2018 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team

2018 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football
Birmingham Bowl champion
Birmingham Bowl, W 37–34 vs. Memphis
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
DivisionAtlantic Division
Record7–6 (3–5 ACC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorWarren Ruggiero (5th season)
Offensive schemeSlow mesh
Defensive coordinatorJay Sawvel (3rd season; first 4 games)[1]
Lyle Hemphill (interim; remainder of season)
Base defense4–3
Captain
6
  • Ryan Anderson
  • Phil Haynes
  • Cade Carney
  • Cameron Glenn
  • Chuck Wade Jr.
  • Willie Yarbury
Home stadiumBB&T Field
Seasons
← 2017
2019 →
2018 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Atlantic Division
No. 1 Clemson x$#^   8 – 0     15 – 0  
No. 15 Syracuse   6 – 2     10 – 3  
NC State   5 – 3     9 – 4  
Boston College   4 – 4     7 – 5  
Wake Forest   3 – 5     7 – 6  
Florida State   3 – 5     5 – 7  
Louisville   0 – 8     2 – 10  
Coastal Division
Pittsburgh x   6 – 2     7 – 7  
Georgia Tech   5 – 3     7 – 6  
Miami (FL)   4 – 4     7 – 6  
Virginia   4 – 4     8 – 5  
Virginia Tech   4 – 4     6 – 7  
Duke   3 – 5     8 – 5  
North Carolina   1 – 7     2 – 9  
Championship: Clemson 42, Pittsburgh 10
  • # – College Football Playoff champion
  • ^ – College Football Playoff participant
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2018 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team represented Wake Forest University during the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was led by fifth-year head coach Dave Clawson, and played their home games at BB&T Field. Wake Forest competed in the Atlantic Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference as they have since the league's inception in 1953. They finished the season 7–6, 3–5 in ACC play to finish in a tie for fifth place in the Atlantic Division. They were invited to the Birmingham Bowl where they defeated Memphis.

  1. ^ "Wake Forest Football Announces Staff Changes". The Official Site of Demon Deacons Athletics. September 23, 2018. Retrieved September 23, 2018.