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Wake Forest vs Virginia prediction
Kickoff Sat 2:45 PM CT, at Wake Forest
WAKE 83% win17% UVA
28Projected17If UVA upsets
vs
15Projected25If UVA upsetsHome
Wake Forest Demon Deacons
Record 6–1 · #11 in ratings
Away
Virginia Cavaliers
Record 4–4 · #58 in ratings
Home / away venueNeutral site
Normal (39)
Starts at 39, set by both teams' turnovers and penalties this season. More luck means more upsets.
What goes into luck
| Per game, this season | WAKE | UVA | FBS avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnovers in their games (lost + forced) | 1.0 | 1.8 | 2.5 |
| Penalty yards | 84 | 47 | 57 |
Teams whose games have more turnovers and penalties than average play less predictable games, so their matchup starts with more luck. Luck never changes who is favored, only how often the underdog pulls it off. Even at "almost none", single drives still go either way.
Upset watch
Upset alert17%Virginia wins on the road
If Virginia plays at home31% ▲
Virginia: no wins over higher-rated teams in 7 FBS games
Wake Forest: no losses to lower-rated teams in 7 FBS games
This season, compared with current ratings.
Upset score (under each projected score): the average final in the simulated games Virginia won. Injuries aren't included; there's no injury data source.
Most common scores
Out of 10,000 simulated games
- WAKE 24, UVA 1792 games
- WAKE 27, UVA 790 games
- WAKE 27, UVA 1089 games
- WAKE 24, UVA 1086 games
- WAKE 27, UVA 1783 games
- Power index
- 93 vs 58
- Projected
- WAKE favored
- Differential
- 12.7 pts
Team A conference
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Team B conference
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10,000 simulated games at Wake Forest, luck set to normal. The real game is Sat 2:45 PM CT, at Wake Forest.
For entertainment purposes only. These are simulated outcomes, not predictions to bet on.
- Projected spread
- Wake Forest by 12.7
- Projected total
- 42.4
- Decided by 8 or fewer
- 31.1%
- Went to overtime
- 2.9%
- Wake Forest wins by 21+
- 27.6%
- Virginia wins by 21+
- 0.7%
- Median score
- 27–14
- Model expectation
- 27.4–14.7
Every final margin
Each bar is a 3-point range. Bars on the right are Wake Forest wins, bars on the left are Virginia wins. Hover a bar for its share of games.
Where the edges are
Wake Forest offense vs Virginia defenseOffense +4.6Defense +4.5Even: neither side has a real edge.
Virginia offense vs Wake Forest defenseOffense -3.1Defense +6.4Edge Wake Forest: its defense is 9.5 points better than Virginia's offense.
| Stat | Wake Forest | Virginia | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Expected points per play, offense | 0.36 | 0.18 | Higher is better |
| Expected points per play allowed | 0.07 | 0.09 | Lower is better |
| Offensive success rate | 49.1% | 44.7% | Higher is better |
| Success rate allowed | 41.0% | 39.8% | Lower is better |
| Points per game | 37.4 | 28.3 | Raw, not adjusted |
| Points allowed per game | 19.4 | 19.6 | Raw, not adjusted |
How the simulation works
Every team gets an offense and defense rating from this season's scores, adjusted for who they played: scoring 40 against a top defense counts for more than 40 against a weak one. Blowouts count as at most a 35-point win.
Each simulated game gives both teams about 10 possessions. Every possession ends in a touchdown, a field goal or nothing, with odds set by how the offense and defense match up, plus a little game-day randomness. Ties go to overtime.
Running it 10,000 times and counting the wins gives the win probability. Ratings use 2,524 completed games and update every morning.
