Boston College at Wake Forest

The ACC is a mess with eight of the twelve teams riding into this weekend with either six or seven wins. Needless to say every game is crucial now to see how this thing sorts itself out. Wake Forest has been carried by their defense all season, but suddenly the wear and tear seems to be putting cracks in a defense that allowed just 15 ppg through their first five games. They have allowed more than that average in each of their last five games, yielding about a TD more per game. That becomes problematic when you have an offense that has scored 17 or less in more than half of your games (six of ten). Boston College figured to struggle offensively this season with the loss of QB Matt Ryan, but the Eagles are actually managing a solid 26.8 ppg. And the team is coming together at the right time as they are off of a shutout vs a solid Notre Dame team at home, and an eye-opening 10 point win at Florida State. The Eagles seem to be a team on the rise, while the Demon Deacons seem to be a team on the slide. Wake is just 10-22 ATS in their last 32 as a home favorite (6-16 under Jim Grobe). I'll take what has become the better team.