Wk 2 · 2026
Wake Forest Demon Deacons at Purdue Boilermakers — Sat, Sep 12
Sat, Sep 12 ·
Ross-Ade Stadium, West Lafayette, IN
· FS1
ACC · no games yet
at
12:00pET
no line posted yet
Ratings differential WAKE by 6.4
Big Ten · no games yet
What is at stake
A non-conference game. It moves both overall records but neither conference race.
What the ratings imply
The differential above is arithmetic on two published numbers:
The CFB King’s 2026 final efficiency ratings, plus
2.4 points of home field.
It is not a projection, a value, an edge or a lean, and nothing on this site
compares it with the betting line to tell you one is better. Until 2026
games are played it is last season’s measurement of two teams that have
changed.
Efficiency · 2026 ratings
Efficiency margin
Offense (pts/100)
Defense (pts/100)
Pace (plays/g)
Yards / play
Yards / play allowed
Opponent-adjusted ratings from The College
King's 2026 final numbers. Bars share a scale within each row, so
the two lengths are comparable; the brighter side is the better of the two, and a
longer bar is the better number — including the rows where a lower figure is the
good one. Pace is the exception: it is how fast a team plays, not how well, so
neither side is lit and a longer bar there means only more plays.
Team stats · 2026 per game
Points / game
Points allowed
Yards / game
Yards allowed
Pass yds allowed
Rush yds allowed
Turnovers / game
From completed 2026 box scores;
defensive yardage covers the regular season and conference championships.
Wake Forest form
No completed games on record.
Purdue form
No completed games on record.
Wake Forest this season
No graded games yet this season. Lines are captured before kickoff and graded when a game goes final, so these records start at Week 1.
Purdue this season
No graded games yet this season. Lines are captured before kickoff and graded when a game goes final, so these records start at Week 1.
Lines are captured from ESPN's board before kickoff and locked at kickoff, so an in-play price cannot overwrite the number a game is graded against.
Common opponents · 0
These teams share no opponents on the 2026 schedule.
Open these two in the
comparison tool for every shared and unshared opponent.
Series history · 2006–2026
These teams have not met in the 2006–2026 window.
Wake Forest leaders 2025 regular season
| Passing | Robby Ashford QB #2 | 171/289, 2169 YDS, 9 TD, 7 INT |
| Deshawn Purdie QB #5 | 41/82, 618 YDS, 6 TD, 3 INT | |
| Rushing | Demond Claiborne RB #1 | 179 CAR, 907 YDS, 10 TD |
| Robby Ashford QB #2 | 116 CAR, 504 YDS, 7 TD | |
| Ty Clark III RB #4 | 58 CAR, 232 YDS, 3 TD | |
| Receiving | Chris Barnes WR #2 | 39 REC, 547 YDS, 3 TD |
| Carlos Hernandez WR #8 | 34 REC, 538 YDS, 3 TD | |
| Sterling Berkhalter WR #18 | 25 REC, 382 YDS, 2 TD | |
| Micah Mays Jr. WR #5 | 18 REC, 302 YDS, 2 TD |
Defense
| Tackles | Nick Andersen S #45 | 95 |
| Davaughn Patterson DB #5 | 78 | |
| Dylan Hazen LB #24 | 68 | |
| Sacks | Langston Hardy DL #11 | 7 |
| Nuer Gatkuoth DL #7 | 6 | |
| Gabe Kirschke DL #10 | 4 | |
| Interceptions | Karon Prunty CB #3 | 1 |
| Zamari Stevenson DB #17 | 1 | |
| Nuer Gatkuoth DL #7 | 1 |
Purdue leaders 2025 regular season
| Passing | Ryan Browne QB #15 | 199/338, 2153 YDS, 9 TD, 10 INT |
| Malachi Singleton QB #3 | 38/64, 439 YDS, 5 TD, 2 INT | |
| Rushing | Devin Mockobee RB #45 | 125 CAR, 521 YDS, 4 TD |
| Antonio Harris RB #22 | 69 CAR, 305 YDS, 2 TD | |
| Malachi Thomas RB #24 | 53 CAR, 243 YDS | |
| Receiving | Michael Jackson III WR #2 | 63 REC, 570 YDS, 1 TD |
| Nitro Tuggle WR #1 | 34 REC, 500 YDS, 4 TD | |
| EJ Horton Jr. WR #13 | 27 REC, 289 YDS, 1 TD | |
| Corey Smith WR #12 | 14 REC, 237 YDS, 1 TD |
Defense
| Tackles | Tahj Ra-El DB #21 | 110 |
| Mani Powell LB #16 | 110 | |
| Charles Correa LB #5 | 93 | |
| Sacks | CJ Nunnally IV DL #91 | 5 |
| Mani Powell LB #16 | 5 | |
| Charles Correa LB #5 | 3 | |
| Interceptions | Myles Slusher DB #9 | 1 |
| CJ Nunnally IV DL #91 | 1 | |
| Hudauri Hines DB #4 | 1 |
These are regular-season totals for
the season named on each card — the players who led that team that year,
taken from ESPN's team leaders. That list is keyed to the season, not to today's
roster, so a leader who has since transferred or run out of eligibility still
appears against the year he earned it; the
roster
pages and the depth chart on each team page are where the current squad is.
A team switches to this season's numbers once it has played a game. The roster
pages count bowl games too, so a player's two lines can differ by a game.