That Duke and Wake Forest are undefeated is not the surprising part of September. That the Blue Devils and Demon Deacons have utilized new wrinkles to run the table certainly is.
Sure, this is the first time both programs have started 4-0 in the same season. But among their eight combined games, only twice has either closed as an underdog, with Duke getting a combined 3.5 points from Northwestern and North Carolina.
Referendums may come this weekend when the schools play host to Miami (at Duke) and Florida State (at Wake), the two programs voted in the preseason as the ACC’s division winners.
Duke and Wake Forest’s records are identical, unprecedented, and hard-earned
