Wake Forest

7-1

Week 10 · updated Wednesday, Nov 4

Wake Forest won 51-7 over Virginia, its fifth straight win.

Fan mood in the week of the Virginia game: all in, brighter than usual for them

Fan mood in each Wake Forest game week this season

Compared with other fanbases in r/CFB game threads that week. Each row is a week, named for its game; the further right the dot, the brighter the talk.

sourerbrighterbefore the seasonnot enough talk to readat Purdue W 38-36not enough talk to readvs Miami L 20-33not enough talk to readat Louisville W 30-27not enough talk to readvs Stanford W 57-3all inat NC State W 38-14middle of the packat California W 41-7all invs Virginia W 51-7all insourerbrighterbefore the seasonnot enough talk to readSep 12at PurdueW 38-36not enough talk to readSep 18vs MiamiL 20-33not enough talk to readSep 26at LouisvilleW 30-27not enough talk to readOct 3vs StanfordW 57-3all inOct 10at NC StateW 38-14middle of the packOct 17at CaliforniaW 41-7all inOct 31vs VirginiaW 51-7all in
  • W 38-16 vs Akron
  • W 38-36 at Purdue
  • L 20-33 vs Miami
  • W 30-27 at Louisville
  • W 57-3 vs Stanford
  • W 38-14 at NC State
  • W 41-7 at California
  • W 51-7 vs Virginia
  • Next: vs Merrimack, Saturday, Nov 7

Scores ours first. The loss came by 13.

Since the last game

Wake Forest won 51-7 vs Virginia.

The whole Virginia game

Then and now

Wake Forest has won five straight, its first run that long in the regular season since 2021.

Before Merrimack

The rating model gives Wake Forest an over 99% chance at home against Merrimack on Saturday, Nov 7.

Merrimack game on Now

How fan mood is read

Fan mood compares what Wake Forest fans wrote in r/CFB game threads with every FBS fanbase with enough talk that week. A week runs Monday to Sunday and is named for the game in it. The read is redrawn 300 times from the same commenters, re-ranking every fanbase each time. Sour or all in means the read sat in the bottom or top fifth in at least 70 of every 100 draws; on the sour side or on the bright side, in the bottom or top two fifths in at least 80; anything less settled is middle of the pack. A bright label also needs more positive talk than negative, and a sour one the reverse. Brighter or sourer than usual compares the week with the team's own earlier weeks, after taking out how every fanbase read that week. Each dot sits at the read's rank that week. A week read before these labels keeps the word it was first given, the fifth it sat in (sour, uneasy, mixed, hopeful or all in). Season averages are the mean of a season's reads, in fifths from sour to all in, and seasons before 2026 were read from each week's wider talk, so a comparison across seasons is rough.

Fan mood, week by week

Mood over time

Position = mood · width = volume · color = the kind of feeling

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Fan chatterThe loudest night of the season and what a usual night looks like.

Fan chatter this season

Roaring

The loudest night was the 51-7 win over Virginia.

FirstSecondThirdFourthWake Forest fansVirginia fansusual

A usual night for Wake Forest fans is busy.

The argumentThe one thing this fanbase can't agree on, with receipts.

Inside the fanbase: all 5 corners

Cr/CFB
GGoogle News
BBlogger So Dear
CCampus paper
BBluesky
YYouTube
6 outlets & communities talking

One voice

+0.10Whole-fanbase sentiment · warm

Every cohort from the die-hards to the analytics crowd lands within 0.03 of each other — a rare consensus. The most upvoted post:

BBlogger So DearBeat · article

Wake Forest Beats Maryland-Eastern Shore 83-62 in Season Opener

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How Wake Forest fans actually talk

Rr/CFBFan talk

No team has passed the eye test the way Wake Forest has this year. It's becoming obscene.

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One of the crowd’s most upvoted takes — read for mood, not as a side. The cohort read is the measured part.

Every fan group, end to end

negative
0
positive
Die-hards+0.08 to Analytics crowd+0.10

Cohort sentiment is a source-weighted model read — never a quote pinned to a person.

What this fanbase keeps coming back to

fan energy
27%
recent results
22%
where the program is headed
14%
the rankings
12%
the schedule
7%

Topics are model-labeled from Reddit — a rough signal of what this fanbase is circling right now.

week 10. The sources and the divergence rank are measured. Cohort labels and sentiment are a source-weighted model estimate, never a quote attributed to a person.
ArgumentsRecurring arguments this fanbase keeps returning to.

What fans are saying

program directionOne fan's take that season

One fan believes Wake Forest pays coaches above market value

Wake pays coaches pretty well; we're private so it's never officially disclosed but we're typically very close to par with coaches pay and we extend our good coaches VERY quickly.

Based on 1 comment from 1 poster across 1 thread · Oct 10, 2026 · via CFB

The obsessionThe rival this fanbase can't stop bringing up.
Rent Free · r/CFB fan posts, 2026 season
Wake Forest fans 29% of posts bring up another team▲1pp saltier#56 of 77 saltiest · mostly about North Carolina
Who Wake Forest fans can’t stop bringing up
  1. North Carolina8%
  2. Clemson8%
  3. Charlotte6%
  4. Georgia Tech4%
  5. SMU4%
share of Wake Forest’s football posts that mention each team
What they're calledThe slang the sport reaches for about this program more than most.
What the sport calls them 2026 season · from Words

How often college football reaches for these watchlist words about Wake Forest — against the average FBS program, or against their own usual rate — said by rival fans and national media as readily as by their own people.

The whole board →
Voice profileHow this fanbase sounds vs. every other fanbase.
Measured
Optimism
67th
Joy
43rd
Anger
30th
Doom
23rd
Sarcasm
7th
Vs the 127 highest-volume fanbases - 2026 season
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