Virginia Tech
6–2 · 3–2 ACC · James Franklin, 1st season
Beat Clemson 20–16, Oct 24 · Next: at SMU, Sat, Nov 7 · analysis
Best by position: quarterbacks · running backs · wide receivers · tight ends · defenders · kickers · punters
Against the closing line
Virginia Tech has beaten the line in 2 of its last 4, 2.8 points a game under it. Over the season it’s 1.1 a game over, 61st of 136.
Of the 7 teams at 6–2 against a schedule this hard, Virginia Tech’s +1.1 is 5th.
last 4
−2.8
before
+5.0
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Oct 2, 2026 vs Pittsburgh −3.5
Oct 10, 2026 @ California −16.0
Oct 17, 2026 vs Georgia Tech +1.5
Oct 24, 2026 @ Clemson +7.0
Lately
- Beat 7 of its last 10 unranked opponentscount
- Oct 24, 2025 vs California +8
Nov 15, 2025 @ Florida State −20
Sep 5 vs VMI +70
Sep 12 vs Old Dominion +23
Sep 19 @ Maryland +9
Sep 26 @ Boston College +7- Oct 2 vs Pittsburgh −2
- Oct 10 @ California −5
- Oct 17 vs Georgia Tech +10
- Oct 24 @ Clemson +4
- Covered 6 of its last 10count
Nov 22, 2025 vs Miami (FL) +0.5
Nov 29, 2025 @ Virginia −11.5- Sep 5 vs VMI +15.5
- Sep 12 vs Old Dominion +5.5
- Sep 19 @ Maryland +6.5
- Sep 26 @ Boston College −7.5
- Oct 2 vs Pittsburgh −3.5
- Oct 10 @ California −16
- Oct 17 vs Georgia Tech +1.5
- Oct 24 @ Clemson +7
- Won 6 of its last 10count
- Nov 22, 2025 vs Miami (FL) −17
- Nov 29, 2025 @ Virginia −20
- Sep 5 vs VMI +70
- Sep 12 vs Old Dominion +23
- Sep 19 @ Maryland +9
- Sep 26 @ Boston College +7
- Oct 2 vs Pittsburgh −2
- Oct 10 @ California −5
- Oct 17 vs Georgia Tech +10
- Oct 24 @ Clemson +4
Against expected,
| a game | offense | defense |
|---|---|---|
| Points | +1.8 · 54th | −0.4 · 65th |
| Total yards | +20 · 50th | −10 · 58th |
| Touchdowns | +0.1 · 57th | +0.3 · 85th |
| Passing efficiency | +20.8 · 22nd | +10.8 · 99th |
| 3rd downs | +0.8% · 54th | −1.6% · 51st |
| Turnovers | −0.1 · 55th | −0.6 · 128th |
| Sacks | +1.2 · 126th | +0.6 · 25th |
| Penalty yards | +5.5 · 90th |
Over (+) or under (−) what its opponents usually allow, a game, and where that stands among 136 teams, the best first. Lit is the top ten or the bottom ten. Penalty yards read against the league’s mean, since nobody allows them.
Virginia Tech’s splits
Seasons
- 2026 6–2
- 2025 3–9
- 2024 6–7
- 2023 7–6
- 2022 3–8
- 2021 6–7
- 2020 5–6
- 2019 8–5
- 2018 6–7
- 2017 9–4
- 2016 10–4
- 2015 7–6
- 2014 7–6
- 2013 8–5
- 2012 7–6
- 2011 11–3
- 2010 11–3
- 2009 10–3
- 2008 10–4
- 2007 11–3
- 2006 10–3
- 2005 11–2
- 2004 10–3
- 2003 8–5
- 2002 10–4
- 2001 8–4
- 2000 11–1
- 1999 11–1
- 1998 9–3
- 1997 7–5
- 1996 10–2
- 1995 10–2
- 1994 8–4
- 1993 9–3
- 1992 2–8–1
- 1991 5–6
- 1990 6–5
- 1989 6–4–1
- 1988 3–8
- 1987 2–9
- 1986 9–2–1
- 1985 6–5
- 1984 8–4
- 1983 9–2
- 1982 7–4
- 1981 7–4
- 1980 8–4
- 1979 5–6
- 1978 4–7
- 1977 3–7–1
- 1976 6–5
- 1975 8–3
- 1974 4–7
- 1973 2–9
- 1972 6–4–1
- 1971 4–7
- 1970 5–6
- 1969 4–5–1
- 1968 7–4
- 1967 7–3
- 1966 8–2–1
- 1965 7–3
- 1964 6–4
- 1963 8–2
- 1962 5–5
- 1961 4–5
- 1960 6–4
- 1959 6–4
- 1958 5–4–1
- 1957 4–6
- 1956 7–2–1
- 1955 6–3–1
- 1954 8–0–1
- 1953 5–5
- 1952 5–6
- 1951 2–8
- 1950 0–10
- 1949 1–7–2
- 1948 0–8–1
- 1947 4–5
- 1946 3–4–3
- 1945 2–6
- 1942 7–2–1
- 1941 6–4
- 1940 5–5
- 1939 4–5–1
- 1938 3–5–2
- 1937 5–5
- 1936 5–5
- 1935 4–3–2
- 1934 5–5
- 1933 4–3–3
- 1932 8–1
- 1931 3–4–2
- 1930 5–3–1
- 1929 5–4
- 1928 7–2
- 1927 5–4
- 1926 5–3–1
- 1925 5–3–2
- 1924 4–2–3
- 1923 6–3
- 1922 8–1–1
- 1921 7–3
- 1920 4–6
- 1919 5–4
- 1918 7–0
- 1917 6–2–1
- 1916 7–2
- 1915 4–4
- 1914 6–2–1
- 1913 7–1–1
- 1912 5–4
- 1911 6–1–2
- 1910 6–2
- 1909 6–1
- 1908 5–4
- 1907 7–2
- 1906 5–2–2
- 1905 9–1
- 1904 5–3
- 1903 5–1
- 1902 3–2–1
Method
- Against the line is each game’s points of margin less what the closing line expected, from College Football Streak King’s lines. A game nobody lined sits out, and a push hasn’t beaten it. Lately is the last 4 games with one.
- A schedule this hard means the mean rating of the opponents it’s played is within 5.2 points of the team’s, two thirds of a standard deviation of the league’s schedules, and a rating is what the season’s games say about a team’s margin against an average team. The teams beside it have its record.
- Against expected is each game against what the opponent usually gave up in its other games, with half the home edge, averaged. A game against a team with no other game here sits out.
- Passing efficiency is the NCAA’s passer rating. Turnovers on offense are the ones it lost, and on defense the ones it forced. Sacks on offense are the ones its quarterbacks took, and they start in 2024.