The Wake Forest Demon Deacons (+10) are flying south to take on their in-conference rival Florida State Seminoles at Bobby Bowden Field at Doak Campbell Stadium. ESPN2 has the TV rights and this vital afternoon game is scheduled to kick off at 3:30 p.m. ET.
Wake Forest Demon Deacons vs. Florida State Seminoles Betting Preview
In this Saturday Atlantic Coast game, Florida State has been projected as the heavy favorite and is currently giving up 10 points. If they are wanting to take the moneyline, bettors would currently have to lay down $400 in order to win $100 back on the Noles (-400). The Demon Deacons are getting +300 moneyline odds. It appears that there might be some decent in-game betting opportunities for this contest, and Vegas has set the over/under (O/U) at 60.5 points.
Sharp bettors are siding with the Demon Deacons. The opening line was originally -11 and the O/U was initially set at 60.
The Demon Deacons are down 1.0 unit this season and 1-5 against the spread (ATS). The team has posted an O/U record of 5-1. The underwhelming Seminoles have lost 4.0 units in 2018. The team is 2-4 ATS and has an O/U record of 4-2.
The Demon Deacons have gone 3-3 straight up (SU), including 0-2 SU against ACC opponents. The Seminoles are 3-3 SU overall and 1-3 SU in conference play.
The Deacs lost to Clemson 63-3 in a thumping where the passing game the big culprit as the Demon Deacons completed 7-of-27 passes for 74 yards and one interception. Sam Hartman went seven-for-20 for 74 yards and one interception while Kendall Hinton completed zero-of-five for zero yards. Matt Colburn II (only 27 yards on 12 rush attempts) and Kendall Hinton (92 yards on 11 carries) spearheaded the ground attack in the loss while Jack Freudenthal (three receptions, 31 yards) and Greg Dortch (three catches, 37 yards) handled the receiving duties.
A couple of weeks ago, Miami (FL) knocked off this Florida State team by a score of 28-27. The Noles defensive unit allowed the Hurricanes to rush for 102 yards on 46 attempts. Travis Homer put up a productive showing in the win for Miami (FL), accounting for 70 rushing yards on 21 attempts. For Florida State, Deondre Francois completed 15-of-30 passes for 129 yards, two touchdowns and one interception. Francois (-13 yards on 11 rush attempts) and Cam Akers (46 yards on 11 carries) mounted the ground game in the defeat as D.J. Matthews (five receptions, 15 yards) and Tamorrion Terry (two catches, 37 yards, one TD) led the Florida State pass-catchers.
Wake Forest has run the ball on 60.7 percent of its offensive possessions this year while Florida State has an overall rush percentage of 49.8 percent. The Demon Deacons have produced 233 rush yards per game (including 237 per game against Atlantic Coast opponents) and have nine touchdowns via handoffs this year. The Noles are logging 93 rushing yards per game (76 in conference) and have four total rush TDs.
The Deacs offense has averaged 215 yards in the air overall (144 per game versus conference opposition) and has 10 passing TDs so far. The Noles have put up 251 pass yards per contest (208.8 in the ACC) and have 11 total pass scores.
Defensively, Wake Forest has allowed 237 rush yards and 264 pass yards per game. The Florida State defense has allowed 271.0 yards per game to opposing passers and 101.2 yards per game on the ground. The Noles are allowing an adjusted net yards per pass attempt (ANY/A) of only 5.81 to opposing QBs, while the Demon Deacons have given up a 7.71 ANY/A.
Offensively, Hartman has put up 1,018 passing yards this year, and has connected on 52 percent of his 167 attempts with six passing scores and six interceptions. He’s got a 4.49 adjusted net yards per pass attempt overall, although that number is 7.83 over the past two outings.
Deondre Francois has completed 109-of-178 passes for 1,212 yards, seven TDs and six INTs for Florida State. His ANY/A stands at 4.91 for the year and 7.38 over his past two games.
When these two squads faced one another last year, Florida State won by a touchdown 26-19.
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The Florida State defense has sacked opposing QBs 19 times this year. Wake Forest has produced just 12 sacks.
The Florida State offense has lost eight fumbles this season while the Wake Forest offense has lost three.
Both teams have produced three pass plays of 40 yards or more. The Demon Deacons have have made seven pass plays of 30+ yards while the Seminoles have accounted for 12 such plays.
The Wake Forest defense has allowed seven pass plays of 40 or more yards, while Florida State has given up eight such plays.
The Wake Forest offense has created 11 rushing plays of 20 or more yards, while Florida State has created three such runs.
The Demon Deacons defense has allowed 17 rushing plays of 20 or more yards, while the Seminoles have given up four such runs.
The O/U for Florida State’s last game going into it was 48.5. The over cashed in that 28-27 defeat to Miami (FL).
Over its last three contests, Florida State is 2-1 ATS and the over cashed in each of those three.
In its last three contests, Wake Forest is 1-2 ATS and the over cashed in each of those three.
The Over/Under for Wake Forest’s previous game was set at 61. The over cashed in the team’s 63-3 loss to Clemson.
As a team, Wake Forest has averaged 4.0 yards per rush attempt across its past three outings and 3.8 over its last two.
Florida State has averaged 2.2 yards per carry over its last three matchups and 2.3 over its last two.
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