POSTSEASON CENTRAL
Your postseason plans start here. Key dates, bowl schedules and ACC Championship details for the Deacs, all in one place.
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Bowl Schedule
Bowl eligible and rolling! With the win over Cal, the Deacs are 6–1 and bowl eligible. Here is this year's bowl schedule.
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^^^ Denotes matchups featuring teams from the ACC, Big Ten, Big 12 or Washington State/Oregon State.
ACC Championship
Saturday, Dec. 5, at noon ET at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, N.C. Watch on ABC.
College Football Playoff
The College Football Playoff is scheduled to kick off Friday, December 18.
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Recent Bowl History
- 2016 Military Bowl - Facing No. 23 Temple, Wake Forest was in search of its first bowl win in nine years. With the help of holding the Owls to -20 rushing yards, the Deacs came away with a 34-26 victory in Annapolis, Md.
- 2017 Belk Bowl - Trailing 52-48 to Texas A&M with 5:52 left, Wake Forest answered with a 13-play, 69-yard drive, capped off by a 1-yard run by Matt Colburn II to take the lead for good with 2:18 to play in the game, winning 55-52. Quarterback John Wolford earned MVP honors with 400 yards passing and four touchdowns.
- 2018 Birmingham Bowl - With the help of a career-high performance of 171 receiving yards from wide receiver and current Los Angeles Ram Alex Bachman, the Deacs pulled out their third consecutive bowl victory, defeating Memphis, 37-34.
- 2019 New Era Pinstripe Bowl - The game against Michigan State garnered 3.8 million viewers on ESPN, which was the highest national TV viewership of any North Carolina bowl team — outpacing the next closest team by more than 1.7 million viewers.
- 2020 Duke’s Mayo Bowl - This matchup against Wisconsin marked the third time in program history the Demon Deacons played in a bowl game in Charlotte with the others coming in the 2017 Belk Bowl and 2008 Car Care Bowl.
- 2021 TaxSlayer Gator Bowl - Current Washington Commanders quarterback Sam Hartman earned MVP honors after throwing three touchdown passes in the game for 304 yards to take the win against Rutgers 38-10. It brought his season total touchdowns to 50 which puts him in elite company among Atlantic Coast Conference quarterbacks. Deshaun Watson (Clemson) and Lamar Jackson (Louisville) were the only other quarterbacks to have 50 or more touchdowns in a single season.
- 2022 Gasparilla Bowl - Behind a three-touchdown performance from Sam Hartman as he earned MVP honors, Wake Forest defeated Southeastern Conference representative Missouri 27-17 to win the Union Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Fla. It was the Deacs' fifth bowl win in seven years during the 2016–22 bowl streak.
- 2026 Duke's Mayo Bowl - The Deacs capped a memorable 2025 season with a 43–29 victory over Mississippi State in the Duke’s Mayo Bowl! Bowl MVP Robby Ashford delivered five touchdowns as Wake Forest secured its ninth win, putting an exclamation point on Coach Jake Dickert’s first season -- the winningest first year by a head coach in school history.
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