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Index · this season

▲ Above its 5-year level +7▲ Up 6 this season

Career62since 1936

Peak792021

Last 568seasons

#30 nationally · 5-1 (3-1 conf)

Résumé #15 · record ahead of its play

Schedule so far #18

Margin ±5 pts (tightens with games)

Why 75? →

Wake Forest Demon Deacons

ACC · Winston-Salem, NC · Allegacy Federal Credit Union Stadium · Head coach Jake Dickert

Rival

NC State · also Duke

Heated rivalry

44-70-5 all time (119 meetings since 1908)

NC State leads

Last: won 38-14 (2026)

Holds it

program traits are earned from history

0national titles

0Heisman

0AP top-10

3All-Americans

60NFL picks

43.0%win pct

History since 1936 · football since 1908. Every season →

Chemistry

71Foundation

87Gel

gel counts 50% so far

▲ Above its norm +16Trending up

early · #2 of 138

HC year2

Ret. starters46%

QB yrs w/ OC2

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Season by season · since 1908rating = how far above its own season's teams, on the all-time scale

Season	Record	Conference	AP final	Season rank	Rating	Head coach
2026in progress	5-1	ACC	—	#30	75	Jake Dickert
2025	9-4	ACC	—	#51	69	Jake Dickert
2024	4-8	ACC	—	#94	58	Dave Clawson
2023	4-8	ACC	—	#85	60	Dave Clawson
2022	8-5	ACC	—	#32	74	Dave Clawson
2021	11-3	ACC	#15	#12	79	Dave Clawson
2020	4-5	ACC	—	—	—	Dave Clawson
2019	8-5	ACC	—	#57	65	Dave Clawson
2018	7-6	ACC	—	#63	65	Dave Clawson
2017	8-5	ACC	—	#19	78	Dave Clawson
2016	7-6	ACC	—	#68	65	Dave Clawson
2015	3-9	ACC	—	#84	61	Dave Clawson
2014	3-9	ACC	—	#98	54	Dave Clawson
2013	4-8	ACC	—	#70	63	Jim Grobe
2012	5-7	ACC	—	#101	53	Jim Grobe
2011	6-7	ACC	—	#73	61	Jim Grobe
2010	3-9	ACC	—	#87	56	Jim Grobe
2009	5-7	ACC	—	#49	68	Jim Grobe
2008	8-5	ACC	—	#30	73	Jim Grobe
2007	9-4	ACC	—	#39	72	Jim Grobe
2006	11-3	ACC	#18	#32	74	Jim Grobe
2005	4-7	ACC	—	#65	63	Jim Grobe
2004	4-7	ACC	—	#60	65	Jim Grobe
2003	5-7	ACC	—	#41	70	Jim Grobe
2002	7-6	ACC	—	#45	70	Jim Grobe
2001	6-5	ACC	—	#57	66	Jim Grobe
2000	2-9	ACC	—	#98	51	Jim Caldwell
1999	7-5	ACC	—	#34	72	Jim Caldwell
1998	3-8	ACC	—	#68	60	Jim Caldwell
1997	5-6	ACC	—	#56	66	Jim Caldwell
1996	3-8	ACC	—	#96	51	Jim Caldwell
1995	1-10	ACC	—	#89	54	Jim Caldwell
1994	3-8	ACC	—	#99	44	Jim Caldwell
1993	2-9	ACC	—	#81	55	Jim Caldwell
1992	8-4	ACC	#25	#33	71	Bill Dooley
1991	3-8	ACC	—	#86	54	Bill Dooley
1990	3-8	ACC	—	#74	58	Bill Dooley
1989	2-8-1	ACC	—	#78	56	Bill Dooley
1988	6-4-1	ACC	—	#36	69	Bill Dooley
1987	7-4	ACC	—	#43	68	Bill Dooley
1986	5-6	ACC	—	#44	67	Al Groh
1985	4-7	ACC	—	#64	60	Al Groh
1984	6-5	ACC	—	#63	63	Al Groh
1983	4-7	ACC	—	#63	60	Al Groh
1982	3-8	ACC	—	#79	55	Al Groh
1981	4-7	ACC	—	#88	58	Al Groh
1980	5-6	ACC	—	#37	71	John Mackovic
1979	8-4	ACC	—	#48	69	John Mackovic
1978	1-10	ACC	—	#94	55	John Mackovic
1977	1-10	ACC	—	#98	54	Chuck Mills
1976	5-6	ACC	—	#51	67	Chuck Mills
1975	3-8	ACC	—	#88	56	Chuck Mills
1974	1-10	ACC	—	#100	51	Chuck Mills
1973	1-9-1	ACC	—	#100	46	Chuck Mills
1972	2-9	ACC	—	#96	45	Tom Harper
1971	6-5	ACC	—	#61	62	Cal Stoll
