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🎯 Game Intel
2026 • Week 6
WAKE
Wake Forest
Atlantic Coast • Demon Deacons
AWAY
@
NCST
NC State
Atlantic Coast • Wolfpack
HOME
🎯Win Probability Forecast
WAKE
45%
win probability
PROJECTED SCORE
WAKE 27 – NCST 30
Total: 57 pts
High Data Confidence
Line: NCST -3.5 • total 59.0
Bovada • context only, not a pick
NCST (HOME)
55%
win probability
Model cfb-sp-v1: SP+ edge, home field, rest and travel. Officials are not published in the college feed, so there is no crew adjustment.
🧠What drives the forecast
✓Home field for NC State is worth about 2.5 points.
Penalty risk
🚩Atlantic Coast crews call 11% more penalties than the FBS average (14.1 per game); the home-visitor split is even. Most common: False Start.
🚩WAKE draws False Start 2.4 times a game over 5 games. Atlantic Coast crews call it 11% more often than FBS crews, so about 2.7 expected.
🚩NCST draws Offensive Holding 2.0 times a game over 5 games. Atlantic Coast crews call it 15% more often than FBS crews, so about 2.3 expected.
🚩WAKE draws Offensive Holding 1.4 times a game over 5 games. Atlantic Coast crews call it 15% more often than FBS crews, so about 1.6 expected.
⚔️Team Profiles
StatWake ForestNC State
SP+ overall rank5758
SP+ offense rank5037
SP+ defense rank6384
Pass rate51%51%
Plays per game68.769.6
Explosive play rate7.2%7.5%
Explosives allowed4.4%7.3%
Sack rate (defense)6.6%4.1%
Offense success rate48.6%46.6%
Offense PPA / play0.330.23
Defense PPA allowed0.100.14
Havoc rate (defense)13.9%17.8%
Wake Forest derived scheme
balancedlimits explosives
NC State derived scheme
balanced
SP+ and advanced stats from CFBD for the current season; scheme tags derived from the play-by-play. Lower rank is better.
🏃Officiating Crew
ACC Atlantic Coast officials
Atlantic Coast crews call 11% more penalties than the FBS average (14.1 per game); the home-visitor split is even. Most common: False Start.
Flags / game
14.1
FBS average
12.74
vs FBS
+11%
Yards / game
125.9
On home team
48%
Home lean
+0.1 pts
Most called
False Start2.92 / game
Offensive Holding2.49 / game
Defensive Pass Interference1.37 / game
Defensive Offside0.74 / game
Defensive Holding0.61 / game
Roughing the Passer0.59 / game
136 games on file for this conference's crews over the last two seasons. Officials are not published for college games. College crews are assigned by conference, so this is the profile of the conference that staffs this game.
📋Coaching Staffs
Wake Forest
Head coachJake Dickert
NC State
Head coachDave Doeren
Coordinators appear when the staff file lists them.
🏟️Situational Context
Kickoff
Sat Oct 10, 12:00 PM ET
Venue
Wayne Day Family Field at Carter-Finley Stadium
Location
Raleigh, NC
Roof
outdoor
Conference game
Yes
Neutral site
No
Game type
regular
Officials
Not published