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BOSTON -- A victory over North Carolina helped cement Wake Forest's spot near the top of the rankings. Beating Boston College did something for the Demon Deacons' psyche as well.

"I told them, 'We've never beaten Boston College, and pretty soon you've got to say: Enough's enough,' " Wake Forest coach Dino Gaudio said Wednesday night after the Demon Deacons' first-ever victory over Boston College -- a year after they lost to BC by 39. "We rubbed salt in that wound this week."

Jeff Teague scored 29 points and Al-Farouq Aminu had 15 with eight rebounds as No. 2 Wake Forest followed its victory over the Tar Heels with an easy, 83-63 win against Boston College.

Wake (15-0, 2-0 ACC) tied the best start in school history, matching a record set 82 years ago by the 1926-27 team.

"I thought it was a quality win for us on the road, especially coming off an emotional win on Sunday against Carolina," said Gaudio, who earned his 100th career victory and avenged last year's 112-73 loss to BC.

Tyrese Rice scored 20 points as Boston College (13-5, 1-2) lost its third straight -- all at home -- since its shocking defeat of then-No. 1 and unbeaten North Carolina on Jan. 4.

The Eagles trailed by 25 points early in the second half before cutting the deficit to 64-55 on Rice's 3-pointer with 8:06 left. But James Johnson scored two baskets and Teague scored on a fast break and BC never came within 10 points again.

Johnson finished with 11 points, eight rebounds and three blocks.

"I thought he was the player of the game," Gaudio said.

Teague had a career-high 34 points to help the Demon Deacons beat North Carolina on Sunday and elevate Wake Forest to its highest ranking since Chris Paul had them at No. 2 early in the 2004-05 season.

"There was no hangover from North Carolina. We were too focused on this game," Teague said. "They beat us by more than 30 points last year. We remember that. We came out early and set the tone."

Wake dominated BC in the first half, shooting 65 percent and forcing 12 turnovers to take a 47-27 lead. In all, Wake had a 40-29 rebounding edge, outshot BC 55 percent to 37 percent and had nine steals and seven blocked shots.

"We just can't have our starting backcourt have 13 turnovers," BC coach Al Skinner said. "That's unacceptable. We've got to correct that."

WAKE FOREST (15-0, 2-0)

FG FT Reb

Min M-A M-A O-T A PF PTS

Aminu 33 6-11 3-7 2-8 4 1 15

Johnson 34 5-10 1-2 3-8 2 2 11

McFarland 23 4-7 3-6 4-8 0 2 11

Teague 34 10-17 7-8 0-3 2 2 29

Williams 30 3-6 3-4 1-3 2 2 9

Clark 3 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 2

Hale 7 0-1 0-0 0-1 0 3 0

Smith 21 1-2 2-3 1-5 4 1 4

Weaver 11 1-1 0-0 0-2 1 1 2

Woods 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0

Totals 200 31-56 19-30 12-40 15 15 83

Percentages: FG .554, FT .633. 3-point goals: 2-6, .333 (Teague 2-3, Johnson 0-1, Hale 0-1, Williams 0-1). Team rebounds: 2. Blocked shots: 7 (Johnson 3, Williams, Aminu, Teague, Weaver). Turnovers: 13 (Teague 4, Woods 2, Johnson 2, McFarland 2, Smith 2, Weaver). Steals: 9 (Teague 2, McFarland 2, Williams, Johnson, Weaver, Hale, Smith).

BOSTON COLLEGE (13-5, 1-2)

FG FT Reb

Min M-A M-A O-T A PF PTS

Raji 18 2-7 0-0 4-4 0 0 4

Trapani 37 7-18 3-3 3-11 2 2 20

Southern 23 2-3 0-0 0-2 1 4 4

Rice 36 7-13 2-2 0-0 4 3 20

Sanders 28 1-8 1-2 1-5 1 4 4

Jackson 25 1-6 2-4 2-5 2 2 4

Paris 13 2-4 2-5 0-0 1 2 7

Roche 3 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0

Dunn 17 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0

Totals 200 22-60 10-16 12-29 11 18 63

Percentages: FG .367, FT .625. 3-point goals: 9-23, .391 (Rice 4-7, Trapani 3-8, Paris 1-1, Sanders 1-5, Jackson 0-2). Team Rebounds: 2. Blocked shots: 6 (Southern 2, Jackson 2, Dunn, Trapani). Turnovers: 16 (Rice 8, Sanders 5, Trapani 2, Raji). Steals: 6 (Jackson 3, Sanders, Roche, Trapani).

Wake Forest 47 36 -- 83

Boston College 27 36 -- 63

A--8,606. Officials--Les Jones, Mike Wood, Sean Hull.