1970	6-5	ACC	—	#55	63	Cal Stoll
1969	3-7	ACC	—	#95	51	Cal Stoll
1968	2-7-1	ACC	—	#50	67	William Tate
1967	4-6	ACC	—	#69	60	William Tate
1966	3-7	ACC	—	#70	59	William Tate
1965	3-7	ACC	—	#83	55	William Tate
1964	5-5	ACC	—	#66	63	William Tate
1963	1-9	ACC	—	#104	30	Billy Hildebrand
1962	0-10	ACC	—	#93	52	Billy Hildebrand
1961	4-6	ACC	—	#59	61	Billy Hildebrand
1960	2-8	ACC	—	#80	53	Billy Hildebrand
1959	6-4	ACC	—	#46	66	Paul Amen
1958	3-7	ACC	—	#62	61	Paul Amen
1957	0-10	ACC	—	#74	55	Paul Amen
1956	2-5-3	ACC	—	#60	61	Paul Amen
1955	5-4-1	ACC	—	#52	62	Tom Rogers
1954	2-7-1	ACC	—	#56	61	Tom Rogers
1953	3-6-1	ACC	—	#75	53	Tom Rogers
1952	5-4-1	Southern	—	#53	65	Tom Rogers
1951	6-4	Southern	—	#42	69	Tom Rogers
1950	6-1-2	Southern	—	#44	67	D.C. Walker
1949	4-6	Southern	—	#45	66	D.C. Walker
1948	6-4	Southern	#20	#28	73	D.C. Walker
1947	6-4	Southern	—	#47	67	D.C. Walker
1946	6-3	Southern	—	#22	75	D.C. Walker
1945	5-3-1	Southern	#19	#25	70	D.C. Walker
1944	8-1	Southern	—	#29	65	D.C. Walker
1943	4-5	Southern	—	#39	57	D.C. Walker
1942	6-2-1	Southern	—	#26	71	D.C. Walker
1941	5-5-1	Southern	—	#65	58	D.C. Walker
1940	7-3	Southern	—	#60	62	D.C. Walker
1939	7-3	Southern	—	#20	76	D.C. Walker
1938	4-5-1	Southern	—	#54	65	D.C. Walker
1937	3-6	Southern	—	#93	30	D.C. Walker
1936	5-4	Southern	—	#65	60	Jim Weaver
1935	2-7	FBS Independents	—	#81	51 early	Jim Weaver
1934	3-7	FBS Independents	—	#81	52 early	Jim Weaver
1933	0-5-1	FBS Independents	—	#85	37 early	Jim Weaver
1932	3-3-2	FBS Independents	—	#66	57 early	F.S. Miller
1931	4-4	FBS Independents	—	#82	44 early	F.S. Miller
1930	5-3-1	FBS Independents	—	#74	51 early	F.S. Miller
1929	6-5-1	FBS Independents	—	#71	40 early	F.S. Miller
1928	2-6-2	FBS Independents	—	#78	26 early	Stanley Cofall
1927	2-6-2	FBS Independents	—	#76	40 early	James Baldwin
1926	5-4-1	FBS Independents	—	#55	57 early	James Baldwin
1925	6-2-1	FBS Independents	—	#55	57 early	Hank Garrity
1924	7-2	FBS Independents	—	#63	56 early	Hank Garrity
1923	6-3	FBS Independents	—	#73	48 early	Hank Garrity
1922	3-5-2	FBS Independents	—	#76	35 early	George Levene
1921	2-8	FBS Independents	—	#70	30 early	J.L. White
1920	2-7	FBS Independents	—	#66	39 early	J.L. White
1919	2-6	FBS Independents	—	#63	50 early	Harry Rabenhorst
1918	1-2	FBS Independents	—	—	—	Harry Rabenhorst
1917	1-6-1	FBS Independents	—	#47	55 early	E.T. MacDonnell
1916	3-3	FBS Independents	—	#56	52 early	G.M. Billings
1915	3-4	FBS Independents	—	#52	51 early	W.C. Smith
1914	3-6	FBS Independents	—	#53	40 early	W.C. Smith
1913	0-8	FBS Independents	—	#43	52 early	Frank Thompson
1912	2-6	FBS Independents	—	#45	34 early	Frank Thompson
1911	3-5	FBS Independents	—	#41	51 early	Frank Thompson
1910	2-7	FBS Independents	—	#45	21 early	Reddy Rowe
1909	2-4	FBS Independents	—	#47	38 early	A.T. Myers
1908	1-5	FBS Independents	—	#50	20 early	A.P. Hall

★ = a national title the school claims. Seasons before 1936 (the first AP poll) are the early era: shown in gray and rated on the same yardstick, but the all-time pool and program totals that matter most start in 1936.