Our side
MoneylineUVA to win
ours 88%
Projected score
15–34
SYR – UVA
2026-10-10 · kickoff TBD
Scott Stadium · Charlottesville, VA
ACC game
Early season
The books
No book has priced this game. Nothing to compare, and no ticket to build.
Series
Syracuse and Virginia split 6 (3–3)
· 6 meetings since 1975
2025 unit ranks —
last completed season, from games actually played
Run game
edge Virginia Cavaliers
194 ranks
Syracuse Orange #232 rush offense
Virginia Cavaliers #38 run defense
Pass game
edge Virginia Cavaliers
225 ranks
Syracuse Orange #260 pass offense
Virginia Cavaliers #35 pass defense
Run game
edge Virginia Cavaliers
208 ranks
Virginia Cavaliers #46 rush offense
Syracuse Orange #254 run defense
Pass game
edge Virginia Cavaliers
124 ranks
Virginia Cavaliers #128 pass offense
Syracuse Orange #252 pass defense
Syracuse Orange
Balanced · 51% run
Ball-control
Virginia Cavaliers
Balanced · 53% run
Avg pace
Fran Brown · 13-12
Tony Elliott · 22-26 · defense-minded
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
Syracuse Orange
WR
Umari Hatcher
14 rec · 224 yds · 2 TD
#38 WR
TE
Daunte Bacheyie
6 rec · 85 yds · 2 TD
#21 TE
LB
Chris D'Appolonia
15 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 3.0 TFL
#111 LB
RB
Shavane Anderson Jr.
120 rush yds · 3 TD
#148 RB
Virginia Cavaliers
DL
Fisher Camac
6 tkl · 0.5 sacks · 0.5 TFL
#140 DL
DB
Jacobie Henderson
12 tkl · 3 PD
#147 DB
DB
Brandyn Hillman
6 tkl · 3 INT
#152 DB
K
Will Bettridge
3 FG · 11 XP · 20 pts
#36 K
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
Syracuse offense vs Virginia defense-12.3 pts
Virginia offense vs Syracuse defense+4.9 pts
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.