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The regular season is behind us. For the last 11 weeks, we have ranked the 17 teams in the ACC. Find out where every team finished in our final Power Rankings.

The Wake Forest Demon Deacons football program extends first-year HC Jake Dickert after strong 8-4 debut, signaling long-term confidence.

Long, a Fall River native who currently plays for New England Prep School Salisbury in Connecticut, signed with Wake Forest last week.

This class of 30 guys is also the largest class size-wise in Wake history and comprises players from all over the country as well as internationally. The Deacs showed their local footprint with five players from the Carolinas and seven from Georgia. Other states represented include Colorado, Texas, and Connecticut.

The West Virginia Mountaineers lost to Wake Forest 75-66 in the Go-Mart Holiday Hoopfest in West Virginia's capital city on Saturday.