Virginia Tech Hokies

ACCBlacksburg, VALane Stadium

2026: 5–⁠2 (2–⁠2 ACC). Last: beat Georgia Tech 34–⁠24 at home. Next: at Clemson, Saturday, Oct 24.

  1. W 73–⁠3VMI
  2. W 44–⁠21Old Dominion
  3. W 35–⁠26at Maryland
  4. W 21–⁠14at Boston College
  5. L 33–⁠35Pittsburgh
  6. L 20–⁠25at California
  7. W 34–⁠24Georgia Tech
  8. Oct 24at Clemson
  9. Nov 6at SMU
  10. Nov 14Stanford
  11. Nov 21at Miami
  12. Nov 28Virginia

Virginia Tech has played football since 1892 and is 751–⁠506–⁠44 in the 1,301 games on record here, which start in 1902. Their best finish in the final AP poll is No. 2, in 1999. They have won four Atlantic Coast Conference titles (the last in 2010), plus three Big East Conference titles, two South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Conference titles, one Southern Conference title, one South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association title, counting shared titles. Since 1937, the NFL Draft has taken 131 players from here in its first seven rounds, 13 of them in the first round. The AFL draft also took one player from here. The College Football Hall of Fame holds 6 players and 2 coaches from Virginia Tech. Frank Beamer (1987–⁠2015) won more games here than any other coach: 238. The most-played rival is Virginia: 101 meetings, Virginia Tech leads 62–⁠34–⁠5. This season, under James Franklin, they’re 5–⁠2.

Lane Stadium in Blacksburg

Played before the biggest crowd in college football history156,990

Lane StadiumPhoto: Jmcgough21, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

From the numbers

  • Virginia Tech is one of three FBS teams that have scored first in every game this season, with Georgia and Ohio State.
  • Virginia Tech is one of five FBS teams that have led at halftime of every game this season, with Nebraska, Ohio State, SMU and Utah.

Computed from every game through Oct 17 and the score after every scoring play; a note appears only when few teams share it. All the numbers.

On this date in 2019Virginia Tech beat North Carolina 43–⁠41 at home.

Résumé

All-time record
786–⁠521–⁠46 official; 751–⁠506–⁠44 on file; how we count
Postseason
14–⁠22 matches the official bowl record
AP No. 1 finishes
0
Weeks at No. 1
0 of 282 ranked
Elo now
1520 76th of 138 FBS
Computer rankings
Massey No. 55 · Composite No. 56 in FBS, Oct 17; up 6 since Oct 11. From Massey Ratings
Best season by Elo
2000 rated 1779
Conference titles
11 last in 2010
Seasons
123 since 1902, 1,301 games

Identity

Fight song
Tech Triumph
Mascot
HokieBird
Apparel
Nike
Band
The Marching Virginians since 1974, 330+ members; Highty-Tighties since 1893, 140 members

2026 season 5–⁠2

RosterFull 2026 season
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 5vsVMIW 73–⁠389%
Sep 12vsOld DominionW 44–⁠2135%
Sep 19atMarylandW 35–⁠2639%
Sep 26atBoston CollegeW 21–⁠1451%
Oct 2vsPittsburghL 33–⁠3548%
Oct 10atCaliforniaL 20–⁠2554%
Oct 17vsGeorgia TechW 34–⁠2455%
Oct 24atClemsonPreview34%
Nov 6atSMUPreview24%
Nov 14vsStanfordPreview68%
Nov 21atMiamiPreview15%
Nov 28vsVirginiaPreview55%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

This season, game by game

Virginia Tech’s Elo through 2026: 1429 going into the opener, 1520 after the latest game.14251450147515001525Elo 1429 going in; beat VMI 73–3Elo 1437 going in; beat Old Dominion 44–21Elo 1480 going in; beat Maryland 35–26Elo 1509 going in; beat Boston College 21–14Elo 1529 going in; lost to Pittsburgh 35–33Elo 1519 going in; lost to California 25–20Elo 1499 going in; beat Georgia Tech 34–24Now: Elo 1520 after the latest game1520
Elo going into each game, then after the latest. Filled dots: wins; open: losses. Dashed line: 1500, an average FBS team.

