Who Should Wake Forest Root For This Weekend?
This is Wake Forest's Week 7 college football rooting guide, based on published pregame simulations. The model's starting CFP probability for Wake Forest is 14.7%. The outcomes shown below compare each game separately; they are not cumulative forecasts, live CFP odds, or official committee projections.
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Biggest games to watch for Wake Forest
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Washington vs Purdue: Root for Purdue
Wake Forest CFP probability: 15.7% if Purdue wins, compared with 13.5% if Washington wins. Difference: 2.2% percentage points.
Wake Forest already beat Purdue, so Purdue continuing to win strengthens the value of one of Wake Forest's wins.
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North Carolina vs Duke: Root for Duke
Wake Forest CFP probability: 15.9% if Duke wins, compared with 13.8% if North Carolina wins. Difference: 2.1% percentage points.
The main value for Wake Forest is knocking back North Carolina, currently a fringe at-large contender in the at-large race. Schedule context also supports that outcome: Wake Forest still has Duke on its schedule, so Duke continuing to win would make that matchup more valuable.
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Notre Dame vs BYU: Root for Notre Dame
Wake Forest CFP probability: 15.6% if Notre Dame wins, compared with 12.8% if BYU wins. Difference: 2.8% percentage points.
BYU is the smaller at-large threat today, but a win would raise its at-large chances from 15.7% to 46.3%. Notre Dame would remain a major threat even with a loss (90.5%), so keeping BYU down leaves less combined at-large competition for Wake Forest. However, Notre Dame would also improve its own at-large case, which offsets part of that benefit to Wake Forest. A separate schedule factor also helps: Notre Dame has 4 schedule connections to Wake Forest. A stronger Notre Dame can make those games more valuable to Wake Forest's résumé.
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Elon vs Stanford: Root for Stanford
Wake Forest CFP probability: 14.9% if Stanford wins, compared with 11.9% if Elon wins. Difference: 3.0% percentage points.
Wake Forest already beat Stanford, so a Stanford loss would reduce the résumé value of that win.
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Louisville vs Syracuse: Root for Louisville
Wake Forest CFP probability: 14.8% if Louisville wins, compared with 13.0% if Syracuse wins. Difference: 1.8% percentage points.
Wake Forest already beat Louisville, so a Louisville loss would reduce the résumé value of that win.
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Akron vs Miami (OH): Root for Akron
Wake Forest CFP probability: 16.8% if Akron wins, compared with 14.5% if Miami (OH) wins. Difference: 2.3% percentage points.
Wake Forest already beat Akron, so Akron continuing to win strengthens the value of one of Wake Forest's wins. If it happens, this would be the single most helpful result of the day for Wake Forest.
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Charleston Southern vs Clemson: Root for Clemson
Wake Forest CFP probability: 14.7% if Clemson wins, compared with 13.0% if Charleston Southern wins. Difference: 1.7% percentage points.
Wake Forest mostly needs Clemson to take care of business because a loss would lower Wake Forest's CFP chances by 1.7 percentage points. Clemson has 4 schedule connections to Wake Forest. A stronger Clemson improves the value of those schedule results for Wake Forest.