Virginia Tech 34-24 Georgia Tech (Oct 17, 2026) Final Score

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Georgia Tech2-424

Virginia Tech5-234Final

Sat, Oct 17 · Lane Stadium, Blacksburg, Va. · Crowd 65,632

Virginia Tech beat Georgia Tech 34-24.

We had Virginia Tech favored. It won.

Next: Georgia Tech vs Boston College, Sat Oct 24 · 3:30 PM ET · Georgia Tech favored by 4

Next: Virginia Tech at Clemson, Sat Oct 24 · 7:00 PM ET · Virginia Tech underdog by 2.5

Top comment in the game thread

My bad y'all. Was typing up a comment about how at least Maddox looked legit between Duke and this game. I'll jeep the positivity to myself

Q1 9:41 · r/CFB game thread · Sat, Oct 17

How it swung

Before kickoff, our ratings gave Virginia Tech a 77% chance, and the closing betting line (Virginia Tech was a 8.5-point favorite) put it at 75%.

Favored the whole way: Virginia Tech never fell below 80%.

Georgia Tech never had better than a 19% chance.

FinalVirginia Tech 34-24 Georgia TechVirginia Tech wonMove across the chart, or tap a numbered swing, to see any play.

No single play moved the chance by 20 points.

What fans said, play by play

The line in bold above each quote is written by our model from the thread’s comments and the play-by-play.

Q1 9:41Georgia Tech fans lament Maddox fumble ending promising driveQuoted at the top of the page.Welcome to the georgia tech specialr/CFB game thread
Q2 11:58Bacchetta punts, Brown muff, Alexander recovers; fans mock the dumb decisionMoron trying to field that punt. This is how we blow 14 point gamesr/CFB game thread
Q2 7:37Reddish intercepts Mendoza as Virginia Tech fans celebrate the rare turnoverYou know that’s cathartic for Reddish after the DPIs!!r/CFB game thread
Q3 12:01Virginia Tech fans blame Brent Pry as Mendoza throws a touchdown pass to PensonMaybe don’t let Pry back out of the locker room after halftime of each gamer/CFB game threadThird quarter VT strikes again. Here comes a huge GT TDr/CFB game thread

Virginia Tech’s chance to win after every play.

How to read this chart

Starts from the pregame line (Virginia Tech -8.5), at 81% for Virginia Tech (the play-by-play feed's kickoff number, moved to match the line; our model's and the betting line's own numbers are in “The betting line, and the fans”). Dots are the biggest swings; ticks under the chart are scores. Under the scores, r/CFB comments per minute from fans with a Virginia Tech or Georgia Tech flair (959 and 547); both sides share one scale, regulation only. A gold diamond marks a play fans were reacting to.

Watch the plays

The bar and the arrow show Virginia Tech’s chance to win after each play; the logo is the team the play helped.

Every drive

Virginia Tech scored on 6 of its 12 drives; Georgia Tech on 4 of its 12.

Virginia Tech’s drives are teal, Georgia Tech’s amber. A line runs from where a drive started to where it ended; a filled dot means it scored.

“Don't worry GT bros this team loves to put up points early and let teams come back late”

A Virginia Tech fan

How fans reacted

Quiet

Fans were loudest in the second quarter.

Jump to the loudest stretch

The jump was quiet; the crowd was steady.

Two crowds, one game

The words each side’s fans used far more than the other side, from the game thread.

Georgia Tech fans

mendoza“Man, Mendoza makes some bad decisions. I'd be willing to see his backup but I know we have to stick with the guy that's making 1.8M.”

Both sets of fans kept coming back to: back, now, every, line.

Box score

Virginia Tech 34, Georgia Tech 24

Virginia Tech covered −8.5 by 1.5. The total, 58, went over 55.5.

Team totals	Georgia Tech	Virginia Tech
Total yards	428	409
Passing	29 of 38, 335 yds	15 of 22, 250 yds
Rushing	21 for 93 yds	40 for 159 yds
First downs	21	19
Third down	4 of 11	4 of 13
Fourth down	0 of 0	2 of 2
Turnovers	2	1
Penalties	6 for 53 yds	4 for 40 yds
Time of possession	27:54	32:06

Georgia Tech leaders

Passing Alberto Mendoza 29 of 38, 335 yds, 2 TD, 1 INT
Rushing Trelain Maddox 12 for 96 yds, 1 TD; Chad Alexander 3 for 34 yds
Receiving Jordan Allen 10 for 120 yds; Dalen Penson 5 for 86 yds, 1 TD

Virginia Tech leaders

Passing Ethan Grunkemeyer 15 of 22, 250 yds, 3 TD
Rushing Jeffrey Overton Jr. 14 for 85 yds; Marcellous Hawkins 9 for 42 yds
Receiving Que'Sean Brown 6 for 182 yds, 1 TD; Jeffrey Overton Jr. 3 for 29 yds, 1 TD

No rain through the game

54° at kickoff · no rain recorded

The usual here around this date is 59°, with about 7 in 10 games between 46° and 69°.

October game-day temperatures at Lane Stadium

Drag along the chart, or step through the game.

First quarter, 14:48 left3:36 p.m.

