Regular season ·

Virginia Tech beat California

California5-334
Virginia Tech3-542Final
Fri, Oct 24 · Lane Stadium, Blacksburg, Va. · Crowd 53,837 · 58°ESPN

Records are after this game.

Virginia Tech beat California 42-34 in 2 overtimes, October 24, 2025.

How the game turned

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OT1 Virginia Tech 27, California 34

Virginia Tech 27% to win

Sagapolutele 25-yd TD pass to Mini, California goes ahead 34-27

Big moments

  1. 1Q1 12:04 · Virginia Tech 7, California 0Virginia Tech's win chance rose from 82% to 87%.Drones 27-yd TD pass to Greene, Virginia Tech goes ahead 7-0
  2. 2Q2 9:31 · Virginia Tech 10, California 13Virginia Tech's win chance fell from 61% to 58%.Meyer 34-yd field goal, California goes ahead 13-10
  3. 3Q4 6:57 · Virginia Tech 27, California 20Virginia Tech's win chance rose from 70% to 91%.Drones 14-yd TD run, Virginia Tech goes ahead 27-20
  4. 4OT1 · Virginia Tech 27, California 34Virginia Tech's win chance fell from 96% to 27%.Sagapolutele 25-yd TD pass to Mini, California goes ahead 34-27
  5. 5OT1 · Virginia Tech 34, California 34Virginia Tech's win chance rose from 27% to 70%.Drones 17-yd TD run, ties it 34-34
  6. 6OT2 · Virginia Tech 42, California 34Virginia Tech's win chance rose from 75% to 94%.Drones 7-yd TD pass to Heath, two-point try good, Virginia Tech goes ahead 42-34

Virginia Tech's lowest chance to win was 27 percent. Win chance is our own calculation from the play-by-play, with each game's start set from the pregame expectation.

The biggest swing

In the first overtime, California's chance to win went from 4 percent to 73 percent when California scored a touchdown.

The score went from Virginia Tech 27, California 27 to Virginia Tech 27, California 34.

The play: Sagapolutele 25-yd TD pass to Mini, California goes ahead 34-27.

What happened next

  1. Virginia Tech's next game: L 16-28 vs Louisville, Nov 1

    8 days later

  2. California's next game: L 21-31 vs Virginia, Nov 1

    8 days later

  3. The teams' next meeting after Oct 24, 2025: California 25, Virginia Tech 20, Oct 10, 2026

    about 12 months later

Related pages

Scores, dates and the stage: ESPN. Win chance: our curve from play-by-play; the turn is its largest one-play change that moved with the score.

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