The NC State–Wake Forest rivalry is a series of athletic contests between in-state rivals, the

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Wolfpack and the

Wake Forest University Wake Forest University is a private research university in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Founded in 1834, the university received its name from its original location in Wake Forest, north of Raleigh, North Carolina. The Reynolda Campus, the un ...

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. The first game was played in 1895 between the two institutions. Wake Forest was originally located in

Wake Forest, North Carolina Wake Forest is a town in Franklin, Granville and Wake counties in the U.S. state of North Carolina; located almost entirely in Wake County, it lies just north of the state capital, Raleigh. At the 2020 census, the population was 47,601. That is ...

(approximately 18 miles NNE of NCSU's campus in

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) until it moved its campus across the state of North Carolina to

Winston-Salem Winston-Salem is a city and the county seat of Forsyth County, North Carolina, United States. In the 2020 census, the population was 249,545, making it the second-largest municipality in the Piedmont Triad region, the 5th most populous city in N ...

, North Carolina in 1956. The two universities are members of the

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, where they meet every year in football due to being aligned in the Atlantic Division. The schools play each other twice in basketball every season, due to being primary partners.

Football

The NC State–Wake Forest football rivalry is an American

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between the

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team of

and the

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team of

. Playing consecutively every year since 1910, it is the longest continuous rivalry between 2 ACC schools, and is the second longest streak in the nation (tied with Oklahoma vs Oklahoma State) after the Clemson/South Carolina game, the former second oldest, were canceled in 2020. Both universities are members of the

(ACC) and are members of the Atlantic Division. There have been 116 meetings between the two teams, with NC State leading the all-time series 68–42–6. NC State won the most recent contest between the two schools on November 5, 2022 in

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by the score of 30–21.

Game results

Men's basketball

NC State currently leads the series 148–108. The rivalry dates back to when Wake Forest was in Wake Forest, NC, and was only a short distance from NC State's campus in Raleigh. Their rivalry eventually expanded into the Big Four with UNC-Chapel Hill and Duke, which are recognized as being some of the fiercest rivalries in NCAA men's basketball. The two teams met twice during the 2021–22 ACC regular season, with Wake Forest winning both contests.

Game results

References

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Football

Game results

Men's basketball

Game results

See also

References