Rivalry leaderboard
Virginia-Virginia Tech 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
- 51/100
- Overtime
- 1
Series context
- Completed meetings
- 100
- Series record
- Virginia 33-62-5 Virginia Tech
- Tracked years
- 1895-2024
- Trophy
- Commonwealth Cup
Series ranking
The rivalry's top 25 games
11 of these games include at least one AP-ranked team at kickoff. Open a supported game for its box score and statistics.
- 1995Week 13
Virginia Tech at Virginia
Virginia Tech 36, Virginia 29
Winner: Virginia Tech
No. 20 Virginia Tech vs. No. 13 Virginia · 7-point margin
Ranking 19/50 · Closeness 28/35 · Overtime 0/15
47
Game score
- 2004Week 14
Virginia at Virginia Tech
Virginia 10, Virginia Tech 24
Winner: Virginia Tech
No. 16 Virginia vs. No. 11 Virginia Tech · 14-point margin
Ranking 25/50 · Closeness 21/35 · Overtime 0/15
46
Game score
- 1998Week 14
Virginia at Virginia Tech
Virginia 36, Virginia Tech 32
Winner: Virginia
No. 14 Virginia vs. No. 25 Virginia Tech · 4-point margin
Ranking 13/50 · Closeness 31/35 · Overtime 0/15
44
Game score
- 1954Week 6
Virginia at Virginia Tech
Virginia 0, Virginia Tech 6
Winner: Virginia Tech
Unranked Virginia vs. No. 14 Virginia Tech · 6-point margin
Ranking 12/50 · Closeness 29/35 · Overtime 0/15
41
Game score
- 1956Week 7
Virginia at Virginia Tech
Virginia 7, Virginia Tech 14
Winner: Virginia Tech
Unranked Virginia vs. No. 15 Virginia Tech · 7-point margin
Ranking 11/50 · Closeness 28/35 · Overtime 0/15
39
Game score
- 1994Week 13
Virginia at Virginia Tech
Virginia 42, Virginia Tech 23
Winner: Virginia
No. 16 Virginia vs. No. 14 Virginia Tech · 19-point margin
Ranking 22/50 · Closeness 16/35 · Overtime 0/15
38
Game score
- 1989Week 11
Virginia Tech at Virginia
Virginia Tech 25, Virginia 32
Winner: Virginia
Unranked Virginia Tech vs. No. 18 Virginia · 7-point margin
Ranking 8/50 · Closeness 28/35 · Overtime 0/15
36
Game score
- 1993Week 13
Virginia Tech at Virginia
Virginia Tech 20, Virginia 17
Winner: Virginia Tech
No. 25 Virginia Tech vs. No. 23 Virginia · 3-point margin
Ranking 4/50 · Closeness 32/35 · Overtime 0/15
36
Game score
- 1977Week 7
Virginia Tech at Virginia
Virginia Tech 14, Virginia 14
Result: Tie
Unranked Virginia Tech vs. Unranked Virginia · 0-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 35/35 · Overtime 0/15
35
Game score
- 1946Week 4
Virginia at Virginia Tech
Virginia 21, Virginia Tech 21
Result: Tie
Unranked Virginia vs. Unranked Virginia Tech · 0-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 35/35 · Overtime 0/15
35
Game score
- 1935Week 9
Virginia at Virginia Tech
Virginia 0, Virginia Tech 0
Result: Tie
Unranked Virginia vs. Unranked Virginia Tech · 0-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 35/35 · Overtime 0/15
35
Game score
- 1933Week 10
Virginia at Virginia Tech
Virginia 6, Virginia Tech 6
Result: Tie
Unranked Virginia vs. Unranked Virginia Tech · 0-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 35/35 · Overtime 0/15
35
Game score
- 1931Week 10
Virginia at Virginia Tech
Virginia 0, Virginia Tech 0
Result: Tie
Unranked Virginia vs. Unranked Virginia Tech · 0-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 35/35 · Overtime 0/15
35
Game score
- 2000Week 14
Virginia at Virginia Tech
Virginia 21, Virginia Tech 42
Winner: Virginia Tech
Unranked Virginia vs. No. 6 Virginia Tech · 21-point margin
Ranking 20/50 · Closeness 14/35 · Overtime 0/15
34
Game score
- 1987Week 4
Virginia Tech at Virginia
Virginia Tech 13, Virginia 14
Winner: Virginia
Unranked Virginia Tech vs. Unranked Virginia · 1-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 34/35 · Overtime 0/15
34
Game score
- 1974Week 7
Virginia Tech at Virginia
Virginia Tech 27, Virginia 28
Winner: Virginia
Unranked Virginia Tech vs. Unranked Virginia · 1-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 34/35 · Overtime 0/15
34
Game score
- 1936Week 9
Virginia at Virginia Tech
Virginia 6, Virginia Tech 7
Winner: Virginia Tech
Unranked Virginia vs. Unranked Virginia Tech · 1-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 34/35 · Overtime 0/15
34
Game score
- 1996Week 15
Virginia at Virginia Tech
Virginia 9, Virginia Tech 26
Winner: Virginia Tech
No. 20 Virginia vs. No. 17 Virginia Tech · 17-point margin
Ranking 15/50 · Closeness 18/35 · Overtime 0/15
33
Game score
- 1979Week 11
Virginia Tech at Virginia
Virginia Tech 18, Virginia 20
Winner: Virginia
Unranked Virginia Tech vs. Unranked Virginia · 2-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 33/35 · Overtime 0/15
33
Game score
- 1992Week 13
Virginia at Virginia Tech
Virginia 41, Virginia Tech 38
Winner: Virginia
Unranked Virginia vs. Unranked Virginia Tech · 3-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 32/35 · Overtime 0/15
32
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.