2005 Wake Forest

4–⁠7 (3–⁠5 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by Jim Grobe. Share

Schedule and results

Biggest winBeat Duke 44–⁠6Oct 29
By 38 points, its widest win.

Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Date	Opponent	Result
Sep 1	vsVanderbilt	L 20–⁠24	67%
Sep 10	atNebraska	L 3–⁠31	30%
Sep 17	vsEast Carolina	W 44–⁠34	64%
Sep 24	vsMaryland	L 12–⁠22	47%
Oct 1	vsClemson	W 31–⁠27	38%
Oct 8	at4Florida State	L 24–⁠41	14%
Oct 15	at14Boston College	L 30–⁠35	18%
Oct 22	vsNC State	W 27–⁠19	49%
Oct 29	atDuke	W 44–⁠6	59%
Nov 5	atGeorgia Tech	L 17–⁠30	26%
Nov 12	vs3Miami	L 17–⁠47	19%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Miami 47–⁠17; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 8th in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

In program history: The 47th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 119 on file).

Ray Guy AwardRyan Plackemeier, P

Consensus All-AmericanRyan Plackemeier, P

Record: 4–⁠7
Conference: 3–⁠5 tied for 8th in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final: Unranked
Points: 269–⁠316
Coach: Jim Grobe
Elo: 1447 −13 this season
SP+ rating: -3.9 No. 79 of 118; offense No. 78, defense No. 63
SRS: −1.1 No. 65 of 119 in Division I-A
Recruiting class: No. 65

Offensive coordinator: Steed Lobotzke
Defensive coordinator: Dean Hood
Captains: Goryal Scales and Steve Vallos
Offense: Spread
Defense: 4–⁠3

How good, play by play

Offense114th of 119
Defense5th of 119

	EPA per play	Success	Explosiveness	FBS rank
Offense		-0.06	32%	0.88	114th of 119
Defense		-0.03	35%	0.94	5th of 119

How these are measured

Play-weighted averages over games against FBS opponents; raw numbers, not adjusted for the strength of the opponent. EPA (expected points added) measures how much each play changed the expected score; success rate counts plays that kept the offense on schedule; explosiveness is the average EPA on successful plays. Lower is better on defense. Ranked by EPA per play among teams that were FBS that season.

Drives and havoc

	Points per trip inside the 40	Average start	Havoc
Offense		0.0	own 28	3% allowed
Defense		-0.2	own 30	2% caused

A trip inside the 40 is a drive that reaches the opponent’s 40-yard line; points per trip is how many it scored on average (allowed, on defense). Average start is where drives began (the defense’s line is where its opponents started). Havoc is the share of plays ending in a tackle for loss, a forced fumble, an interception or a pass broken up. From CollegeFootballData.com.

Top recruits in the 2005 class

Brett Hodges PRO	★★	No. 966
Casey Hill WR	★★	No. 1132
Tyler Peterson OT	★★	No. 1132
John Russell SDE	★★	No. 1132
L.J. Flintall APB	★★	No. 1132

247Sports composite rankings via CollegeFootballData.com; national rank in the class.

The 2005 class by position

	Signed	Stars	Rating
Quarterbacks	1	2.0	0.789
Running backs	1	2.0	0.767
Receivers	2	2.0	0.745
Offensive line	3	2.0	0.744
Defensive line	1	2.0	0.767
Linebackers	1	2.0	0.744
Athletes and specialists	1	2.0	0.744
Whole class	10	2.0	0.753

High-school signees by position group, with their average stars and 247Sports composite rating (out of 1), via CollegeFootballData.com. Athletes are signees with no set position.

Drafted in 2006

The 2006 draft

Rd 7

Ryan Plackemeier P

Seattle Seahawks

All-ACC

2 first team, 1 second team

First team

Chris BarclayRBAP-1
Ryan PlackemeierPAP-1

Second team

Josh GattisDBAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 2005 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

2005 Atlantic Coast Conference standings

Conference page

Team	Conf.	Overall	AP final
Virginia Tech	7–⁠1	11–⁠2	7
Miami	6–⁠2	9–⁠3	17
Boston College	5–⁠3	9–⁠3	18
Florida State	5–⁠3	8–⁠5	23
Georgia Tech	5–⁠3	7–⁠5
Clemson	4–⁠4	8–⁠4	21
North Carolina	4–⁠4	5–⁠6
NC State	3–⁠5	7–⁠5
Virginia	3–⁠5	7–⁠5
Maryland	3–⁠5	5–⁠6
Wake Forest	3–⁠5	4–⁠7
Duke	0–⁠8	1–⁠10

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