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1970 Wake Forest

6–⁠5 (5–⁠1 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by Cal Stoll.

Schedule and results

Wake Forest in 1970, game by game: lost at No. 9 Nebraska 12–36; lost at South Carolina 7–43; lost at Florida State 14–19; won at Virginia 27–7; won vs. Virginia Tech 28–9; won vs. Clemson 36–20; won vs. North Carolina 14–13; lost at No. 9 Tennessee 7–41; won at Duke 28–14; won vs. NC State 16–13; lost at Houston 2–26+20−36Lost 12–36 at No. 9 Nebraska-24No. 9 NebraskaLost 7–43 at South Carolina-36South CarolinaLost 14–19 at Florida State-5Florida StateWon 27–7 at Virginia+20VirginiaWon 28–9 vs. Virginia Tech+19Virginia TechWon 36–20 vs. Clemson+16ClemsonWon 14–13 vs. North Carolina+1North CarolinaLost 7–41 at No. 9 Tennessee-34No. 9 TennesseeWon 28–14 at Duke+14DukeWon 16–13 vs. NC State+3NC StateLost 2–26 at Houston-24Houston
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 12at9NebraskaL 12–⁠3616%
Sep 19atSouth CarolinaL 7–⁠4326%
Sep 26atFlorida StateL 14–⁠1920%
Oct 3atVirginiaW 27–⁠735%
Oct 10vsVirginia TechW 28–⁠950%
Oct 17vsClemsonW 36–⁠2057%
Oct 24vsNorth CarolinaW 14–⁠1352%
Oct 31at9TennesseeL 7–⁠4115%
Nov 7atDukeW 28–⁠1434%
Nov 14vsNC StateW 16–⁠1368%
Nov 21atHoustonL 2–⁠2626%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Houston 26–⁠2; unranked in the final AP poll; Atlantic Coast Conference champions.

In program history: The 37th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 119 on file).

Atlantic Coast Conference champions5–⁠1 in the conference

Record
6–⁠5
Conference
5–⁠1 first in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
191–⁠241
Coach
Cal Stoll
Elo
1486 +91 this season
SP+ rating
7.3 No. 44 of 117; offense No. 54, defense No. 38
SRS
1.6 No. 56 of 123 major-college teams
Recruiting class
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All-ACC

6 first team

First team

  • Bill BobboraOGAP
  • Larry HopkinsBAP
  • Larry RussellBAP
  • Win HeadleyDTAP
  • Ed StetzLBAP
  • Tracy LounsburyKAP

From Wikipedia’s 1970 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1970 Atlantic Coast Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Wake Forest5–⁠16–⁠5
North Carolina5–⁠28–⁠4
Duke5–⁠26–⁠5
South Carolina3–⁠2–⁠14–⁠6–⁠1
NC State2–⁠3–⁠13–⁠7–⁠1
Clemson2–⁠43–⁠8
Maryland2–⁠42–⁠9
Virginia0–⁠65–⁠6

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.