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Virginia Tech · 2026 · ACC

Efficiency
+7.7
37th FBS
Record
2-0
Conf. record
Conf. finish
5th
proj. of 17
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Virginia Tech is 2-0 and ranked 37th in overall efficiency. Their 15th-ranked offense is the engine, backed by an 86th-ranked defense. They pass the ball on 54% of offensive plays with a 63rd-ranked passing attack and run the ball on the remaining 46% of plays with a 6th-ranked rushing attack.

Quadrant record

By opponent strength, adjusted for where the game was played.

Q1
0-0
+2 left
Q2
0-0
+3 left
Q3
0-0
+2 left
Q4
2-0
+3 left

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 7.7 wins
Strength of Record
43rd
+0.1 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
129th
full season
56th
AP poll
Unranked
Conf. sched. difficulty
64th
a 25th-ranked team would win ~5.9 conference games on this schedule

The resume

Every game on the schedule. Click a row for the game breakdown (played) or the matchup projection (upcoming).

WkOpponentConfOpp rankResultExp. marginWin probGameScoreQuad
1vs VMISouthernW 733+48.6100%11.3Q4
2vs Old DominionSun Belt#106W 4421+19.9100%22.9Q4
3@ MarylandBig Ten#46Preview-1.048%Q2
4@ Boston CollegeACC#115Preview+17.685%Q4
5vs PittsburghACC#27Preview-0.948%Q2
6@ CaliforniaACC#72Preview+7.266%Q3
7vs Georgia TechACC#93Preview+16.583%Q4
8@ ClemsonACC#67Preview+6.364%Q3
10@ SMUACC#20Preview-9.429%Q1
11vs StanfordACC#108Preview+20.488%Q4
12@ Miami-FLACC#7Preview-17.515%Q1
13vs VirginiaACC#22Preview-2.843%Q2

2 played · 2-0. Expected margin and gamescore use the latest ratings — a completed game shows what the model would say now, not that week.

The season

The model’s read on Virginia Tech, recomputed after every week. Toggle between overall, offensive, and defensive efficiency (each with a dot for that week’s game) or the FanBoardHQ CFP rank.

-1.2+9.8+20.81123Week 0Week 2
Line = the model's read each week; dots = that week's game (green above the line, red below).

Passing & rushing

Opponent-adjusted, FBS-only. The bar is the blended Eff rank — EPA/play (scoring value), success rate (staying on schedule), and yards/play (explosiveness), each standardized against the FBS field. The three ranks below each bar are those components, so you can see what's driving it.

Offense
PassingEff 63rd
SR 33rdYPP 90thEPA 79th
RushingEff 6th
SR 3rdYPP 18thEPA 2nd
Defense
Pass defenseEff 105th
SR 110thYPP 94thEPA 108th
Rush defenseEff 10th
SR 10thYPP 20thEPA 11th
Dropback rate 54%Tempo -6.8 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 29th on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 48%1st · Defense allowed: 16%1st2nd · Offense: 52%2nd · Defense allowed: 24%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 52%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 25%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 31.0Q1 · Allowed: 3.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 34.0Q2 · Allowed: 3.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 24.0Q3 · Allowed: 7.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 14.0Q4 · Allowed: 10.0Q4
ScoredAllowed

What kind of team is this?

Every team by offensive and defensive efficiency (points/game vs. an average team, higher is better on both). Click a dot for that team.

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Virginia Tech Offense vs Defense, 2026
Offensive EffRanked 15th
+9.4
Field position: +5.0Finishing drives: +4.3
Field position +5.0Finishing drives +4.3= +9.4
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 1st · Finishing 36th

Defensive EffRanked 86th
-2.6
Field position: -0.3Finishing drives: -2.4
Field position -0.3Finishing drives -2.4= -2.6
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 87th · Finishing 89th

4.23 points per drive on offense, 0.92 allowed — starting, on average, at their own 40.

Play-calling & efficiency

What the offense did, by quarter and by down — raw, not opponent-adjusted.

By quarter
Quarter (att.)Pass / rushSuccessYd/play
Q1(44)52% / 48%61%7.5
Q2(37)65% / 35%51%7.0
Q3(28)46% / 54%50%8.1
Q4(47)38% / 62%38%4.5
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(30)10.947%7.0
2nd(28)8.146%8.1
3rd(18)9.344%10.3
4th(2)2.550%5.0
All (78)46%8.1
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(41)9.149%4.9
2nd(24)6.958%6.7
3rd(10)2.750%2.6
4th(3)1.3100%1.7
All (78)54%5.0

Virginia Tech, all games.