Future schedule

2027–⁠34
20283 games: 3 home, non-conference only
20292 games: 1 home, 1 away, non-conference only
20303 games: 2 home, 1 away, non-conference only
20312 games: 1 home, 1 neutral, non-conference only
20322 games: 1 home, 1 away, non-conference only
20332 games: 1 home, 1 away, non-conference only
20341 game: 1 home, non-conference only

Virginia Tech’s announced games beyond the seasons on our schedule, the next 8 seasons (3 more listed), as its Wikipedia article lists them (announced schedules as of August 28, 2026). Schedules change; a season shows only the games named so far, and many articles list non-conference games only. Future schedules: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

On the 2026 team

Program greats See all

Heisman finalists, College Football Hall of Famers, consensus All-Americans, national award winners and first-round picks, for what they did at Virginia Tech.

Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.

Around the program

Mascot
HokieBird · Official source
Athletic director
Brian White · Official source
Offensive coordinator
Ty Howle · Official source
Defensive coordinator
Brent Pry · Official source

Found by several AI researchers searching the web, then kept only where the page loads and says so in words naming the program; every quote is checked again each time the data is rebuilt. Official source: the school’s own page. All of them.

The apparel deal

Nike. Its main Nike contract expired June 30, 2025. The current arrangement hasn't been confirmed here.

Apparel deals: Field Drip. Terms as the outlets reported them; checked Oct 3, 2026. Our own research hasn’t confirmed the outfitter yet.

Program strength since 1902

Best seasons ever
Virginia Tech end-of-season Elo from 1902 to 2026, best in 2000 at 1779.13001500170019001920194019601980200020202000 peak: Elo 1779
End-of-season Elo. Dashed line: 1500, an average FBS team.

More coverage

Found through the GDELT Project, which indexes news sites worldwide. Each link opens the story on the outlet’s own site; each picture is that outlet’s own preview of its story, shown from its site and credited to it.

Podcasts

Found through Podcast Index, the open podcast directory. Each link opens the episode’s page.

Head coaches

CoachYearsRecord
James Franklin20265–⁠2
Philip Montgomery20253–⁠6
Brent Pry2022–⁠202516–⁠24
J.C. Price20211–⁠2
Justin Fuente2016–⁠202143–⁠31
Frank Beamer1987–⁠2015238–⁠121–⁠2
Bill Dooley1978–⁠198663–⁠38–⁠1
Jimmy Sharpe1974–⁠197721–⁠22–⁠1
Charles Coffey1971–⁠197312–⁠20–⁠1
Jerry Claiborne1961–⁠197061–⁠39–⁠2
Frank Moseley1951–⁠196054–⁠42–⁠4
Robert McNeish1948–⁠19501–⁠25–⁠3
Jimmy Kitts1941–⁠194713–⁠13–⁠3
Henry McEver1942–⁠19459–⁠8–⁠1 shared
S.D. Tilson19427–⁠2–⁠1 shared
Henry Redd1932–⁠194043–⁠37–⁠8
O.E. Neale1930–⁠19318–⁠7–⁠3
Andy Gustafson1926–⁠192922–⁠13–⁠1
B.C. Cubbage1921–⁠192530–⁠12–⁠6
Stanley Sutton19204–⁠6
Charles Bernier1917–⁠191918–⁠6–⁠1
Jack Ingersoll19167–⁠2
Branch Bocock1909–⁠191534–⁠14–⁠2
L.W. Reiss19116–⁠1–⁠2
R.M. Brown19085–⁠4
C.R. Williams19077–⁠2
C.P. Miles1905–⁠190614–⁠3–⁠2
John O’Connor19045–⁠3
C.A. Lueder19035–⁠1
R.R. Brown19023–⁠2–⁠1

“Shared”: co-coaches, each credited with that season’s whole record, so those seasons count once in the team total.

Most-played series

All rivalries
OpponentGamesVT record
Virginia10162–⁠34–⁠5
VMI7547–⁠23–⁠5
William & Mary6442–⁠18–⁠4
West Virginia5423–⁠30–⁠1
NC State5228–⁠20–⁠4
Richmond5137–⁠10–⁠4
Washington and Lee4520–⁠20–⁠5
Miami4215–⁠27

Rivals the program names: Virginia, West Virginia, Miami, Georgia Tech, Boston College, VMI.

Every opponent (129)

Every program Virginia Tech has played, A to Z, with Virginia Tech’s record against it. Each links to the series, game by game.

Official records. † Without wins the NCAA vacated, or with forfeits counted. ‡ The rivalry’s own count, where it differs from the games on file.

