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Sat Oct 17 · 10:30 PMESPN2ESPN UnlimitedCalifornia Memorial Stadium

The number

Spread
WAKE -10 -110
CAL +10 -110
Open WAKE -9.5 moved 0.5
Fair, no vig: WAKE -100 / CAL -100 (hold 4.8%)
Best: WAKE -9.5 -120 at theScore Bet; CAL +10.5 -118 at betPARX
Total
Over 53.5 -110
Under 53.5 -110
Fair, no vig: O -100 / U -100 (hold 4.8%)
Best: O 52.5 -115 at Hard Rock Bet; U 53.5 -105 at FanDuel
Moneyline
WAKE -425
CAL +300
Fair, no vig: WAKE -324 / CAL +324 (hold 6.0%)
Best: WAKE -375 at DraftKings; CAL +325 at betPARX

Updated Fri 3 PM ET Consensus of 10 US books: the line most books are dealing, with the middle price. Lines move. Check your book before you bet. Fair odds strip out the book's cut so you can see the price the market really implies.

Every book (10)
BookWAKECALOverUnderWAKE MLCAL ML
DraftKings-10-110+10-110o53.5-110u53.5-110-375+295
FanDuel-9.5-122+9.5+100o53.5-115u53.5-105-385+300
BetMGM-10-108+10-110o53.5-108u53.5-110-375+300
Caesars-10-110+10-110o53.5-109u53.5-110-390+300
theScore Bet-9.5-120+9.5+100o53.5-110u53.5-110-425+320
BetRivers-10-117+10-108o53-110u53-113-480+325
Fanatics-10-110+10-110o53.5-110u53.5-110-375+290
Hard Rock Bet-10.5+100+10.5-120o52.5-115u52.5-105-425+325
Bally Bet-10.5-103+10.5-118o53-109u53-112-435+325
betPARX-10.5-103+10.5-118o53-109u53-112-435+325

Highlighted: the best number on each side. Legal US sportsbooks only.

Injury report

From the ACC availability report (Thursday report). Posted Thu 11 PM ET. Schools file it the three nights before the game and 2 hours before kickoff. We check every 30 minutes. See the official report

Wake Forest
Out
  • Dalton DeBoer OL
  • Devin Cook DB
  • Elijah Otieno WR
  • Jack Hines OL
  • Joel Lowenberg LB
  • Tyler Walton DL
Probable

Carlos Hernandez (WR), Kadear Dembele (DL), Langston Hardy (DL)

California
Out
  • Carter Vargas RB
  • Kahlee Tafai OL
  • Marquis Groves-Killebrew DB
  • Nate Burrell DL
Questionable
  • Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele QB
  • Adam Mohammed RB
  • Carson Perry-Smith RB
  • Cooper Perry WR
  • Jimothy Lewis Jr. OL
  • Kingston Lopa DB
  • Kyion Grayes WR

No status changes since the first report we saw (Thu 11 PM ET). Changes and line moves will line up here.

Line movement

Key numbers crossed: none (WAKE -9.5 to WAKE -10).

Sitting right on 10. A half point either way matters here.

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WAKE line, game-week open to now. Dashed lines are key numbers.
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Total, game-week open to now.

Our crowd

Who's on what before kickoff, from the cappers we track and bets logged on our tracker.

Public cappers

Spread2 of 2 on California
Wake Forest 02 California
Total1 capper on Over
Over 10 Under

Each capper counts once. See their picks

Tracker bettors

Shows up once 10 people log a bet on this game. Log yours

Want sportsbook bets % and money %? DraftKings posts theirs free: DK betting splits. We don't copy them here. Tracker counts are anonymous: no names, and private bets stay private.

Betting form, 2026

Wake Forest LLWWWW

ATSTotals
All games4-2 67%Small sample3-3 50% overSmall sample
Road2-1 67%Small sample1-2 33% overSmall sample
As favorite2-2 50%Small sample
Last 54-1 80%Small sample

6 graded games this season. Small sample: read it as a hint, not a trend.

California LWLLLW

ATSTotals
All games2-4 33%Small sample2-4 33% overSmall sample
Home1-3 25%Small sample1-3 25% overSmall sample
As underdog2-3 40%Small sample
Last 52-3 40%Small sample

6 graded games this season. Small sample: read it as a hint, not a trend.

Head to head since 2019

DateScoreCloseATSTotalO-U
Nov 8, 2024CAL 46, WAKE 36CAL -7.5CAL covered54.5Over

Wake Forest 0-1 ATS in these meetings. 1 meeting is not a trend, and rosters turn over. Closing lines from ESPN's archive.

Side by side

WAKECAL
5-1Record3-3
4-2Against the spread2-4
3-3Over-under2-4
+12.6Avg cover margin-4.9
36.8Points per game26.7
21.5Points allowed25.5
6.45Yards per play5.44
435.3Yards per game397.2
4.20Rush yards per carry3.30
66.8Completion %64.8
47.3Third down %37.1
+5Turnover margin+7
10Sacks allowed11
79.8Penalty yards per game89.7

Season to date. Stats from ESPN. Points from final scores. Bold is the better number.

What the public cappers like

Spread
0 Wake Forest2 California
California +102
Stuckey 1u*Line +10 · Price -110 (assumed, not posted) · 1u (units not given, 1u used) · Posted Oct 16 1:13 PM ET · Record 37-25-1 · Original postDave Portnoy 1u*Line +9.5 · Price -110 (assumed, not posted) · 1u (units not given, 1u used) · Posted Oct 15 4:01 PM ET · Record 32-34-1 · Original post
Total
1 Over0 Under
Over 53.51
Rico Bosco 1u*Line 53.5 · Price -110 (assumed, not posted) · 1u (units not given, 1u used) · Posted Oct 15 4:01 PM ET · Record 48-35 · Original post
Moneyline
No picks

* price not posted, -110 assumed. Tracked from public posts, not endorsed. All public picks

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