Our side
MoneylineUVA to win
ours 30%
Projected score
28–23
UVA – VT
2026-11-28 · kickoff TBD
Lane Stadium · Blacksburg, VA
ACC game
Early season
The books
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Series
Virginia Tech lead
62–34–5
· 101 meetings since 1902
2025 unit ranks —
last completed season, from games actually played
Run game
edge Virginia Cavaliers
132 ranks
Virginia Cavaliers #46 rush offense
Virginia Tech Hokies #178 run defense
Pass game
edge Virginia Cavaliers
118 ranks
Virginia Cavaliers #128 pass offense
Virginia Tech Hokies #246 pass defense
Run game
even
21 ranks apart
Virginia Tech Hokies #59 rush offense
Virginia Cavaliers #38 run defense
Pass game
edge Virginia Cavaliers
170 ranks
Virginia Tech Hokies #205 pass offense
Virginia Cavaliers #35 pass defense
Virginia Cavaliers
Balanced · 53% run
Avg pace
Virginia Tech Hokies
Run-heavy · 62% run
Ball-control
Dual-threat QB · 54 rush ypg
Tony Elliott · 22-26 · defense-minded
Philip Montgomery · 46-59 · offense-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
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
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
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 offense vs Virginia Tech defense+8.4 pts
Virginia Tech offense vs Virginia defense-2.3 pts
Altitude · context only468 m higher 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.