Conference titles

11, counting shared titles
Atlantic Coast Conference 4
2004, 2007, 2008, 2010
Big East Conference 3
1995 (shared), 1996 (shared), 1999
Southern Conference 1
1963
South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Conference 2
1916, 1918
South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association 1
1909
ACC Coastal 6
2005, 2007, 2008 (tied), 2010, 2011, 2016

As the program counts them in its Wikipedia article, shared titles included, and listed under each conference’s current name (a Western Conference title of the 1900s counts as a Big Ten title); season pages use the name the conference had that year. A title the article files under a conference the team wasn’t in that season is listed under the one it was. Division titles include years the team tied for its division.

Conferences

  1. Independent 1892–⁠1897
  2. SIAA 1898
  3. Independent 1899–⁠1911
  4. South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Conference 1912–⁠1921
  5. Independent 1965–⁠1990
  6. Big East 1991–⁠2003
  7. ACC since 2004
  • 1991Joined the Big East from independence in football. Source
  • 2004Joined the ACC from the Big East. Source

Virginia Tech’s football conferences by season, from CollegeFootballData.com’s memberships (renamed conferences keep the name of the time). The moves and their announcement dates from Wikipedia’s lists of NCAA Division I conference changes; the year is the first season in the new conference. Conference realignment: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

National award winners

All awards
2006Bud Foster coachBroyles Award
2003Jake Grove CRimington
1999Corey Moore DELombardi, Nagurski
1999Frank Beamer coachEddie Robinson, Walter Camp Coach, Bear Bryant Award, Bobby Dodd Award
1984Bruce Smith DTOutland

Consensus All-Americans 8

2005Jimmy Williams DB
2003Jake Grove C
2003Kevin Jones RB
1999Corey Moore DL
1995Cornell Brown DT
1993Jim Pyne C
1984Bruce Smith DE
1967Frank Loria DB

Led the nation 6

2003Kevin Jones rushing touchdowns (21 TD)
2000Lee Suggs rushing touchdowns (27 TD), points (168 pts), points per game (15.27)
1999André Davis yards per catch (25.5)
1999Michael Vick passer rating (180.4)
1991Bo Campbell punt return average (18.2)
1972Don Strock passing yards (3,243 yds), total offense (3,170 yds), total offense per game (288.2)

The NCAA’s official national leaders since 1937, from Wikipedia’s yearly leader lists.

Heisman runners-up and finalists

The votes
1999Michael Vick QB3rd

Second to fifth in the vote, from each season’s Wikipedia article.

In the Hall of Fame

Every inductee
Players
6
Coaches
2
2025Michael Vick QB
2023Corey Moore DE
2006Bruce Smith DE
1999Frank Loria DB
1999Jerry Claiborne coach here, 1961–⁠1970
1987Carroll Dale E
1985Andy Gustafson coach here, 1926–⁠1929
1957Hunter Carpenter RB

In the draft

By college
NFL picks, rounds 1–⁠7
131 since 1937
First-round picks
13
AFL picks
1 1961
2021Caleb Farley CBNo. 22, Tennessee Titans
2021Christian Darrisaw OTNo. 23, Minnesota Vikings
2018Tremaine Edmunds OLBNo. 16, Buffalo Bills
2018Terrell Edmunds SNo. 28, Pittsburgh Steelers
2014Kyle Fuller CBNo. 14, Chicago Bears
2012David Wilson RBNo. 32, New York Giants
2008Duane Brown OTNo. 26, Houston Texans
2004DeAngelo Hall DBNo. 8, Atlanta Falcons

Who came and went in the 2026 transfer portal, and every portal year.

The school

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Enrollment
38,857 31,035 undergraduates, fall 2024
Where
Blacksburg, Virginia
Public or private
Public Research 1
Founded
1872
Graduates’ median earnings
$81,698 10 years after starting

Enrollment, place and Carnegie research tier from the National Center for Education Statistics (IPEDS, public domain). Earnings from the US Department of Education’s College Scorecard (CC BY 4.0): the median for students who received federal aid and were working, not in school. Founding year from Wikidata. Every school’s in the data.

Official accounts

Football
X @hokiesfbInstagram @hokiesfbFacebook VirginiaTechFB

Official accounts: the schools’ athletics websites: the ones hokiesports.com lists for its football program, as of Oct 12, 2026.

