Overview
- The Boilermakers and Demon Deacons play at Ross‑Ade Stadium at noon ET on Saturday, Sept. 12, with the game airing on FS1.
- Both teams are 1-0 after Week 1; Wake Forest’s Gio Lopez threw for 350 yards and three touchdowns against Akron while Purdue’s Ryan Browne passed for a career‑high 317 yards and Fame Ijeboi provided a spark from the backfield.
- Oddsmakers list Wake Forest as about a 3‑point favorite with an over/under near 49.5, and media picks are split between a Purdue upset and Wake Forest covering the spread.
- Purdue coach Barry Odom confirmed tight end Kylan Fox and defensive back Raderrion Daniels are out for the season, leaving more pressure on a defense already viewed as a weak spot.
- This is the teams’ first meeting since 2003 and it functions as an early barometer for two second‑year regimes, with the result likely to affect bowl hopes and outside perceptions of each program’s trajectory.