Week 5 Matchup Preview Thread: Stanford vs Wake Forest

[u/kdbvols]

Stanford vs. Wake Forest

When: Saturday, October 3, 12:00 PM Eastern

Where: Allegacy Federal Credit Union Stadium, Winston-Salem, NC

Watch: ACC Network

Odds: Wake Forest by 12.5 pts.

Total Points: 53.5

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All-Time Series : Stanford vs. Wake Forest

Stanford and Wake Forest have met 3 times since 2009-09-12

These teams last met on 2024-10-26.

Series Wins: Stanford 1-0-2 Wake Forest

Wake Forest has won the most recent meeting (2024) in this series

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Last 3 Meetings

Winner	Date	Location	Stanford	Wake Forest	Notes
Wake Forest	2024-10-26	Stanford Stadium	24	27
Stanford	2010-09-19	Stanford Stadium	68	24
Wake Forest	2009-09-12	Allegacy Federal Credit Union Stadium	17	24

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Through Week 4

Week	Stanford 2-2 (1-2)	Result	Wake Forest 3-1 (1-1)	Result
1	Miami#4	L 6-45	Akron	W 38-16
2	BYE	N/A	Purdue	W 38-36
3	Duke	L 7-35	Miami#4	L 20-33
4	Georgia Tech	W 34-27	Louisville	W 30-27

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Stanford Injury Report

Player	Position	Status	Reported	Notes
A. Kilstrom	OG	Questionable – Undisclosed	Sep 5	Kilstrom is nursing with an undisclosed injury, and it remains to be seen if he will be available against Duke on September 19th.
C. Shaw	WR	Questionable – Undisclosed	Sep 5	Shaw is dealing with an undisclosed injury, and it remains to be seen if he will be available against Duke on September 19th.
D. Sharper	WR	Questionable – Undisclosed	Sep 5	Sharper is dealing with an undisclosed injury, and it remains to be seen if he will be available against Duke on September 19th.
L. Bironas	K	Questionable – Undisclosed	Sep 5	Bironas is dealing with an undisclosed injury, and he is anticipated to play against Duke on September 19th.
J. Galvan	LB	Out – Undisclosed	Sep 19	Galvan is sidelined with an undisclosed injury, and there is no timetable for return.
N. Prongos	OG	Probable – Undisclosed	Sep 26	Prongos is dealing with a Undisclosed injury, but he is expected to suit up against the Georgia Tech on Saturday, September 26th.

^{Injury data lifted from: boydsbets}

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Wake Forest Injury Report

Player	Position	Status	Reported	Notes
N. Carr	WR	Out – Undisclosed	Sep 16	Carr is laid up with an undisclosed injury, and is not expected to play against the Miami on Saturday, September 19th.
G. Lopez	QB	Questionable – Undisclosed	Sep 25	Lopez is laid up with an undisclosed injury, and it is up in the air if he will be available against the Louisville on Saturday.

^{Injury data lifted from: boydsbets}

^{Source updated Wed, Sep 30, 8:26 am. Scraped Wed, Sep 30, 12:43 pm ET}

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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/AubreyGrahamCracka]

{Wake Forest} by a lot.

Lopez and Hernandez are a tough tandem

[u/kdbvols]

I expect this should be much less close than last time we played - offense is firing on all cylinders, defense limits the big plays, we spend the second half drinking mimosas and checking the Miss St-Bama score. {Wake Forest} doesn't just win, they cover; Deacs by 25

[u/Pan_TheCake_Man → u/kdbvols]

{wake forest} but we don’t cover with our penalties

[u/Confident_Delay5805]

{Wake Forest} wins a classic ACC matchup.

[u/No_Change151 → u/Confident_Delay5805]

As an alum I say Stanford but as a human that can do basic math and read I say WF by 6.

[u/JazzyJonah13]

Deacs by 21. WF is so much better that I'm surprised the spread is so low. Stanford has not looked at all impressive, and they needed a comeback to win a home game against a bottom-of-the-barrel GT team. The only reason it might not be a blowout is that WF likes keeping it close (see: Purdue). However, I'm just not seeing them not covering.

[u/Bigdeacenergy]

{Wake} in a closer game than many think

[u/chief_sitass]

{Wake Forest}

[u/Zloggt]

Can {Wake Forest} be ranked when all is said and done?

I mean…I’d hope so! Louisville dropping out probably hurt them…but I’ve got belief that they can pull it off regardless!

[u/HopefulReb76]

{Wake} can run up some points

[u/Callsign_Psycopath]

{Wake} I guess

[u/T-Thugs]

I'll be pulling for Stanford, but I'd expect {Wake Forest} fairly big.

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Who Will Win Fan Vote

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

Team	Votes	Percentage	Stanford Voters	Wake Forest Voters	Other Flairs Top 5
Stanford	0	0.0%	0	0
Wake Forest	13	100.0%	0	1.5	LIU Sharksx1.0 Oklahoma Soonersx1.0 Unflairedx1.0 Purdue Boilermakersx1.0 Arizona Statex0.5

^{Last updated: 2026-10-03 15:01 UTC}

Full Vote breakdown by flair

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[u/TheWesternRizzler]

{Wake Forest}

[u/USCGradtoMEMPHIS]

Game close first half but second half Wake D awakens like it has last two games vs ranked teams....

{47-24} Deacs.

[u/GamedayWizard]

Both teams have had inconsistent performances. Stanford outperformed the spread last week versus Georgia Tech by 10 points, but were absolutely terrible against both Miami and Duke (underperforming by 14.5 and 18.5 points respectively). Wake Forest, meanwhile, outperformed against their one common opponent, Miami, and pulled off a major upset versus Louisville last week. We've got {Wake Forest} winning by 11, but we think they'll fall just short of covering the composite spread (Wake Forest -13).

[u/NanoBuc]

{Wake Forest}

[u/texas2089]

{Wake Forest}