Voices

play-by-play
  1. from 1973Marty Brennaman
  2. 1988–⁠2015Bill Roth radio

From the announcers’ Wikipedia articles (CC BY-SA), with the years as each article gives them: those in Wikipedia’s Virginia Tech football announcers category, and any whose article names them the program’s play-by-play voice. Television network crews and announcers whose articles give no years are left out.

Old photographs

From the Library of Congress’s Prints & Photographs Division, with no known restrictions on publication. The records don’t give these a season; the one they date is on its season’s page.

Books

And 2 more

Books: Open Library (CC0), filed under the program’s Library of Congress subject heading; most-reissued first, each linked to its page there.

Season by season

National champions
SeasonRecordConf.AP preAP finalCoachEloSP+
20265–⁠22–⁠2James Franklin15209.5
20253–⁠92–⁠6Brent Pry, Philip Montgomery1393-10.1
20246–⁠74–⁠4Brent Pry154410.0
20237–⁠65–⁠3Brent Pry15815.8
20223–⁠81–⁠6Brent Pry1395-9.5
20216–⁠74–⁠4Justin Fuente, J.C. Price14712.4
20205–⁠65–⁠5Justin Fuente154913.7
20198–⁠55–⁠3Justin Fuente15818.0
20186–⁠74–⁠420Justin Fuente15163.9
20179–⁠45–⁠32124Justin Fuente163914.3
201610–⁠46–⁠216Justin Fuente164115.2
20157–⁠64–⁠4Frank Beamer157411.4
20147–⁠63–⁠5Frank Beamer15707.8
20138–⁠55–⁠3Frank Beamer157714.9
20127–⁠64–⁠416Frank Beamer157012.7
201111–⁠37–⁠11321Frank Beamer169315.4
201011–⁠38–⁠01016Frank Beamer175821.2
200910–⁠36–⁠2710Frank Beamer173227.8
200810–⁠45–⁠31715Frank Beamer17188.1
200711–⁠37–⁠199Frank Beamer176019.3
200610–⁠36–⁠21719Frank Beamer172521.0
200511–⁠27–⁠187Frank Beamer176825.5
200410–⁠37–⁠110Frank Beamer171919.9
20038–⁠54–⁠39Frank Beamer161016.0
200210–⁠43–⁠41618Frank Beamer166416.8
Every season back to 1902 (98 more)
SeasonRecordConf.AP preAP finalCoachEloSP+
20018–⁠44–⁠3918Frank Beamer165419.2
200011–⁠16–⁠1116Frank Beamer177928.2
199911–⁠17–⁠0132Frank Beamer175228.2
19989–⁠35–⁠223Frank Beamer167119.2
19977–⁠55–⁠2Frank Beamer15784.4
199610–⁠26–⁠11613Frank Beamer172119.7
199510–⁠26–⁠12410Frank Beamer171918.3
19948–⁠45–⁠222Frank Beamer158812.4
19939–⁠34–⁠322Frank Beamer163416.3
19922–⁠8–⁠11–⁠4Frank Beamer1453-0.9
19915–⁠61–⁠0Frank Beamer15267.5
19906–⁠5Frank Beamer155713.1
19896–⁠4–⁠1Frank Beamer150310.1
19883–⁠8Frank Beamer1408-3.2
19872–⁠9Frank Beamer1402-2.8
19869–⁠2–⁠120Bill Dooley15962.4
19856–⁠5Bill Dooley15651.2
19848–⁠4Bill Dooley15867.6
19839–⁠2Bill Dooley16295.6
19827–⁠4Bill Dooley1533-7.9
19817–⁠4Bill Dooley15336.5
19808–⁠4Bill Dooley150710.5
19795–⁠6Bill Dooley14372.2
19784–⁠7Bill Dooley1424-5.6
19773–⁠7–⁠1Jimmy Sharpe1467-1.7
19766–⁠5Jimmy Sharpe15027.8
19758–⁠3Jimmy Sharpe1565-3.5
