · ACC49%Win %22–23Baseline score-0.3Margin44.8TotalLowFBSOpponent
NOV 7MerrimackHome · Nonconference96%Win %37–11Baseline score+26.1Margin47.9TotalMediumFCS/Other ProxyOpponent
NOV 14SMUAway · ACC26%Win %19–29Baseline score-9.8Margin48.4TotalMediumFBSOpponent
NOV 21Georgia TechAway · ACC37%Win %22–26Baseline score-4.8Margin48.0TotalMediumFBSOpponent
NOV 28DukeHome · ACC50%Win %27–26Baseline score+0.1Margin52.6TotalLowFBSOpponent
Data-vintage safeguard: current MPR and projected wins above are the approved Week 1 team-state values. Detailed distribution and remaining schedule probabilities are explicitly labeled as baseline where the full probability cascade has not yet been refreshed.
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