College Football Picks Wake Forest vs Baylor: The 23rd ranked (AP and USA Coaches Poll) Wake Forest Demon Deacons, begin their 107th collegiate season against the Baylor Bears in Waco, Texas starting at 8 PM ET. Tonight’s opener between Wake Forest and Baylor can be seen nationwide on FOXSportsNet. At SportsBook.com, the visiting Wake Forest is -12 (-550) betting odds favorites in the opener against Baylor +12 (+425).
The Deacons come into this 2008 campaign enjoying the most success in the school’s history. For the first time in Wake Forest’s history, they start a season off ranked in one of the two major polls. 
Over the last two seasons, only 18 teams in the entire nation have won twenty or more games, with Wake Forest being one of them. And in the ACC, only Boston College and V-Tech have achieved such feat.
Nevertheless, Baylor has enjoyed plenty of success against Wake Forest, as they come in winners of their last 4 meetings.
The last time these teams got together, dates all the way back to September 23, 1961, when the Bears torched the Deacons to the tune of 31-0. As a matter of fact, the Deacons haven’t won a single game against a Texan team in that state.
Last season, Wake Forest finished with an overall mark of 9-4, and 5-3 in the ACC. Meanwhile, the Baylor Bears finished their ’07 campaign 3-9 (0-8 in Big 12). The OVER/UNDER in this College Football Picks: Wake Forest vs Baylor, has been set at a total of 50½ points.
