Louisville vs. Wake Forest Dunkel Predictions & Vegas Odds - Feb. 7

In a matchup featuring one of the struggling squads in college basketball, the Wake Forest Demon Deacons (11-11, 2-7 ACC) face the No. 24 Louisville Cardinals (16-6, 6-4 ACC) at Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum on February 7, 2026. The Demon Deacons have lost four in a row and are 2-8 in their past 10 games. They enter this matchup as underdogs by 9.5 points. The matchup has an over/under of 160.5 points.

Louisville is coming off of a 76-65 win against Notre Dame in its last outing on Wednesday. Isaac McKneely's team-high 13 points paced Louisville in the victory. Wake Forest's most recent game was a 96-78 loss to NC State on Saturday. Juke Harris' team-high 31 points paced Wake Forest in the losing effort.

Louisville vs. Wake Forest Odds and Game Time

• When: Saturday, February 7, 2026 at 12 p.m. ET
• Where: Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Winston-Salem, North Carolina
• Spread favorite: Louisville -9.5
• Moneyline favorite: Louisville -450
• Moneyline underdog: Wake Forest +344
• Over/Under: 160.5 points

How to watch Louisville vs. Wake Forest

• TV Channel: ACC Network
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Betting the Over/Under: Louisville vs. Wake Forest

• This season, seven of Louisville's 22 games have gone over Saturday's total of 160.5 points.
• There have been nine Wake Forest games that finished with a combined score over 160.5 points this season.
• Together, the two teams combine for 165.6 points per game, 5.1 points more than the point total of 160.5 for this contest.
• This matchup's over/under is 12.7 fewer points than the 147.8 these two teams combine to give up per game in 2024.
• On average, the over/under in Louisville's games is 4.6 fewer points than the over/under of 160.5 in this contest.
• Wake Forest's games have an average over/under of 157.6 points this season, 2.9 fewer points than the over/under for this matchup.

Betting the Spread: Louisville vs. Wake Forest

• Louisville has 12 wins against the spread in 22 games this season.
• The Cardinals have been favored by 9.5 points or more 11 times this season and are 7-4 ATS in those contests.
• In Wake Forest's 22 games this year, it has seven wins against the spread.
• This season, the Demon Deacons have an against-the-spread record of 3-2 in their five games as an underdog of 9.5 points or more.
• At home this season, Wake Forest is 8-5 overall and 3-10 against the spread.
• At home, as a 9.5-point underdog or more, Wake Forest is 3-4 ATS.
• Louisville has two wins against the spread, and are 2-4 overall, in away games.

Betting the Moneyline: Louisville vs. Wake Forest

• This season, Louisville has been moneyline favorites 18 times and won 15, or 83.3%, of those games.
• The Cardinals have entered 10 games this season favored by -450 or more, and won each of those games.
• The bookmakers' moneyline implies a 81.8% chance of a victory for Louisville.
• Wake Forest has been victorious in one of the 10 contests it has been chosen as a moneyline underdog in this season.
• The Demon Deacons have won all of their five games in which they were named as at least a +344 moneyline underdog.
• Sportsbooks have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that Wake Forest has a 22.5% chance of pulling out a win.