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Wake Forest

ACC · 2-0 · power +16.4 · #50
Our numberWAKE -6.1 no book has priced this game

Georgia Tech

ACC · 0-2 · power +12.0 · #75
Our side
MoneylineWAKE to win ours 44%
Projected score 29–23 WAKE – GT
2026-11-21 · kickoff TBD Bobby Dodd Stadium · Atlanta, GA ACC game Early season

The books

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Series Georgia Tech lead 25–8 · 33 meetings since 1917
2025 unit ranks — last completed season, from games actually played
Run game edge Wake Forest Demon Deacons 46 ranks
Wake Forest Demon Deacons #83 rush offense Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets #129 run defense
Pass game even 18 ranks apart
Wake Forest Demon Deacons #139 pass offense Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets #121 pass defense
Run game even 38 ranks apart
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets #57 rush offense Wake Forest Demon Deacons #19 run defense
Pass game even 2 ranks apart
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets #33 pass offense Wake Forest Demon Deacons #31 pass defense
Wake Forest Demon Deacons Balanced · 53% run Ball-control Dual-threat QB · 46 rush ypg Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Balanced · 56% run Avg pace Dual-threat QB · 84 rush ypg
Jake Dickert · 32-24 · defense-minded Brent Key · 27-20 · offense-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
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
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
DL Tawfiq Thomas 14 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 3.0 TFL #13 DL
LB Kyle Efford 21 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 1.0 TFL #24 LB
DL Taje McCoy 15 tkl · 1.0 TFL #74 DL
RB Justice Haynes 145 rush yds · 1 TD · 7 rec #46 RB

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
Wake Forest Demon DeaconsACC +16.4 +8.4 +8.0 #50
Georgia Tech Yellow JacketsACC +12.0 +3.5 +8.5 #75

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

Where the number comes from
Wake Forest offense vs Georgia Tech defense-0.2 pts
Georgia Tech offense vs Wake Forest defense-4.5 pts

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.