If you are superstitious, Wake Forest has a positive pattern on its side as the take on the Mustangs. In all games broadcast on The CW this season, Wake Forest has won- including the away matchups at Virginia Tech and at Oregon State. Wake Forest takes on the Mustangs on Saturday, Oct. 25th, at 12:00 p.m. on The CW.

Lashlee was with SMU for the final two seasons that the Mustangs competed in the AAC from 2022-23 before their move to the ACC in 2024. SMU fared well in its first year in a new conference, reaching the ACC Championship Game and College Football Playoff last season.

The Mustangs landed a four-star quarterback from Louisiana who held offers from Miami, Michigan and Florida State.

The Demon Deacons host the SMU Mustangs, then have trips to Tallahassee, Florida, and Charlottesville, Virginia, before coming back to Allegacy Stadium. The Deacs have a legitimate chance at going bowling in year one with Jake Dickert, but it starts with beating SMU this weekend.

Dabo Swinney and the Clemson Tigers host the SMU Mustangs in Death Valley in Week 8 of the 2025 college football season, ESPN SP+ predicts the winner.

SMU has now won 11 straight ACC regular-season games since entering the conference and is one of just three ACC teams to control its own destiny without

The SMU Mustangs have to feel pretty good about where they're at as the final stretch of this 2025 college football season quickly approaches.