Key Stats:No. 11 Wake Forest (8-1) at No. 25 SMU (7-2), Nov. 14 at 12 p.m. EST.

Opening Line: Wake Forest by 2.5. Against the spread: Wake Forest 7-2, SMU 4-4-1.

How to watch: ESPN

Key stats

Wake Forest Offense

Overall: 487.7 yards per game (9th in FBS)

Passing: 311.9 yards per game (10th)

Rushing: 175.8 yards per game (43rd)

Scoring: 43.3 points per game (4th)

Wake Forest Defense

Overall: 310.0 yards per game (24th in FBS)

Passing: 225.0 yards per game (86th)

Rushing: 85.0 yards per game (8th)

Scoring: 15.9 points per game (13th)

SMU Offense

Overall: 478.6 yards per game (11th in FBS)

Passing: 323.8 yards per game (6th)

Rushing: 154.8 yards per game (70th)

Scoring: 37.0 points per game (19th)

SMU Defense

Overall: 319.8 yards per game (27th in FBS)

Passing: 193.9 yards per game (42nd)

Rushing: 125.9 yards per game (45th)

Scoring: 22.9 points per game (53rd)

Both teams perform well on third down. Wake Forest is 9th in the FBS, converting 51.4% of the time. SMU ranks 19th, converting 47.7%.

SMU ranks 105th in the FBS with a -4 turnover margin, compared to Wake Forest's 28th-ranked +4 margin.

Wake Forest ranks last in the FBS with 83.2 penalty yards per game.

SMU is 120th in FBS in red zone defense, allowing opponents to score on 91.3% of trips. Wake Forest's red zone offense ranks 13th, scoring on 93.5% of red zone opportunities.

Saturday CFB Card look at all the Early Games:  Wake Forrest, Caines, 3 more games that are great.  Money really came in on SMU???

LSU is DUE THEORY last night BLEW UP in your FACE last night!  I'm done with LSU!

Wake and BAKE-Forest!  I played 48.5!  LSU -6 I layed it and it's SHITIN LOSER!  I am off the LSU Bandwagon: Kevin Costner so disgusted he's leaving at halftime!

Saturday Del Mar: Race 6 #9 Hurricane, 10

Race 7: #5,3

Race 8: #4,3,5

Race 9: #4,3,7

Saturday Night:  10 units Miami Hurricanes +7 CFB: From VEGAS!

FOR GLORY, FOR GOLD, FOR THE SPREAD

College Football

Lehigh

Spread: Lehigh -4.5

Pick Lehigh because in the FCS the Mountain Hawks are basically collecting rent from the rest of the Patriot League, and laying a few points feels like charging late fees to teams that already mailed it in.

LSU (day game)

Spread: LSU -6 to -6.5

Pick LSU because even in the afternoon the Bayou crowd still shows up loud enough to make visitors forget their playbook, and a daytime SEC game is just the Tigers’ way of saying “we can still be chaos before dinner.”

Ole Miss

Spread: Ole Miss +3.5

Pick Ole Miss because when the Rebels get points at home they suddenly remember they can score in bunches and that “home underdog” has been a surprisingly profitable personality trait for them lately.

UFC Picks

Johnny Walker

Odds: +190

Pick Walker because the Brazilian chaos agent just showed up at heavyweight and immediately kneed someone into the shadow realm, so betting him is basically paying for the privilege of watching a 6'6" man treat the cage like his personal playground.

Virna Jandiroba

Odds: +165 to +170

Pick Jandiroba because she’s the grappling specialist who has somehow never been submitted herself, which means betting the underdog is just trusting that the ground is her living room and everyone else is a guest who forgot the house rules.

Fernando KO (Lucas Fernando by TKO/KO)

Odds: roughly +155 to +165

Pick Fernando by KO because the Brazilian kickboxer already turned his UFC debut into a highlight reel of spinning kicks and body shots, so laying the finish prop is just assuming the other guy is allergic to being kicked from weird angles.

Nina Milosevic KO

Odds: ML around -520 (KO prop +100 to +150 range)

Pick Milosevic by KO because the Serbian prospect already finished her UFC debut in the first round with a body shot that looked personal, so betting the stoppage is just assuming Priscila’s chin signed up for a rematch it didn’t ask for.