{"id":2488,"section":"sports","section_label":"Sports","url":"https://www.brokenews.co/sports/2488","headline":"Wake Forest routs SMU 49-7, stays in playoff hunt","dek":"The Demon Deacons improved to 9-1 overall and 6-1 in the ACC, keeping pace with Miami in the conference title race.","body":"Wake Forest did not just beat SMU, it buried them. The Demon Deacons rolled into Gerald J. Ford Stadium in Dallas and left with a 49-7 win, handing SMU its first home loss since joining the ACC three seasons ago.\n\nThe rout extended Wake Forest's scoring dominance to absurd levels, with the team outscoring opponents 145-0 in first halves over its last four games. That kind of margin tends to end conversations about soft schedules, and this one did. At 9-1 overall and 6-1 in ACC play, Wake Forest remains firmly in the College Football Playoff picture.\n\nMiami kept pace on its own end, beating Duke at home the same day, so the ACC championship race stays a two-team conversation for now. Wake Forest head coach Jake Dickert called it a mission accomplished, saying afterward that the team is on a mission and that the goal has never been about proving doubters wrong.\n\nWith the win, Wake Forest pushes its momentum into the stretch run of the season, still chasing Miami atop the conference standings.","published_at":"2026-11-15T00:50:21.748514+00:00","source_count":3,"written_from":[{"outlet":"CBS Sports","publisher":"CBS Sports","title":"After splattering SMU, Wake Forest looks ready to kick down the door to the College Football Playoff","url":"https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/smu-wake-forest-college-football-playoff/"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Wake Forest Is for Real","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/wake-forest-real-220403338.html"},{"outlet":"Fox Sports","publisher":"Fox Sports","title":"How to Watch Wake Forest vs. SMU: TV Channel, Live Stream, Time","url":"https://www.foxsports.com/stories/college-football/how-to-watch-wake-forest-vs-smu-tv-channel-live-stream-time-nov-14-2026"}],"more_coverage":[{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"SMU vs. Wake Forest: How To Watch Key ACC Showdown","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/smu-vs-wake-forest-watch-131705891.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"How to watch Wake Forest vs SMU: Live stream NCAA College Football, TV channel","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/watch-wake-forest-vs-smu-160000661.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Wake up, CFP committee! It's time to take Demon Deacons seriously","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/wake-cfp-committee-time-demon-185427768.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Gio Lopez leads No. 11 Wake Forest to 49-7 rout of No. 25 SMU for 7th straight win","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/gio-lopez-leads-no-11-204629229.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Wake Forest football news: Demon Deacons pull bonkers feat not seen since Nick Saban coached Alabama","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/wake-forest-football-news-demon-204947981.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Recap: Wake Forest Decimates SMU 49-7","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/recap-wake-forest-decimates-smu-214747927.html"}],"image":null,"embed":null,"license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","attribution":"Analysis data is licensed CC BY 4.0. Credit brokenews and link to the story page you took it from. Source headlines, story titles taken from a source headline, and quoted passages remain the property of their publishers and are quoted for comparison, not licensed onward.","terms":"https://www.brokenews.co/about#reuse"}