I saw a post earlier about our record v top 5 teams
all time. Doesn't look great. Not that it's overly relevant to Saturday, but here is a different slant on that for the more recent history.
In the last 15 years, there have been 91 wins over teams that finished top 5 (I'm using AP poll). In my opinion it's much more relevant if the team finishes there. Beating a team that is #8 at the time but finishes #1 is more impressive than beating a #4 team that finishes unranked.
Of those 91, VT has 3 wins over teams that finished top 5 (Miami, WVU, OSU). No we haven't cornered the market on top 5 wins, but that stat is so overplayed (and we actually have more than most).
GO HOKIES!!!
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Posted: 09/28/2017 at 6:44PM