Wake Forest Demon Deacons vs Vanderbilt Commodores Prediction, Picks and Game Preview - 09/10/2022

Game Time: 12:00 pm ET, Saturday, September 10, 2022

Venue:  FirstBank Stadium, Nashville, TN

Where to Watch:  SEC Network

DraftKings:  Point Spread:  WF -8.5, Vandy +8.5; Over/Under:  60.5 points

Bet365:  Point Spread:  WF -8, Vandy +8; Over/Under:  60.5 points

BetMGM:  Point Spread:  WF -8.5, Vandy +8.5; Over/Under:  60.5 points

 

Wake Forest Demon Deacons:  1-0 (4th place, ACC Atlantic)

Vanderbilt Commodores:  2-0 (1st place, SEC East)

 

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Wake Forest Demon Deacons:  won their last game at home against the VMI Keydets 44-10.

Vanderbilt Commodores:  won their last game at home against the Elon Phoenix 42-31.

 

Wake Forest is entering this game with a 1-0 record overall to start their college football season and they will be playing their 1st road game of the season here. They won against the VMI Keydets in their last game at home 44-10. Mitch Griffis started that game at QB and he completed 21/29 passes for 288 yards and 3 touchdowns. Christian Turner led the team in rushing with 100 yards and 2 TDs on 13 rushing attempts while Taylor Morin led the team in receiving with 74 yards and 1 touchdown on 5 receptions. Isaiah Wingfield led the defense in that game with 4 solo tackles and 0 assisted tackles. Kendron Wayman led the defense in sacks with 1.5 in that one while no one on the defense recorded an interception in that one.

 

 

 

Vanderbilt is entering this game with a 2-0 record overall to start their college football season and they will be playing their 2nd home game of the season here as they are 1-0 in their home games this year. They won against the Elon Phoenix in their last game at home 42-31. Mike Wright started that game at QB and he completed 18/29 passes for 245 yards and 4 touchdowns. Re'Mahn Davis led the team in rushing with 95 yards on 20 rushing attempts. Jayden McGowan led the team in receiving with 118 yards and 1 TD on 4 receptions. Anfernee Orji led the defense in that game with 5 solo tackles and 8 assisted tackles. Darren Agu led the defense in sacks with 1 while no one on the defense recorded an interception in that one.

The current betting odds have Wake Forest listed as an 8.5 point favorite in this game according to Draftkings Sportsbook. Wake Forest had a very successful year last year and they have picked up right where they left off with a big win over VMI last week, putting away a team they should have had no trouble with which they did. Their defense played very well in that game and even their offense put up over 40 points which was something they were averaging per game last season. Vanderbilt is one of those teams that has played 2 games already and they won both, but they also haven't played any good teams that can really test them. Their first win was against a decimated Hawaii team and their last win was at home only by 11 points against Elon from the FCS, and they allowed Elon to score 31 points in that game as well. Vanderbilt will not be able to score points like they have been doing in their last 2 games since this Wake Forest defense is really good and with the way Elon walked all over Vanderbilt's defense last week, Wake Forest is going to put the points up in this game. Wake Forest is also a ranked team and they will play with that in mind wanting to keep their ranking since they have just started to appear there in the last year or so. They will bring their best effort in this game and they should be able to blow Vanderbilt out with better play on both sides of the ball. The best way to place a bet here is on Wake Forest to cover the spread in this game.

 

Wake Forest Vanderbilt Prediction:  Our NCAAF Pick for Saturday, September 10, 2022 (12:00 pm ET start time) is Wake Forest 42 Vanderbilt 20.

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Wake Forest Demon Deacons: 14-9 ATS in all games. 30-17 UNDER when the total is between 56.5 and 63. 69-42 UNDER off 1 or more consecutive unders.

Vanderbilt Commodores: 3-10 ATS in home games. 6-12 ATS as a home underdog of 7.5 to 10 points. 26-9 UNDER in the first two weeks of the season.

 

 

Wake Forest Demon Deacons:  R. Smenda Jr. (LB) Elig Sept 10 - Suspension. H. Fields (WR) out for season - Knee. S. Hartman (QB) Out indefinitely - Illness.

Vanderbilt Commodores:  D. Lee (DL) Ques Sat - Undisclosed. D. Davis (DL) Ques Sat - Leg. B. Bapst (DE) Ques Sat - Undisclosed.

 

 

“I’m proud of the win, but I thought we were really sloppy. There’s just not a good feeling in my stomach when we have that many yards and did so many good things, but the penalties were awful. We had five holds. Two of them probably cost us a touchdown and the other cost us a two-point conversion. We had two roughing the quarterbacks. One cost us a pick-six, and the other kept a drive alive. On a third-and-four, we had a defensive lineman jump offsides and give them a free first down. There were just many lack-of-discipline penalties that we had tonight.” - Dave Clawson after his team’s win against VMI in their last game.

 

 

"We've gotta get healthy. We've gotta see how many guys we can get ready to play, and then we gotta grow a lot from tonight too, because there's too much that we left on that field that certainly Wake will be set up to make us pay for that. But it'll be an exciting week for this program, and we're excited to play that game in our stadium." - Clark Lea on his team’s injuries coming into this game.

 

 

 

WR Greene, Donavon

WR Perry, A.T.

WR Morin, Taylor 

TE Whiteheart, Blake

QB Griffis, Mitch 

RB Ellison, Justice 

 

WR Sheppard, Will 

WR Skinner Jr., Quincy

WR McGowan, Jayden 

TE Bresnahan, Ben

TE Schoenwald, Gavin 

QB Wright, Mike

RB Davis, Ray 

 

 

Passing: M. Griffis (288)

Rushing: C. Turner (100)

Receiving: T. Morin (74)

Touchdowns: C. Turner (2)

 

Passing: M. Wright (391)

Rushing: M. Wright (247)

Receiving: J. McGowan (145)

Touchdowns: M. Wright (4) 

 

Coaches:

Wake Forest Demon Deacons: Dave Clawson (9th season)

Vanderbilt Commodores: Clark Lea (2nd season)