Regular season ·

Virginia beat Florida State

No. 8 Florida State3-138
Virginia4-146Final
Fri, Sep 26 · Scott Stadium, Charlottesville, Va. · Crowd 50,107 · 72°, cloudyESPN

Records are after this game. Rankings are the AP poll before it.

Virginia beat Florida State 46-38 in 2 overtimes, September 26, 2025.

How the game turned

Virginia aheadFlorida State aheadBiggest swingLow: 21%

OT2 Virginia 46, Florida State 38

Virginia 92% to win

C.Morris scrambles for 4 yards. touchdown.

Big moments

  1. 1Q1 5:05 · Virginia 7, Florida State 0Virginia's win chance rose from 44% to 65%.Morris 6-yd TD pass to Ennis, Virginia goes ahead 7-0
  2. 2Q2 2:32 · Virginia 14, Florida State 21Virginia's win chance fell from 45% to 21%.Castellanos 4-yd TD run, Florida State goes ahead 21-14
  3. 3Q3 3:45 · Virginia 28, Florida State 21Virginia's win chance rose from 51% to 64%.Morris 7-yd TD run, Virginia goes ahead 28-21
  4. 4Q4 7:20 · Virginia 35, Florida State 28Virginia's win chance rose from 52% to 79%.Morris 15-yd TD pass to Brown, Virginia goes ahead 35-28
  5. 5Q4 0:36 · Virginia 35, Florida State 35Virginia's win chance fell from 86% to 49%.Castellanos 11-yd TD pass to Pittman, ties it 35-35

Virginia's lowest chance to win was 21 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 second overtime, Virginia's chance to win went from 42 percent to 92 percent when Virginia scored a touchdown.

The score went from Virginia 38, Florida State 38 to Virginia 46, Florida State 38.

What happened next

  1. Florida State went from No. 8 to No. 18 in the next AP poll.

  2. Virginia's next game: W 30-27 at Louisville, Oct 4

    8 days later
  3. Florida State's next game: L 22-28 vs Miami, Oct 4

    8 days later
  4. The teams' next meeting after Sep 26, 2025: Florida State 38, Virginia 7, Oct 3, 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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