Know Your Enemy - 2026 Miami Hurricanes vs 2026 Wake Forest

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The following is a side-by-side roster comparison of the current rosters for Miami and Wake Forest following last night's game.

Names in green denote incoming players in their first year in their respective programs:

AVERAGE COLLEGE EXPERIENCE

• 2026: 1.60 years (Miami), 1.72 years (Wake Forest)

AVERAGE 247 RATING

• 2026: 0.9046 (Miami), .8567 (Wake Forest) *

*excludes transfers Adam Booker (LS), who was not listed on 247's transfer compilation

If special teams are excluded, Miami's composite is .9084. Wake Forest would be .8598


MIAMI POSITION ADVANTAGES (RATING)

• Wide Receiver (Miami .9199, Wake Forest .8597)
• Tight End (Miami .8967, Wake Forest .8504)
• Running Back (Miami .9046, Wake Forest .8709)
• Offensive Line (Miami .8974, Wake Forest .8587)
• Quarterback (Miami .9084, Wake Forest .8744)
• Defensive Tackle (Miami .9155, Wake Forest .8541)
• Defensive End (Miami .9267, Wake Forest .8576)
• Linebacker (Miami .8953, Wake Forest .8569)
• Safety (Miami .9073, Wake Forest .8559)
• Cornerback (Miami .9144, Wake Forest .8630)
• Special Teams (Miami .7700, Wake Forest .6999)

NOTES

• The 2025 Hurricanes have the highest blue chip total of any squad in the last twenty years. It presently jumps from 52 in 2024 to 56 this year. This is the second year in a row that blue chip totals have exceeded 49 players in at least twenty seasons. Wake Forest has three
• Wake Forest had the experience advantage in the following position rooms: wide receiver, offensive line, defensive tackle, defensive end, and cornerback
• Wake Forest had fifteen wide receivers to Miami's nine; Wake also had a large offensive line room with twenty players
• Miami has 20 transfer players on the roster. Wake Forest had 37 transfers on their roster
• Miami brings in 41 new players this season, Wake Forest added 54 new players

2026 SCHEDULE OPPOSITION COMPOSITE (FBS)

• .8667 - Stanford (1.94 avg CFB overall experience - 2.11 offense, 1.79 defense)
• .8567 - Wake Forest (1.72 avg CFB overall experience - 1.67 offense, 1.81 defense)