Virginia Tech — ACC
PPA off / def
0.17 / 0.27
2025
Class rank
#30
class of 2026
Returning PPA
37%
returning production
| 2015 |
OSU W 42–24 | away |
| 2014 |
OSU L 21–35 | Columbus |
2026 schedule
2025 results (3–9)
Statistical comps — 2025 Virginia Tech's closest analogs
Nearest neighbors by z-scored success rate, explosiveness, run rate & havoc (offense + defense), 2015–25.
2025 leaders
Transfer portal — 2026 (27 in / 27 out)
Origins
Beamer Ball meant the special teams would score, and often did — Tech blocked kicks the way other teams ran sweeps. Michael Vick's 1999 season took them to within a half of a national title.
Founded 1872 · Land-grant college on the site of a Methodist school in the Blue Ridge · first football 1892 · defined by Frank Beamer
All-time record
All-time
746–504–44
1902–2025
Win %
59.4%
122 seasons played
Winning seasons
83
68% of seasons
| Best seasons | W | L | Conference |
|---|
| 2000 | 11 | 1 | Big East |
| 1999 | 11 | 1 | Big East |
| 2005 | 11 | 2 | ACC |
| 2011 | 11 | 3 | ACC |
| 2010 | 11 | 3 | ACC |
Season records from CollegeFootballData, which is why the span starts at 1902 — that is where its coverage of this program begins, not necessarily the first year it fielded a team.
Play-calling tendencies (2025 · garbage time excluded)
| Situation | Plays | Run % | Success % | Nat'l | Avg yds | Expl % |
|---|
| 1st down | 295 | 62% |
45% | 51 of 136 | 6.1 | 15% |
| 2nd down | 219 | 61% |
38% | 105 of 136 | 5.5 | 10% |
| 3rd & short (≤3) | 42 | 67% |
74% | — | 5.4 | 10% |
| 3rd & medium (4–7) | 43 | 37% |
33% | — | 3.7 | 7% |
| 3rd & long (8+) | 66 | 20% |
23% | — | 3.8 | 9% |
| 4th down | 27 | 56% |
48% | — | 6.5 | 15% |
136 drives · 29% ended in points · 7.1 plays and 40.4 yards per drive · 0.97 PPA per drive
Success: 50% of yardage needed on 1st, 70% on 2nd, 100% on 3rd/4th. Explosive: 12+ yd rush / 16+ yd pass. National rank is shown only for 1st and 2nd down, where every team has 100+ plays; the later buckets average 18-43 and a rank there would be noise.
League leaderboard →Most valuable plays (by PPA, 2025)
| Wk | Opp | Play | Yds | PPA |
|---|
| 14 | Virginia |
(04:31) No Huddle-Shotgun #1 K.Drones pass complete short left to #15 S.Peterkin caught at… |
57 | 6.47 |
| 7 | Georgia Tech |
Kyron Drones pass complete to Ja'Ricous Hairston for 33 yds for a TD (John Love KICK) |
33 | 5.30 |
| 5 | NC State |
Terion Stewart run for 85 yds to the NCSU 4 for a 1ST down |
85 | 5.08 |
| 13 | Miami |
(03:58) Shotgun #5 W.Watson III pass complete deep right to #0 A.Greene caught at MIA09, f… |
39 | 4.81 |
| 9 | California |
End of OT. |
60 | 4.72 |
| 3 | Old Dominion |
Kyron Drones pass complete to Ayden Greene for 67 yds to the ODU 10 for a 1ST down |
67 | 4.34 |
| 13 | Miami |
(02:51) Shotgun #5 W.Watson III pass complete short middle to #11 I.Spencer caught at VT 3… |
38 | 4.20 |
| 12 | Florida State |
(14:55) No Huddle-Shotgun #27 M.Hawkins rush left for 40 yards gain to the FSU40 (#27 A.Ba… |
40 | 3.96 |