College Football: 14 Power 5 teams who will never win a national title

Oct 30, 2015; Winston-Salem, NC, USA; Wake Forest Demon Deacons offensive lineman Josh Harris (65) prepares to snap the ball against the Louisville Cardinals during the first quarter at BB&T Field. Mandatory Credit: Jeremy Brevard-USA TODAY Sports

Wake Forest Demon Deacons

All-Time Program Record: 432–633–33

One of the top schools in the nation, Wake Forest struggles with any athletic program identity, and since Tim Duncan left the Deacons in 1997 they haven’t had a lot of luck in their best sport, basketball. The football program is barely recognizable as a program at all.

The program began in 1888, and in over a century they have only two conference titles and 10 bowl appearances to their credit. They have been the ACC doormat for decades, without so much as even coming close to a middling finish.

If Deacon fans want to ever have competitive football played by their school, they might have to consider dropping down to an FCS level or possibly move to a Group of Five conference, because they’ll be struggling in the ACC as long as they remain.

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