Notre Dame (5-3) would get officially bowl eligible with a win. The Irish bounced back from a tough loss to USC with an easy 56-14 victory over Navy last Saturday. Notre Dame rushed for seven touchdowns, most in 19 years, while limiting Navy to a season-low 229 yards of total offense. Star WR Michael Floyd also had 121 yards receiving and two TDs, one of them rushing.

Wake Forest (5-3, 4-2 ACC) still has a shot at the ACC Atlantic Division title, although of course this game has no bearing on that. But the Deacons have been blown out in two of their past three games and their only win in that stretch was a 1-pointer at last-place Duke. Wake had five turnovers in last week’s 49-24 loss to North Carolina — three on interceptions thrown by Tanner Price – after committing just five all season coming into that game.

This is the first meeting ever between these schools. The Demon Deacons are the 141st different opponent in Notre Dame football history. The Irish own an all-time record of 117-20-3 (.846) when facing an opponent for the first time. But they lost their last one, coming in the season opener vs. South Florida.

Wake is just 1-7 ATS in its past eight vs. teams with a winning record. Notre Dame is 7-3 ATS in its past 10 road games.

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