19744–⁠7Jimmy Sharpe1474-0.7
19732–⁠9Charles Coffey1422-12.4
19726–⁠4–⁠1Charles Coffey15498.6
19714–⁠7Charles Coffey1437-4.7
19705–⁠6Jerry Claiborne1501-9.4
19694–⁠5–⁠1Jerry Claiborne1571
19687–⁠4Jerry Claiborne1593
19677–⁠3Jerry Claiborne1580
19668–⁠2–⁠1Jerry Claiborne1603
19657–⁠3Jerry Claiborne1552
19646–⁠43–⁠1Jerry Claiborne1547
19638–⁠25–⁠0Jerry Claiborne1587
19625–⁠52–⁠3Jerry Claiborne1432
19614–⁠52–⁠3Jerry Claiborne1431
19606–⁠44–⁠2Frank Moseley1513
19596–⁠43–⁠1Frank Moseley1515
19585–⁠4–⁠13–⁠1Frank Moseley1467
19574–⁠61–⁠3Frank Moseley1447
19567–⁠2–⁠13–⁠0Frank Moseley1601
19556–⁠3–⁠12–⁠1–⁠1Frank Moseley1558
19548–⁠0–⁠13–⁠0–⁠116Frank Moseley1582
19535–⁠53–⁠3Frank Moseley1411
19525–⁠64–⁠4Frank Moseley1375
19512–⁠81–⁠7Frank Moseley1235
19500–⁠100–⁠8Robert McNeish1193
19491–⁠7–⁠21–⁠5–⁠2Robert McNeish1307
19480–⁠8–⁠10–⁠6–⁠1Robert McNeish1304
19474–⁠54–⁠3Jimmy Kitts1423
19463–⁠4–⁠33–⁠3–⁠2Jimmy Kitts1400
19452–⁠62–⁠5Henry McEver1374
19427–⁠2–⁠15–⁠1Henry McEver, S.D. Tilson1507
19416–⁠44–⁠2Jimmy Kitts1453
19405–⁠52–⁠3Henry Redd1417
19394–⁠5–⁠11–⁠4–⁠1Henry Redd1398
19383–⁠5–⁠22–⁠3–⁠2Henry Redd1430
19375–⁠52–⁠4Henry Redd1441
19365–⁠54–⁠5Henry Redd1430
19354–⁠3–⁠23–⁠3–⁠1Henry Redd1468
19345–⁠53–⁠3Henry Redd1453
19334–⁠3–⁠31–⁠1–⁠3Henry Redd1516
19328–⁠16–⁠1Henry Redd1592
19313–⁠4–⁠21–⁠4–⁠1O.E. Neale1452
19305–⁠3–⁠12–⁠3–⁠1O.E. Neale1512
19295–⁠42–⁠3Andy Gustafson1509
19287–⁠24–⁠1Andy Gustafson1545
19275–⁠42–⁠3Andy Gustafson1538
19265–⁠3–⁠13–⁠2–⁠1Andy Gustafson1499
19255–⁠3–⁠23–⁠3–⁠1B.C. Cubbage1514
19244–⁠2–⁠32–⁠2–⁠3B.C. Cubbage1564
19236–⁠34–⁠2B.C. Cubbage1576
19228–⁠1–⁠13–⁠0B.C. Cubbage1611
19217–⁠34–⁠1B.C. Cubbage1542
19204–⁠62–⁠3Stanley Sutton1460
19195–⁠42–⁠3Charles Bernier1548
19187–⁠02–⁠0Charles Bernier1621
19176–⁠2–⁠11–⁠1–⁠1Charles Bernier1544
19167–⁠22–⁠0Jack Ingersoll1559
19154–⁠4Branch Bocock1480
19146–⁠2–⁠11–⁠0Branch Bocock1531
19137–⁠1–⁠1Branch Bocock1554
19125–⁠40–⁠1Branch Bocock1520
19116–⁠1–⁠2L.W. Reiss1593
19106–⁠2Branch Bocock1622
19096–⁠1Branch Bocock1639
19085–⁠4R.M. Brown1541
19077–⁠2C.R. Williams1576
19065–⁠2–⁠2C.P. Miles1592
19059–⁠1C.P. Miles1640
19045–⁠3John O’Connor1536
19035–⁠1C.A. Lueder1568
19023–⁠2–⁠1R.R. Brown1521

Officially 786–⁠521–⁠46 since 1892 (per Wikipedia, checked Sep 26, 2026); game by game here, 751–⁠506–⁠44 (−35 wins, −15 losses, −2 ties). Our file starts in 1902; the program began in 1892. Some games are missing from our source.

No season on file for 1943–⁠44: wartime seasons, when many programs didn’t play.

Records are computed from every game on file at CollegeFootballData.com, whose coverage of the earliest seasons can be incomplete. Elo is this site’s own rating; see how it works on the records page.