Clemson vs. Wake Forest Dunkel Predictions & Vegas Odds - Feb. 18
18 February 2026

The Clemson Tigers (20-6, 10-3 ACC) visit the Wake Forest Demon Deacons (13-12, 4-8 ACC) at Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum, beginning at 7 p.m. ET on Wednesday, February 18, 2026. The Tigers are 4-point favorites in the game. The matchup's point total is set at 138.5.
Last time out, Clemson lost 67-54 to Duke on Saturday. In the loss, Carter Welling paced Clemson with 12 points. In its most recent game on Saturday, Wake Forest claimed a 68-63 victory against Stanford. Juke Harris' team-leading 25 points paced Wake Forest in the victory.
Clemson vs. Wake Forest Odds and Game Time
- When: Wednesday, February 18, 2026 at 7 p.m. ET
- Where: Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Winston-Salem, North Carolina
- Spread favorite: Clemson -4
- Moneyline favorite: Clemson -179
- Moneyline underdog: Wake Forest +141
- Over/Under: 138.5 points
How to watch Clemson vs. Wake Forest
- TV Channel: ACC Network
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Betting the Over/Under: Clemson vs. Wake Forest
- This season, Clemson's games have hit the over on this matchup's 138.5-point total 12 times.
- In Wake Forest's 25 games this season, 21 finished with more combined points than Wednesday's total of 138.5.
- The over/under for the game of 138.5 is 16.0 points fewer than the combined points per game averages for the Tigers (74.8) and Demon Deacons (79.7).
- This matchup's point total is 3.2 fewer points than the 141.7 these two teams combine to give up per game in 2024.
- On average, Clemson has had a 139.5-point over/under in its games this season, 1.0 more point than the over/under in this matchup.
- Wake Forest's games have an average over/under of 156.7 points this season, 18.2 more points than the over/under for this game.
Betting the Spread: Clemson vs. Wake Forest
- Clemson has 13 wins against the spread in 26 games this year.
- So far this season, the Tigers have been installed as favorites by a 4-point margin or more 15 times and are 7-7-1 ATS in those games.
- Wake Forest is 10-15-0 against the spread this season.
- This season, the Demon Deacons have an against-the-spread record of 4-4 in their eight games as an underdog of 4 points or more.
- At home this season, Wake Forest is 9-6 overall and 5-10 against the spread.
- This year, as a 4-point underdog or greater at home, Wake Forest is 4-6 ATS.
- In away games, Clemson is 6-3 against the spread, and 6-3 overall.
- Clemson is unbeaten ATS (2-0) as 4-point favorites or more away from home.
Betting the Moneyline: Clemson vs. Wake Forest
- Clemson has won 20, or 87%, of the 23 games it has played as the moneyline favorite this season.
- This season, the Tigers have won 15 of their 16 games, or 93.8%, when favored by at least -179 on the moneyline.
- Bookmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that Clemson has a 64.2% chance to win.
- Wake Forest has been a moneyline underdog in 11 games this season and has come away with the win one time (9.1%) in those contests.
- The Demon Deacons have won all of their eight games in which they were named as at least a +141 moneyline underdog.
- Wake Forest has an implied victory probability of 41.5% according to the moneyline set for this matchup.
