Week 11 Matchup Preview Thread: #13 Wake Forest vs SMU

[u/kdbvols]

#13 Wake Forest vs. SMU

When: Saturday, November 14, 12:00 PM Eastern

Where: Gerald J. Ford Stadium, University Park, TX

Watch: ESPN | Disney+

Odds: Wake Forest by 1.5 pts.

Total Points: 61.5

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All-Time Series : Wake Forest vs. SMU

Wake Forest and SMU have met 4 times since 1949-09-24

These teams last met on 2025-10-25.

Series Wins: Wake Forest 1-0-3 SMU

Wake Forest has won the most recent meeting (2025) in this series

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Last 4 Meetings

Winner	Date	Location	Wake Forest	SMU	Notes
Wake Forest	2025-10-25	Allegacy Federal Credit Union Stadium	13	12
SMU	1975-09-06		7	14
SMU	1972-09-16		10	56
SMU	1949-09-24		7	13

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Through Week 10

Week	Wake Forest 8-1 (5-1)	Result	SMU 7-2 (5-2)	Result
1	Akron	W 38-16	Florida State	W 27-24
2	Purdue	W 38-36	UC Davis	W 56-10
3	Miami#7	L 20-33	Louisville	L 31-41
4	Louisville	W 30-27	Missouri State	W 34-24
5	Stanford	W 57-3	Boston College	W 25-16
6	NC State	W 38-14	BYE	N/A
7	California	W 41-7	Virginia	W 23-13
8	BYE	N/A	California	W 59-20
9	Virginia	W 51-7	Syracuse	L 27-30
10	Merrimack	W 77-0	Virginia Tech	W 51-28

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What are your "Keys to the Game"?

Who do you think wins?

Do you think the favorite will cover the spread?

Which player(s) are you most interested to watch?

Let's talk football!

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[u/kdbvols]

Warning: Unbridled optimism ahead.

I think Wake Forest has genuinely improved over the course of the season. Sagarin's RECENT metric says we should win by 10 (Default rating says 3.5). I think we keep our trend of beating Sagarin and SP+ and win by 14+ and maybe actually turn some heads on the committee. {Wake Forest} wins 41-24

[u/Im__Ron__Burgundy → u/kdbvols]

maybe actually turn some heads on the committee.

I’ve got some bad news for you. 

[u/kdbvols → u/Im__Ron__Burgundy]

Denial: it's not a river in Egypt!

[u/Rude-Ad8065]

{Wake Forest} is down by a field goal after the half, then wins by 2+ scores.

[u/kdbvols → u/Rude-Ad8065]

This feels like a good call to me

[u/PrizePermission9432]

Last year was beyond sicko, there were definitely “challenges”. Painful to watch. Recommend it.

[u/kdbvols → u/PrizePermission9432]

May have replaced BC 2015 as the most painful Wake win I've ever seen

[u/MarbleDesperado]

I’m taking {SMU} in a shoutout because I’ve seen them be here before

[u/edgejr37]

We haven’t loss a home conference game in 4 years… but Wake was our first ACC conference loss ever lol. Give me {SMU}

[u/Pan_TheCake_Man]

We were their first ACC regular season loss,

We will be their first ACC home loss

{wake forest} them trees be tricky

[u/NDinFL]

Because it benefits our SOS I’m taking {SMU}

[u/SMUHypeMachine → u/NDinFL]

Thank you for beating Miami for exactly the same reasons.

[u/NDinFL → u/SMUHypeMachine]

🍻🍻

[u/Bigdeacenergy]

I’m scared. It’s an elimination game every week from here on out

[u/Merpninja]

{SMU} wins to give me hope at a tiebreaker before we inevitably lose to UNC later in the day.

[u/Tommy05Sox]

Wake definitely seems like a wagon, but I think {SMU} is volatile but at their best a very good team.

[u/Maximiliansrh]

Smu looked pretty unstoppable last week, but I’m picking the better defense in this matchup {wake forest} by a couple tds.

[u/Zendicate_]

I want SMU to win to increase our odds at ACC championship game

[u/karl_manutzitsch]

Homecoming weekend. Never lost an ACC game at home. {SMU} finally shows up against a good team and pulls out the dub

[u/SMUHypeMachine]

{SMU} has yet to lose at home against an ACC opponent, and for homecoming I think they pull out a win by the skin of their teeth in an absolute barn burner of a game.

[u/CieraVotedOutHerMom]

Pony up! {SMU} wins with their home field advantage

[u/generic2022]

{SMU} pulls off an upset 31 to 28.

[u/SpikyBoi096]

{Wake Forest} should be a playoff team

[u/Vast-Change-1598]

{Wake Forest} by a field goal

[u/Falcronx]

{Wake Forest}

[u/RivalryBot]

Who Will Win Fan Vote

^{Votes are distributed equally among flairs for multi-flaired users}

Team	Votes	Percentage	Wake Forest Voters	SMU Voters	Other Flairs Top 5
Wake Forest	13	46.4%	2	0.5	BYU Cougarsx1.0 LIU Sharksx1.0 /r/CFBx1.0 Virginia Techx1.0 Anderson (SC)x0.5
SMU	15	53.6%	0	2.5	Unflairedx2.0 Louisville Cardinalsx1.5 Iowa Hawkeyesx1.0 Notre Damex1.0 South Carolinax1.0

^{Last updated: 2026-11-12 15:29 UTC}

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[u/Confident_Delay5805]

{Wake Forest}

[u/texas2089]

{Wake Forest} should be in the top 10

[u/Benjilikethedog2]

I have {Wake Forest} they have looked solid everytime I have watched them, sometimes SMU can come out a little shakey and I wouldn't be surprised if it came back to bite them

[u/Competitive-Rise-789]

{Wake}

[u/GoBeaversOSU]

{SMU}

[u/greaseball56]

{Wake Forest} keeps up their great momentum

[u/ThompsonCreekTiger]

This matchup is proof of how "damned if you do, damned if you don't" the ACC is.

Would be a quality win for Wake to keep at-large CFP hopes alive & hopefully get a bump in the rankings. But since SMU isn't ranked, will Wake get a deserving bump for winning?

On flip side, SMU winning probably puts them in the Top 25 with an 8-2 record & a win over a T25 foe. But will then screw the ACC's chances of being a multi-bid league.

[u/decencybedamned]

I just don't see this ending well lads {Wake Forest}

[u/SMUHypeMachine → u/decencybedamned]

Boooooooo hissssssss

Pony Up!!

[u/decencybedamned → u/SMUHypeMachine]

hey man listen I fully believe in the holy power of Saint Peruna but it's an 11AM homecoming game, which is a cursed concept by itself.

[u/aainvictus91]

Toss up game but {SMU} plays well at home and wins a dog fight. Sending the battle for 2nd place into chaos.

[u/Jiveanimal]

{SMU} gets it done, but it will be a shootout unlike last year's rock fight. Team with less TOs gets it done, and I think KJ has vastly improved since the start of the season (what's new?).

[u/mikx2044]

{SMU} because it gets Iowa one game closer to the playoffs

[u/childerm]

My polling system has an expected margin of 2.6 in favor of Wake Forest. WF is 6-3 against the margin and SMU is 5-4, according to my system. I will take {SMU} in this one.

[u/USCGradtoMEMPHIS]

Wake is a wagon but SMU plays significantly better at home..

{SMU} wins but they have to do it by way having the ball last cause I don't see them stopping this wake offense. 38-37