The No. 14 North Carolina Tar Heels (8-1, 5-0 ACC) and Wake Forest Demon Deacons (6-3, 2-3) tangle Saturday at Truist Field in Winston-Salem. Kickoff is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. ET (ESPN2). Below, we look at North Carolina vs. Wake Forest from Tipico Sportsbook; check back for all our college football picks and predictions.
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North Carolina failed to cover as a 7.5-point favorite but still snuck by Virginia 31-28 Saturday. The win kept UNC undefeated in ACC play. At UVA, the high-octane Tar Heels — No. 17 in the College Football Playoff rankings (Nov. 1) — were held to their lowest single-game yardage total since Sept. 24. UNC, the leading offense in the ACC at 496.8 yards per game, was held to 455 total yards.
The Demon Deacons — tabbed 21st in the CFP rankings — averaged 41.4 points per game over their first 7 contests. However, including a 30-21 loss at current-No. 16 NC State Saturday (as a 3-point favorite), Wake Forest has tallied just 42 points over the last 2 weeks combined. WFU outgained the Wolfpack, 414 yards to 325, but was undone by a minus-3 margin in turnovers.
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North Carolina at Wake Forest odds
Provided by Tipico Sportsbook; access USA TODAY Sports Scores and Sports Betting Odds hub for a full list. Lines last updated Monday at 2:38 p.m. ET.
- Moneyline: Off the board
- Against the spread (ATS): North Carolina +4 (-108) | Wake Forest -4 (-112)
- Over/Under (O/U): 76 (O: -108 | U: -112)
2022 betting stats
- ML: North Carolina 8-1 | Wake Forest 6-3
- ATS: North Carolina 5-4 | Wake Forest 6-3
- O/U: North Carolina 5-4 | Wake Forest 4-5
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North Carolina vs. Wake Forest head-to-head
UNC and WFU are meeting on the gridiron for the 110th time. Including the North Carolina cover of a 2.5-point spread in a 58-55 game last year, the Tar Heels have gone 71-36-2 in the series.
Last year’s wild game only saw 1 more point than the 2020 UNC-WFU game. The Tar Heels beat the Deacons 59-53 in that game. The combined 225 points over the last 2 years were scored without the benefit of any overtime sessions. Not surprisingly, the Over hit in both those games and is 3-1 the last 4 times the Tar Heels and Deacons have tussled.
Wake Forest has won 3 straight — and 4 of the last 5 — meetings in Winston-Salem.
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