Georgia Tech 0, Virginia Tech 0 · Virginia Tech 81% to win

no rain · 54°

Grunkemeyer 13-yd pass to Reynolds

Where this weather comes from

Measured at Virginia Tech Airport, 1.0 miles away. Wind and rain are airport readings near the stadium, not on the field. Game times come from the play-by-play, good to a minute or two. Source: National Weather Service, through the Iowa Environmental Mesonet. Field direction from OpenStreetMap contributors.

Before kickoff

Recent games, the series and the betting line below are as they stood going in; the season profile is the season so far.

Recent games

Last three games

Georgia Tech · 2-3

Rated 74th in our preseason ratings, 99th now, down 25 spots.

2-1 in its last three, capped by a 3-point win over Duke as a 4.5-point underdog.

W 28-25 vs DukeTop 25 #52 of 668

won by 3 as a 4.5-point underdog

L 27-34 @ Stanford #115 of 668

lost by 7 as a 3-point favorite

W 44-11 vs Mercer #169 of 668

won by 33 as a 38.5-point favorite

L 24-45 vs TennesseeTop 25 #30 of 668

lost by 21 as a 12.5-point underdog

L 13-14 vs Colorado #156 of 668

lost by 1 as a 6.5-point favorite

Last three games

Virginia Tech · 4-2

Rated 51st in our preseason ratings, 47th now.

1-2 in its last three — but nothing on this résumé beats a top-40 team yet.

L 20-25 @ California #83 of 668

lost by 5 as an 11.5-point favorite

L 33-35 vs PittsburghTop 25 #37 of 668

lost by 2 as a 1.5-point favorite

W 21-14 @ Boston College #138 of 668

won by 7 as a 14.5-point favorite

W 35-26 @ Maryland #61 of 668

won by 9 as a 2.5-point favorite

W 44-21 vs Old Dominion #68 of 668

won by 23 as a 17.5-point favorite

W 73-3 vs VMI #266 of 668

won by 70 as a 54.5-point favorite

Week by week

Virginia Tech

Wk 2Wvs Old Dominion44-21
Wk 3Wat Maryland35-26
Wk 4Wat Boston College21-14
Wk 5Lvs Pittsburgh33-35
Wk 6Lat California20-25

Georgia Tech

Wk 1Lvs Colorado13-14
Wk 2Lvs Tennessee24-45
Wk 3Wvs Mercer44-11
Wk 4Lat Stanford27-34
Wk 6Wvs Duke28-25

Power rating by week

Virginia Tech is rated 4.9 points ahead as of week 6. Our power rating by week; higher is better.

Matchups

Biggest mismatch: Virginia Tech’s passing EPA against Georgia Tech, 68 points

Each row ranks the two sides among all teams. The longer the line, the bigger the mismatch.

Virginia Tech’s passing EPA against Georgia Tech’s defense
Virginia Tech offense, 84th percentile · Georgia Tech defense, 16th
Virginia Tech’s EPA/play against Georgia Tech’s defense
Virginia Tech offense, 76th percentile · Georgia Tech defense, 16th
Georgia Tech’s explosive plays against Virginia Tech’s defense
Georgia Tech offense, 63rd percentile · Virginia Tech defense, 7th

Season profile, all the rows

Season profile

Georgia TechVirginia Tech

EPA/play, offense

EPA/play, defense

Success rate, offense

Success rate, defense

Explosive-play rate, offense

Explosive-play rate, defense

Rush EPA, offense

Rush EPA, defense

Pass EPA, offense

Pass EPA, defense

The series

Virginia Tech leads the series 12-9

21 meetings since 1990 · Georgia Tech won the last meeting

2025Georgia Tech 35-20
2024Virginia Tech 21-6
2022Georgia Tech 28-27
2021Virginia Tech 26-17
2019Virginia Tech 45-0

Each line is Virginia Tech’s chance to win through that meeting. Older meetings have no play by play, so no line.

Line, fans and home field

The betting line, and the fans

Virginia Tech fans are feeling it less than most fanbases this week (15th among FBS fanbases), and the other side is no happier.

Virginia Tech favored by 8.5 · Total 55.5

How games like this usually go

Virginia Tech by 8.5, and it went to form

Half of games8 in 10 gamesThis game

The band is where a favorite’s chance ran in the 385 games since 2025 with a favorite of 7.5 to 14.5 points.

The market

The spread moved 1.5 points toward Georgia Tech.

The books’ cut: 4.3%, the margin built into the odds

Home field

Virginia Tech is worth +2.5 points (±3.6) more at home than on the road since 2018 — bottom third of FBS, 22nd percentile.

50% at home, 38% on the road against FBS opponents (24-24 home, 17-28 away).

Our model gives every stadium the same flat 2.3-point home edge (why); the books use about 3. Against the closing line this stadium reads -0.3 at home vs. away over 100 games — inside the ±6.4 noise, so the flat number is the honest one here.

The visitors travel about 327 miles to get here.

Last meeting in our History pages

Georgia Tech 30, Virginia Tech 20Nov 12, 2016

Where next

Conference standings

Place in the conference, then conference record.

Virginia Tech14th1-2
Georgia Tech9th1-1

Full ACC standings

Virginia Tech beats Georgia Tech 34-24