The Cal Golden Bears (4-4, 0-4) hit the road looking for their first conference win as members of the ACC when they take on the Wake Forest Demon Deacons (4-4, 2-2) at Allegacy Federal Credit Union Stadium on Friday night. The Bears snapped a four-game losing streak with their dominant 44-7 win over Oregon State in their last game. Wake Forest is looking to win its third straight game after beating Stanford 27-24 in its last outing. Cal is 5-3 and Wake Forest is 2-4-2 against the spread in 2024.

Kickoff in Winston-Salem, N.C. is at 8 p.m. ET. The Golden Bears are 7.5-point favorites in the latest Wake Forest vs. Cal odds via SportsLine consensus, while the over/under for total points scored is 54.5. Cal is a -283 (risk $283 to win $100) favorite on the money line, with Wake Forest listed as a +226 underdog (see up-to-date odds for every game this week on our college football odds page). 

Before you make any Wake Forest vs. Cal picks or any other college football predictions, you NEED to see which side proven SportsLine expert Jimmie Kaylor is on. 

Kaylor is a NFL, college football and DFS expert for SportsLine, who has covered the NFL and college football for close to a decade as a member of the Pro Football Writers of America. His background as a former college football All-American and NFL player gives him a unique perspective when building his fantasy lineups and locking in his betting picks. He has his finger on the pulse of the college football landscape and has been cashing in big for the last two years. 

Kaylor has destroyed the sportsbooks in college football the last two seasons, netting a whopping 71.5 units while posting a 196-118-4 record since Week 1 of the 2023 season. All of his picks have been featured on his SportsLine expert page or in his weekly bylined articles. Anyone who followed his picks is WAY UP!

Now, Kaylor has locked in a confident against-the-spread pick for Cal vs. Wake Forest in their Week 11 ACC matchup. We can tell you he's leaning Over on the point total, but he knows a crucial X-factor makes one side of the spread a MUST-BACK! You ABSOLUTELY need to see what it is before locking in any picks of your own.

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