Wk 2 · 2026
Wake Forest Demon Deacons at Purdue Boilermakers — Sat, Sep 12
Sat, Sep 12 ·
Ross-Ade Stadium, West Lafayette, IN
· FS1 FINAL
Weather
No forecast yet. Forecasts reach about 16 days ahead, so this fills in nearer the game. A seasonal average printed here would look exactly like a forecast, which is why there is not one.
at
12:00pET
WAKE -3 · total 51.5 DraftKings opened +3.5 · 0.5 toward PUR
Ratings differential WAKE by 5.7
What is at stake
A non-conference game. It moves both overall records but neither conference race.
What the ratings imply
The differential above is arithmetic on two published numbers:
The CFB King’s 2026 final efficiency ratings, plus
2.4 points of home field.
It is not a projection, a value, an edge or a lean, and nothing on this site
compares it with the betting line to tell you one is better. Until 2026
games are played it is last season’s measurement of two teams that have
changed.
Efficiency · 2026 ratings
Efficiency margin
Offense (pts/100)
Defense (pts/100)
Pace (plays/g)
Yards / play
Yards / play allowed
Opponent-adjusted ratings from The College
King's 2026 final numbers. Bars share a scale within each row, so
the two lengths are comparable; the brighter side is the better of the two, and a
longer bar is the better number — including the rows where a lower figure is the
good one. Pace is the exception: it is how fast a team plays, not how well, so
neither side is lit and a longer bar there means only more plays.
Team stats · 2026 per game
Points / game
Points allowed
Yards / game
Yards allowed
Pass yds allowed
Rush yds allowed
Turnovers / game
From completed 2026 box scores;
defensive yardage covers the regular season and conference championships.
Wake Forest form
W 38-14at NCSUW 57-3vs STANW 30-27at LOUL 20-33vs MIAW 38-36at PUR
2026 season
Purdue form
W 41-13vs MINNW 24-17at ILLL 10-49vs NDL 38-52at UCLAL 36-38vs WAKE
2026 season
Wake Forest this season
Straight up5-1 · 83% (6 games)
Against the spread4-2 · 67% (6 games)
Over / under3-3 · 50% (6 games)
Purdue this season
Straight up3-3 · 50% (6 games)
Against the spread3-2-1 · 60% (6 games)
Over / under5-1 · 83% (6 games)
Lines are captured from ESPN's board before kickoff and locked at kickoff, so an in-play price cannot overwrite the number a game is graded against.
Common opponents · 0
These teams share no opponents on the 2026 schedule.
Open these two in the
comparison tool for every shared and unshared opponent.
Series history · 2006–2026
Since 2006, Wake Forest leads 1–0 · Wake Forest won the last one
1 meeting
in 2006–2026 · average margin
2.0 points toward Wake Forest
| Yr | Date | Result | Site | Won |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2026-09-12 | Wake Forest 38 — 36 Purdue | at PUR | Wake Forest |
Wake Forest leaders 2026 regular season
| Passing | Gio Lopez QB #3 | 98/151, 1377 YDS, 10 TD, 1 INT |
| Steele Pizzella QB #6 | 3/6, 63 YDS | |
| Rushing | Ty Clark III RB #4 | 50 CAR, 258 YDS, 3 TD |
| Deuce Lawrence RB #22 | 47 CAR, 235 YDS, 2 TD | |
| Gio Lopez QB #3 | 48 CAR, 192 YDS, 5 TD | |
| Receiving | Carlos Hernandez WR #8 | 37 REC, 603 YDS, 3 TD |
| Jack Foley WR #10 | 9 REC, 172 YDS, 2 TD | |
| Kam Shanks WR #5 | 12 REC, 162 YDS, 1 TD | |
| Antonio Meeks WR #14 | 8 REC, 155 YDS, 1 TD |
Defense
| Tackles | Vincent Firenze LB #23 | 37 |
| Davaughn Patterson DB #5 | 36 | |
| Aiden Hall LB #21 | 35 | |
| Sacks | Langston Hardy DL #11 | 3 |
| Gabe Kirschke DL #10 | 3 | |
| Zach Lohavichan DL #94 | 1.5 | |
| Interceptions | Dallas Afalava DL #52 | 1 |
| Somad Eaddy DB #38 | 1 |
Purdue leaders 2026 regular season
| Passing | Ryan Browne QB #15 | 110/156, 1390 YDS, 8 TD, 1 INT |
| Evans Chuba QB #1 | 11/14, 96 YDS, 1 TD | |
| Rushing | Fame Ijeboi RB #2 | 86 CAR, 354 YDS, 6 TD |
| Antonio Harris RB #22 | 15 CAR, 68 YDS, 1 TD | |
| Jerrick Gibson RB #4 | 18 CAR, 58 YDS | |
| Receiving | Asaad Waseem WR #19 | 27 REC, 453 YDS, 1 TD |
| Xavier Townsend WR #3 | 28 REC, 307 YDS, 2 TD | |
| Chauncey Magwood WR #5 | 14 REC, 177 YDS, 1 TD | |
| Tra'Mar Harris WR #11 | 8 REC, 105 YDS, 2 TD |
Defense
| Tackles | Jojo Hayden LB #0 | 33 |
| John Slaughter DB #13 | 32 | |
| Charles Correa LB #5 | 32 | |
| Sacks | Jeremy Lewis DE #33 | 1.5 |
| Breeon Ishmail DE #58 | 1 | |
| Ian Jeffries DL #40 | 1 | |
| Interceptions | John Slaughter DB #13 | 1 |
| Don Saunders DB #7 | 1 | |
| Charles Correa LB #5 | 1 |
These are regular-season totals for
the season named on each card — the players who led that team that year,
taken from ESPN's team leaders. That list is keyed to the season, not to today's
roster, so a leader who has since transferred or run out of eligibility still
appears against the year he earned it; the
roster
pages and the depth chart on each team page are where the current squad is.
A team switches to this season's numbers once it has played a game. The roster
pages count bowl games too, so a player's two lines can differ by a game.