Our side
MoneylineVT to win
ours 38%
Projected score
32–20
VT – BC
2026-09-26 · kickoff TBD
Alumni Stadium (Chestnut Hill, MA) · Chestnut Hill, MA
ACC game
Early season
The books
No book has priced this game. Nothing to compare, and no ticket to build.
Series
Virginia Tech lead
22–11
· 33 meetings since 1993
2025 unit ranks —
last completed season, from games actually played
Run game
edge Virginia Tech Hokies
97 ranks
Virginia Tech Hokies #59 rush offense
Boston College Eagles #156 run defense
Pass game
even
9 ranks apart
Virginia Tech Hokies #205 pass offense
Boston College Eagles #196 pass defense
Run game
even
3 ranks apart
Boston College Eagles #175 rush offense
Virginia Tech Hokies #178 run defense
Pass game
edge Boston College Eagles
106 ranks
Boston College Eagles #140 pass offense
Virginia Tech Hokies #246 pass defense
Virginia Tech Hokies
Run-heavy · 62% run
Ball-control
Dual-threat QB · 54 rush ypg
Boston College Eagles
Balanced · 45% run
Avg pace
Philip Montgomery · 46-59 · offense-minded
Bill O'Brien · 9-16
Ranked by team-unit strength
(rush & pass offense vs. run & pass defense) across all 265
D1 teams, not by individual players. Identity, tempo and unit strength are measured from the
2025 season.
The evidence 2025 production and power ratings · supporting the number above
Who carried each team in 2025
Virginia Tech Hokies
TE
Luke Reynolds
13 rec · 158 yds · 3 TD
#2 TE
K
John Love
4 FG · 15 XP · 27 pts
#5 K
DL
Mylachi Williams
7 tkl · 3.0 sacks · 6.0 TFL
#39 DL
DL
Cortez Harris
7 tkl · 3.0 sacks · 3.5 TFL
#71 DL
Boston College Eagles
LB
Anthony Palano
22 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 3.0 TFL
#3 LB
DB
Marcus Upton
13 tkl · 2 PD
#134 DB
DL
E'Lla Boykin
8 tkl · 1.5 sacks · 1.5 TFL
#211 DL
RB
Evan Dickens
103 rush yds · 2 TD · 6 rec
#85 RB
Top-rated players from last season, ranked within their
position across D1. A grade measures what a player produced, and no
2026 game has been played yet — so this is who produced for
these programs in 2025, not a claim about who is on the field this year.
Power breakdown
Def is higher = better. The projection assumes a 2.4-pt home edge (0 at neutral sites).
Where the number comes from
Virginia Tech offense vs Boston College defense+8.1 pts
Boston College offense vs Virginia Tech defense+0.5 pts
Travel · context onlyAway team travels 605 mi
Altitude · context only586 m lower than the visitor's home elevation
An efficiency adjustment from season-to-date EPA and success rate applies once teams have
played enough games; before then it is 0 and the number is the power rating alone.
Situational spots are shown for context, not baked in: travel, altitude and rest
were tested against 6,000+ games and the power and efficiency ratings already account for them.
Adding them again would double-count.