2013 Record: 4-8

2014 Las Vegas Season Win Total: 4.0*

2014 Season Win Total Picks NCAA Football: 'Push'

Few head coaches in the country did more with less than Jim Grobe over the past decade. But Grobe has bowed out and new head coach Dave Clawson is looking to parlay his success at Bowling Green into some ACC W's.

I wouldn't expect it to happen this year.

Wake Forest has just eight starters back from a team that won just four games last season. They are completely inexperienced at the offensive skill positions and they have a whole new front four. They are also learning new systems on both sides of the ball and there will certainly be growing pains.

Wake has it easy out of the gate. They should be favored in three of their first four games and a road trip to Utah State could be winnable. However, once ACC play begins this team will have to pull an upset to get its fourth or fifth victory. I can see them sneaking up on a team like Syracuse or Boston College. But I don't see Wake notching any league road wins this year.

I feel that 4.0 is a very solid number for the Demon Deacons and I see them winning exactly that many games. If your book does offer a number at 4.5 or 3.5 I would bet the Deacons accordingly.

2014 Wake Forest Demon Deacons Schedule

DATE OPPONENT TIME (ET) Location Result

Thu, Aug 28th, 2014 at ULM 07:00 PM Malone Stadium

Sat, Sep 6th, 2014 Gardner-Webb 06:30 PM BB&T Field

Sat, Sep 13th, 2014 at Utah State 07:00 PM Merlin Olsen Field at Romney S

Sat, Sep 20th, 2014 Army TBA BB&T Field

Sat, Sep 27th, 2014 at Louisville TBA Papa John`s Cardinal Stadium

Sat, Oct 4th, 2014 at Florida State TBA Bobby Bowden Field at Doak S.

Sat, Oct 18th, 2014 Syracuse TBA BB&T Field

Sat, Oct 25th, 2014 Boston College TBA BB&T Field

Thu, Nov 6th, 2014 Clemson 07:30 PM BB&T Field

Sat, Nov 15th, 2014 at NC State TBA Carter-Finley Stadium

Sat, Nov 22nd, 2014 Virginia Tech TBA BB&T Field

Sat, Nov 29th, 2014 at Duke TBA Wallace Wade Stadium

All Times EST

*Season Win Total Odds from Raphael Esparza. Esparza was a Las Vegas sportsbook manager for 13 years at some of the largest books on The Strip. He is a proven oddsmaker and this is his projected total.

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