2017 The Winning Chapter

Wake Forest's 2017 season (8-5) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 8-5
Final Result Bowl season
AP Final post-bowls
SP+ +5.3 last-week
Era
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
W vs Presby 51-7 W @ Bost Col 34-10 W vs Utah Sta 46-10 W @ App Sta 20-19 L vs FSU 19-26 L @ Clemson 14-28 L @ Geor Tec 24-38 W vs Louisv 42-32 L @ ND 37-48 W @ Syracuse 64-43 W vs NC State 30-24 L vs Duke 23-31 W @ Texas A&M 55-52 CFP

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2017.

Defining Moments
The Statement

The 2017 season's largest margin: Wake Forest 51, Presbyterian 7. A 44-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The Setback

The season's deepest loss: Wake Forest 14, Clemson 28. A 14-point margin the season is remembered by.

The Postseason

The season's last act: Wake Forest beat Texas A&M 55-52 in the postseason.

"Go Deacs"
— Wake Forest fanbase voice · 2017· synthesized
What It Meant

2017 is a middle chapter for Wake Forest — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.