How to watch Wake Forest at Miami odds, TV, injuries, weather, series history

Miami hosts Wake Forest on Saturday for Senior Day with a noon kickoff on ESPN. Miami moved up in one spot in the College Football Playoff to seventh off of their bye week. Wake Forest enters the game on Saturday 4-6 and needs a win at Miami and versus Duke next week to become bowl eligible.

Miami needs to win out versus Wake Forest on Saturday and at Syracuse on November 30 to earn a berth in the ACC Championship Game. The winner of the ACC Championship would also certainly gain an automatic berth in the College Football Playoff. Miami would currently be the third seed in the CFP.

California is the only common opponent for Miami and Wake Forest at this point of the season. The Golden Bears beat Wake 46-36 on November 8 and Miami won 39-38 in Berkeley on October 5. Wake Forest's wins this season were versus North Carolina A&T, Louisiana, North Carolina State and Stanford.

The matchup of the game will be the Miami offense versus the Wake Forest defense. Miami is ranked in the top 10 in most major offensive categories. Wake Forest is below 90th in most major defensive categories. Miami has to play far better offensively versus Wake Forest at home on Saturday afternoon.

Wake Forest at Miami FanDuel odds

Miami is a 24.5-point favorite versus Wake Forest via FanDuel. Miami and giving the points is minus 115. Taking Wake Forest and the points is minus 105. Wake Forest is plus 1400 on the money line and Miami is minus 4000. The over/under for Wake Forest at Miami is 64.5.

How to watch Wake Forest at Miami

Mark Jones will call play-by-play, Roddy Jones will be the game analyst and Quint Kessenich will b the sideline reported for ESPN.

Wake Forest at Miami injuries

Mario Cristobal said on Monday that "(cornerback) Damari (Brown) and (offensive lineman) Ryan Rodriguez and (defensive lineman) Elijah Alston. Those guys are all really close. It'll be a game time decision." Brown and Rodriguez have been out since the season opening win at Florida.

The only Wake Forest player on the TeamRankings.Com injury report is wide receiver Walker Merrill. Merrill has missed the last two games. Merrill has nine receptions for 77 yards and no touchdowns in 2024.

Miami Gardens forecast

The gametime forecast for Saturday at Hard Rock Stadium via The Weather Channel is 72° with a three percent chance of rain. Winds will be out of the North/Northwest at nine miles per hour. Skies are forecast to be sunny with humidity at 47 percent and a UV index of six out of 11.

Wake Forest versus Miami series history.

Miami is 8-3 all-time versus Wake Forest. The Hurricanes are 4-3 versus the Demon Deacons at home. Wake Forest's three over Miami came between 1928, 1939 and 1944. Miami has won the last seven games versus Wake Forest. Miami and Wake Forest have played only four times as ACC Rivals and not since 2013.