Wake Forest 2026 — The Chapter Being Written

Record 7-1

Final result In-progress

AP final #14 post-bowls

SP+ +9.4 last-week

Era —

The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below

Who carried it

Giovanni LopezQB2,176 passing yards
Ty Clark IIIRB376 rushing yards
Deuce LawrenceRB324 rushing yards
Carlos HernandezWR856 receiving yards
Jack FoleyWR395 receiving yards
Kameran ShanksWR262 receiving yards
Vincent FirenzeLB54 tackles
Aiden HallLB48 tackles
Braylon JohnsonDB47 tackles
Langston HardyDL5.5 sacks
Gabe KirschkeDL3 sacks
Zach LohavichanDL2.5 sacks

Season leaders, 2026.

Defining moments

The statement

The 2026 season's largest margin: Wake Forest 57, Stanford 3. A 54-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: Wake Forest 20, Miami 33. A 13-point margin the season is remembered by.

"Go Deacs"

— Wake Forest fanbase voice · 2026· synthesized

What it meant

2026 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.