What separates Purdue and Wake Forest

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Last season's body of worklast year's power rating, regressed toward the averageWake Forest +16

Returning productionhow much of last year's production is back this seasonPurdue +9

Transfer portalnet proven talent gained vs lost in transfers — it raises or lowers a roster's projected strengthPurdue +3

Roster talentoverall talent level of the roster — recruiting pedigree plus an independent preseason roster gradePurdue +3

Quarterbackthe projected starter's quality and how settled the job isWake Forest +2

Each ingredient of our projection and the side it favors — bars toward Purdue are why it's the pick (home field is counted separately).