Bowl Projections - Week 6
Action - Holiday vs. Stanford
College Football News - Pinstripe vs. Rutgers
Yahoo - Pinstripe vs. Rutgers
USA Today - Duke’s Mayo vs. Arkansas
CBS Sports - Gator vs. Ole Miss
Sporting News - Peach vs. Notre Dame
247 - Peach vs. Iowa
The Athletic - Peach vs. Ohio State
Bleacher Report - Fiesta vs. BYU
BR was the only one with a real write-up:
To be clear, I don't (yet, at least) believe that Wake Forest is one of the 12 best teams in the country. However, someone from the ACC has to play in a New Year's Six bowl, and the Demon Deacons make as much sense as any other option at the moment.
That said, Wake Forest has been impressive on offense, scoring at least 35 points in each of its five wins. But we'll see how that lackluster defense (more than 500 total yards allowed in back-to-back games) holds up against a schedule in which all seven remaining opponents have winning records.
I looked up Total Defense and Scoring Defense to calculate how many yards and plays it takes teams to score 7 points against our defense.
Wake is 8th in yards per 7 points at 149.9 yards.
Opposing offenses move 149.9 yards to score 7 points, 8th in the nation behind UGA, Penn State, A&M, Clemson, Iowa, Michigan, and Va Tech. UGA is a massive outlier at 274.8 yards per 7 points.
Opposing offenses need 27.2 plays to score 7 points, 17th in the nation.