Rivalry leaderboard
Virginia Tech-West Virginia Greatest Games
The series' top 25 meetings, ranked without team allegiance by game-time AP strength, final-score closeness, and overtime.
- Games
- 25
- Top score
- 56/100
- Overtime
- 0
Series context
- Completed meetings
- 54
- Series record
- Virginia Tech 23-30-1 West Virginia
- Tracked years
- 1912-2022
- Trophy
- Black Diamond Trophy
Series ranking
The rivalry's top 25 games
18 of these games include at least one AP-ranked team at kickoff. Open a supported game for its box score and statistics.
- 1999Week 11
Virginia Tech at West Virginia
Virginia Tech 22, West Virginia 20
Winner: Virginia Tech
No. 3 Virginia Tech vs. Unranked West Virginia · 2-point margin
Ranking 23/50 · Closeness 33/35 · Overtime 0/15
56
Game score
- 1989Week 6
Virginia Tech at West Virginia
Virginia Tech 12, West Virginia 10
Winner: Virginia Tech
Unranked Virginia Tech vs. No. 9 West Virginia · 2-point margin
Ranking 17/50 · Closeness 33/35 · Overtime 0/15
50
Game score
- 2004Week 6
West Virginia at Virginia Tech
West Virginia 13, Virginia Tech 19
Winner: Virginia Tech
No. 6 West Virginia vs. Unranked Virginia Tech · 6-point margin
Ranking 20/50 · Closeness 29/35 · Overtime 0/15
49
Game score
- 1953Week 8
Virginia Tech at West Virginia
Virginia Tech 7, West Virginia 12
Winner: West Virginia
Unranked Virginia Tech vs. No. 8 West Virginia · 5-point margin
Ranking 18/50 · Closeness 30/35 · Overtime 0/15
48
Game score
- 2002Week 14
West Virginia at Virginia Tech
West Virginia 21, Virginia Tech 18
Winner: West Virginia
Unranked West Virginia vs. No. 13 Virginia Tech · 3-point margin
Ranking 13/50 · Closeness 32/35 · Overtime 0/15
45
Game score
- 1983Week 8
Virginia Tech at West Virginia
Virginia Tech 0, West Virginia 13
Winner: West Virginia
Unranked Virginia Tech vs. No. 4 West Virginia · 13-point margin
Ranking 22/50 · Closeness 22/35 · Overtime 0/15
44
Game score
- 1988Week 6
West Virginia at Virginia Tech
West Virginia 22, Virginia Tech 10
Winner: West Virginia
No. 7 West Virginia vs. Unranked Virginia Tech · 12-point margin
Ranking 19/50 · Closeness 23/35 · Overtime 0/15
42
Game score
- 1982Week 7
West Virginia at Virginia Tech
West Virginia 16, Virginia Tech 6
Winner: West Virginia
No. 13 West Virginia vs. Unranked Virginia Tech · 10-point margin
Ranking 13/50 · Closeness 25/35 · Overtime 0/15
38
Game score
- 2003Week 10
Virginia Tech at West Virginia
Virginia Tech 7, West Virginia 28
Winner: West Virginia
No. 3 Virginia Tech vs. Unranked West Virginia · 21-point margin
Ranking 23/50 · Closeness 14/35 · Overtime 0/15
37
Game score
- 1984Week 4
West Virginia at Virginia Tech
West Virginia 14, Virginia Tech 7
Winner: West Virginia
No. 18 West Virginia vs. Unranked Virginia Tech · 7-point margin
Ranking 8/50 · Closeness 28/35 · Overtime 0/15
36
Game score
- 1993Week 6
Virginia Tech at West Virginia
Virginia Tech 13, West Virginia 14
Winner: West Virginia
Unranked Virginia Tech vs. No. 25 West Virginia · 1-point margin
Ranking 1/50 · Closeness 34/35 · Overtime 0/15
35
Game score
- 1966Week 4
Virginia Tech at West Virginia
Virginia Tech 13, West Virginia 13
Result: Tie
Unranked Virginia Tech vs. Unranked West Virginia · 0-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 35/35 · Overtime 0/15
35
Game score
- 1997Week 10
Virginia Tech at West Virginia
Virginia Tech 17, West Virginia 30
Winner: West Virginia
No. 19 Virginia Tech vs. No. 21 West Virginia · 13-point margin
Ranking 12/50 · Closeness 22/35 · Overtime 0/15
34
Game score
- 1974Week 12
West Virginia at Virginia Tech
West Virginia 22, Virginia Tech 21
Winner: West Virginia
Unranked West Virginia vs. Unranked Virginia Tech · 1-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 34/35 · Overtime 0/15
34
Game score
- 1958Week 7
West Virginia at Virginia Tech
West Virginia 21, Virginia Tech 20
Winner: West Virginia
Unranked West Virginia vs. Unranked Virginia Tech · 1-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 34/35 · Overtime 0/15
34
Game score
- 1998Week 10
West Virginia at Virginia Tech
West Virginia 13, Virginia Tech 27
Winner: Virginia Tech
Unranked West Virginia vs. No. 15 Virginia Tech · 14-point margin
Ranking 11/50 · Closeness 21/35 · Overtime 0/15
32
Game score
- 1975Week 8
Virginia Tech at West Virginia
Virginia Tech 7, West Virginia 10
Winner: West Virginia
Unranked Virginia Tech vs. Unranked West Virginia · 3-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 32/35 · Overtime 0/15
32
Game score
- 2000Week 8
West Virginia at Virginia Tech
West Virginia 20, Virginia Tech 48
Winner: Virginia Tech
Unranked West Virginia vs. No. 3 Virginia Tech · 28-point margin
Ranking 23/50 · Closeness 7/35 · Overtime 0/15
30
Game score
- 1996Week 14
West Virginia at Virginia Tech
West Virginia 14, Virginia Tech 31
Winner: Virginia Tech
No. 23 West Virginia vs. No. 17 Virginia Tech · 17-point margin
Ranking 12/50 · Closeness 18/35 · Overtime 0/15
30
Game score
- 1990Week 7
West Virginia at Virginia Tech
West Virginia 21, Virginia Tech 26
Winner: Virginia Tech
Unranked West Virginia vs. Unranked Virginia Tech · 5-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 30/35 · Overtime 0/15
30
Game score
- 1991Week 6
Virginia Tech at West Virginia
Virginia Tech 20, West Virginia 14
Winner: Virginia Tech
Unranked Virginia Tech vs. Unranked West Virginia · 6-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 29/35 · Overtime 0/15
29
Game score
- 1986Week 6
West Virginia at Virginia Tech
West Virginia 7, Virginia Tech 13
Winner: Virginia Tech
Unranked West Virginia vs. Unranked Virginia Tech · 6-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 29/35 · Overtime 0/15
29
Game score
Methodology
How each game earns up to 100 points
AP ranking, 50 points: each team earns 26 minus its game-time AP rank. Unranked teams receive zero.
Closeness, 35 points: the final margin is subtracted from 35, with margins of 35 or more receiving zero.
Overtime, 15 points: overtime starts at nine points and rises by two per additional period, capped at 15.
Regular-season rankings use the AP Top 25 recorded for the game's week. Postseason meetings use the final regular-season AP poll before bowl and playoff results. Games before 2005 remain in the ranking but do not link to unsupported box-score pages. Videos are matched by canonical game ID or by a rematch-safe season matchup.