Wake Forest

Best finish

No. 1

Seasons ranked

14 / 27

Best finish

No. 1 (2008-2009)

Sports

Football · Men's Basketball · Women's Basketball

Polls

Media · Coaches · Playoff

Years in the Rankings

Any poll, any sport

Season-final ranking by sport · 2000-2001 – 2026-2027

FootballMen's Basketball

Each point is Wake Forest's rank in that sport's final poll of the season. Lower is better; a gap is a season that sport didn't finish ranked.

A year is lit when Wake Forest was ranked in any poll that season; the best rank reached is shown. Click a year to open that season's poll board and cycle it week by week.

2020s3 ranked

2026 Best · No. 14 FB

2025Unranked

2024Unranked

2023Unranked

2022 Best · No. 10 FB 2021 Best · No. 9 FBMen's

2020Unranked

2010s1 ranked

2019 Best · No. 17 FB

2018Unranked

2017Unranked

2016Unranked

2015Unranked

2014Unranked

2013Unranked

2012Unranked

2011Unranked

2010Unranked

2000s10 ranked

2009 Best · No. 23 Men's 2008 Best · No. 1 FBMen'sWomen's 2007 Best · No. 22 FB 2006 Best · No. 14 FB 2005 Best · No. 16 Men's 2004 Best · No. 1 Men's 2003 Best · No. 3 FBMen's 2002 Best · No. 8 Men's 2001 Best · No. 13 Men's 2000 Best · No. 4 Men's

Recent Season

Media Top 25 · 2026-2027

Ranking by week

Lower is better. Gaps mark weeks the team was unranked. Open this season's board →