# Pat McAfee and Kirk Herbstreit apologize for picking SMU over Wake Forest on College GameDay

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/pat-mcafee-and-kirk-herbstreit-apologize-for-picking-smu-over-wake-forest-on-college-gameday/
- Published: 2026-11-14T21:13:08+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-14T22:36:44+00:00
- Original publisher: Fox News (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.foxnews.com/outkick-sports/pat-mcafee-kirk-herbstreit-apologize-picking-smu-over-wake-forest-college-gameday
- Topics: World

## Key points

- Wake Forest beat SMU 49-7.
- SMU trailed 42-0 at half-time.
- McAfee and Herbstreit apologised for their pick.

## Summary

No 13 Wake Forest thrashed unranked SMU 49-7, overturning predictions by College GameDay hosts Pat McAfee and Kirk Herbstreit, who had backed the Mustangs. The scale of the defeat was clear by half-time, when SMU were 42-0 down.

McAfee and Herbstreit posted a light-hearted apology, saying Wake Forest were “real” and admitting they had been wrong. SMU had scored 51 points against Virginia Tech the previous week, while Wake Forest had averaged more than 50 points across its previous three games; Wake had entered as a 2.5-point underdog.

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