WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — Ty Clark III scored on three short runs, Gio Lopez threw a touchdown pass and Connor Calvert kicked three field goals Saturday as No. 14 Wake Forest posted a 51-7 runaway win over Virginia to stretch its winning streak to five.
Wake Forest (7-1, 4-1 ACC) posted the second biggest margin of victory over the Cavaliers (4-5, 2-4 ACC) in the 54-game history of the series. In their last four games, the Demon Deacons have surrendered four touchdowns while scoring 187 points.
The Cavaliers have lost their last three. They faced the prospect of their first shutout since Virginia Tech took a 10-0 victory in 2017 before quarterback Beau Pribula connected with De’Shawn Martin on a 47-yard scoring play with 50 seconds left in the third quarter.
Lopez, who was 13 of 21 for 229 yards, suffered an apparent leg injury late in the third quarter, but was able to limp off the field. Steele Pizzella replaced Lopez and finished a scoring drive with Jamar Searcy’s 7-yard scoring run.
Kyndall McCaleb chipped in a 27-yard touchdown run for Wake Forest in the fourth quarter.
Virginia entered Wake Forest territory twice in the first half, and each time, the Cavaliers met with disaster. Pribula threw a third-down interception from the Wake Forest 47, which the Demon Deacons converted into a 45-yard field goal from Calvert with 2:30 left in the first quarter.
The second trip may have been the most painful. The Cavaliers drove from their own 19 to the Wake Forest 6, but on a fourth-and-1, Zay Davis took the direct snap for no gain. The Demon Deacons cashed in that stand and got a 25-yard field goal from Calvert with 10 seconds left before the break.
Virginia was repelled again on a fourth-and-goal at the Wake Forest 5 in the fourth quarter.
Virginia: Hosts California on Nov. 14.
Wake Forest: Hosts Merrimack next Saturday.
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Wake Forest running back Ty Clark III (4) is lifted in celebration by Tolu Olajide (55) after scoring a touchdown against Virginia during the first half of an NCAA college football game in Winston-Salem, N.C., Saturday, Oct. 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Upon his arrival at the Mexico City Grand Prix, British driver Lewis Hamilton claimed there has never been a driver like him in the history of motorsport.
Perhaps his assertion is not entirely off the mark.
The seven-time world champion Hamilton rebounded from a wretched Friday practice to capture pole position on Saturday. Hamilton edged out Mercedes' George Russell and Ferrari teammate Charles Leclerc.
“I feel great, that feels good, I am at a loss of words,” Hamilton said. “We did a pretty good job with the setup in the weekend. It feels special for me in Mexico, my first pole for Ferrari here.”
He has extended his own record for Formula 1 pole positions to 105.
Furthermore, at 41 years and some months Hamilton was the fifth oldest driver to secure an F1 pole position and the oldest since Mario Andretti did it in 1982 at age 42. Nino Farina holds the record at 47 years, two months.
This marks the Italian team’s first pole position since Hungary last year, 30 races ago.
Hamilton, who has crowned himself world champion twice in Mexico, will aim to become the first Ferrari driver to win a race from pole position since Carlos Sainz in Mexico in 2024.
On Friday during the second practice, he suffered a loss of power that forced him to retire.
Kimi Antonelli could become the youngest world champion in F1 history. He qualified fifth, demonstrating his car’s setup was optimal for the 20-year-old Italian.
Antonelli, who won the United States Grand Prix last week from pole, can finish as low as ninth on Sunday at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez to surpass the record set by Sebastian Vettel, who became world champion the first time at 23.
Russell began the season as Mercedes’ No. 1 driver and won the first race of the year in Australia, but Antonelli has since won nine grands prix.
Antonelli can also become the first Italian driver to win the title since Alberto Ascari in 1953. while Mercedes can clinch the constructors’ title on Sunday for the first time since 2021.
Fernando Alonso, who arrived in Mexico amid controversy after claiming that the bottom third of F1 drivers lack quality, was eliminated after completing just four laps in the first qualifying session.
The Spanish Aston Martin driver was instructed to stop shortly before reaching the pit lane, and he made no secret of his annoyance.
“I’m only a hundred meters from the pit lane entrance,” the two-time world champion said over the radio, while striking the steering wheel with his hands in frustration.
The Mexico City GP does not hold fond memories for Alonso, as he has failed to finish the last four races.
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Pole position winner Ferrari driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain, center, second fastest Mercedes driver George Russell of Britain, left, and third placed Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc of Monaco pose for photos at the end of the qualifying session for the Formula One Mexico Grand Prix auto race in Mexico City, Saturday, Oct. 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
Mercedes driver Andrea Kimi Antonelli of Italy steers his car during the qualifying session for the Formula One Mexico Grand Prix auto race in Mexico City, Saturday, Oct. 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
Ferrari driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain steers his car during the qualifying session for the Formula One Mexico Grand Prix auto race in Mexico City, Saturday, Oct. 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
Ferrari driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain celebrates after he clocked the fastest time during the qualifying session for the Formula One Mexico Grand Prix auto race in Mexico City, Saturday, Oct. 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
