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Closing number

Spread
WAKE +11.5
LOU -11.5
Open –
Total
Over 57.5
Under 57.5

Source: DraftKings.

WAKE 30, LOU 27. WAKE covered by 14.5, under by 0.5.

Our crowd

Who's on what before kickoff, from the cappers we track and bets logged on our tracker.

Public cappers

Spread1 capper on Wake Forest
Wake Forest 10 Louisville
Total2 of 2 on Over
Over 20 Under

Each capper counts once. See their picks

Want sportsbook bets % and money %? DraftKings posts theirs free: DK betting splits. We quote a few big games by hand when we can. Tracker counts are anonymous: no names, and private bets stay private.

Common opponents

No common opponents yet this season.

Last season (2025): 3 common opponents
Opponent Wake Forest Louisville
SMU
W 13-12 home
+1 · +5.5 Covered
L 6-38 away
-32 · +3.5 Didn't cover
Virginia
W 16-9 away
+7 · +7.5 Covered
L 27-30 home
-3 · -6.5 Didn't cover
Virginia Tech
W 30-23 away
+7 · +4.5 Covered
W 28-16 away
+12 · -10.5 Covered

Against 3 common opponents: Wake Forest won by 5.0 on average, 3-0 against the spread. Louisville lost by 7.7 on average, 1-2 against the spread.

What the public cappers like

Spread
1 Wake Forest0 Louisville
Wake Forest -131
Stuckey 1u*Line -13 · Price -110 (assumed, not posted) · 1u (units not given, 1u used) · Collected after the fact from the public post · Posted Sep 25 11:43 AM ET · Record 41-28-1 (Incomplete record. We're still adding the rest of their picks.) · Original post
Total
2 Over0 Under
Over 57.52
Big Cat 1u*Line 57.5 · Price -110 (assumed, not posted) · 1u (units not given, 1u used) · Collected after the fact from the public post · Posted Sep 25 10:30 PM ET · Record 94-66-4 (Incomplete record. We're still adding the rest of their picks.) · Original postRico Bosco 1u*Line 57.5 · Price -110 (assumed, not posted) · 1u (units not given, 1u used) · Collected after the fact from the public post · Posted Sep 24 3:28 PM ET · Record 48-35 · Original post
Moneyline
No picks

* price not posted, -110 assumed. Tracked from public posts, not endorsed. All public picks

Betting form, 2026 to date

Wake Forest LLWWWW

ATSTotals
All games4-2 67%Small sample3-3 50% overSmall sample
Road2-1 67%Small sample1-2 33% overSmall sample
As underdog2-0 100%Small sample
Last 54-1 80%Small sample

6 graded games this season. Small sample: read it as a hint, not a trend.

Louisville WWWLLW

ATSTotals
All games4-2 67%Small sample5-1 83% overSmall sample
Home3-1 75%Small sample3-1 75% overSmall sample
As favorite3-2 60%Small sample
Last 53-2 60%Small sample

6 graded games this season. Small sample: read it as a hint, not a trend.

Head to head since 2019

DateScoreCloseATSTotalO-U
Sep 26, 2026WAKE 30, LOU 27LOU -11.5WAKE covered57.5Under
Oct 29, 2022WAKE 21, LOU 48WAKE -3LOU covered66.5Over
Oct 2, 2021LOU 34, WAKE 37WAKE -7LOU covered64.5Over
Dec 12, 2020WAKE 21, LOU 45LOU -1.5LOU covered62.5Over
Oct 12, 2019LOU 62, WAKE 59WAKE -7.5LOU covered96.5Over

Wake Forest 1-4 ATS in these meetings. 5 meetings is not a trend, and rosters turn over. Closing lines from ESPN's archive.

Side by side

WAKELOU
5-1Record3-3
4-2Against the spread4-2
3-3Over-under5-1
+12.6Avg cover margin+2.3
36.8Points per game39.5
21.5Points allowed27.7
6.45Yards per play7.57
435.3Yards per game494.5
4.20Rush yards per carry6.30
66.8Completion %69.6
47.3Third down %44.8
+5Turnover margin+7
10Sacks allowed11
79.8Penalty yards per game74.5

Season to date. Stats from ESPN. Points from final scores. Bold is the better number.

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