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Miami

ACC · 2-0 (1-0 ACC) · power +29.0 · #8
Our side · spreadWAKE +22.5 our number MIA -17.0 · 5.5 pts from the market our number starts from the opening line and is corrected -6.4 for this matchup by our data on both teams

Wake Forest

ACC · 2-0 · power +16.4 · #50
Our side
SpreadWAKE +22.5 ours MIA -17.0
TotalUnder 55.5 ours 52.1
MoneylineMIA to win ours 28% · book 8%
Distance from the market 5.5 pts / -3.4 total a caution, not a signal
Projected score 34–18 MIA – WAKE
2026-09-18 · 7:30 PM Allegacy Federal Credit Union Stadium · Winston-Salem, NC ACC game Early season

The books 3 account books · tap any price — the ticket builds at that book

Book MIA spreadWAKE spread OverUnder MIA winWAKE win MIA TT overMIA TT under WAKE TT overWAKE TT under
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Ours vs the market

SpreadMiami -17.0
the marketWake Forest +22.5
Total52.1
the market55.5
Wake Forest win28% vs 8%

Both percentages are Wake Forest’s chance to win — ours, then the book’s with the vig removed, medianed across the books we track.

What the gap has been worth 10,740 games · 2016–2025

0–3 pts52.0%
3–750.2%
7–1449.3%
14+46.8%

How often the side we favoured covered, by how far our number sat from the market’s. Break-even at −110 is 52.4% — no bucket reaches it, and the rate falls as we disagree more. The further we sit from the market, the worse we have done.

Series Miami lead 9–3 · 12 meetings since 1928
2025 unit ranks — last completed season, from games actually played
Run game edge Wake Forest Demon Deacons 95 ranks
Miami Hurricanes #114 rush offense Wake Forest Demon Deacons #19 run defense
Pass game even 8 ranks apart
Miami Hurricanes #39 pass offense Wake Forest Demon Deacons #31 pass defense
Run game edge Miami Hurricanes 55 ranks
Wake Forest Demon Deacons #83 rush offense Miami Hurricanes #28 run defense
Pass game edge Miami Hurricanes 109 ranks
Wake Forest Demon Deacons #139 pass offense Miami Hurricanes #30 pass defense
Miami Hurricanes Balanced · 55% run Ball-control Wake Forest Demon Deacons Balanced · 53% run Ball-control Dual-threat QB · 46 rush ypg
Mario Cristobal · 70-31 Jake Dickert · 32-24 · defense-minded

Ranked by team-unit strength (rush & pass offense vs. run & pass defense) across all 265 D1 teams, not by individual players. Identity, tempo and unit strength are measured from the 2025 season.

The evidence 2025 production and power ratings · supporting the number above

Who carried each team in 2025
Miami Hurricanes
QB Darian Mensah 653 pass yds · 8 TD · 0 INT #3 QB
WR Malachi Toney 16 rec · 330 yds · 4 TD #8 WR
DL Marquise Lightfoot 11 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 1.0 TFL #264 DL
DL Armondo Blount 6 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 1.0 TFL #308 DL
Wake Forest Demon Deacons
QB Gio Lopez 575 pass yds · 4 TD · 0 INT #4 QB
K Connor Calvert 6 FG · 6 XP · 24 pts #10 K
WR Carlos Hernandez 11 rec · 253 yds · 1 TD #49 WR
LB Vincent Firenze 20 tkl · 2.0 TFL #49 LB

Top-rated players from last season, ranked within their position across D1. A grade measures what a player produced, and no 2026 game has been played yet — so this is who produced for these programs in 2025, not a claim about who is on the field this year.

Power breakdown
TeamPowerOffDefRank
Miami HurricanesACC +29.0 +16.2 +12.8 #8
Wake Forest Demon DeaconsACC +16.4 +8.4 +8.0 #50

Def is higher = better. The projection assumes a 2.4-pt home edge (0 at neutral sites).

Where the number comes from
Miami offense vs Wake Forest defense+8.1 pts
Wake Forest offense vs Miami defense-4.5 pts
Travel · context onlyAway team travels 703 mi

An efficiency adjustment from season-to-date EPA and success rate applies once teams have played enough games; before then it is 0 and the number is the power rating alone.

Situational spots are shown for context, not baked in: travel, altitude and rest were tested against 6,000+ games and the power and efficiency ratings already account for them. Adding them again would double-count.