Wake Forest Demon Deacons

Wake Forest football represents the smallest school in the Power Conference ranks, playing home games in Winston-Salem with a tight-knit, academically-minded fanbase. The Demon Deacons have long been considered a scrappy underdog in the ACC, capable of surprising bigger programs with disciplined, well-coached football. Wake Forest's identity is built on punching above its weight given the school's small enrollment. The program takes pride in every signature win against bigger-name opponents.

Wake Forest has played football since 1888 and has never won a national championship, but the Demon Deacons captured ACC titles in 1970 and 2006, the latter sending them to the Orange Bowl as the smallest school ever to compete in the Bowl Championship Series. The program has had periods of strong success under coaches like Jim Grobe, who led the 2006 breakthrough season. Wake Forest remains a founding ACC member with a long, if modest, championship history.