2023 Week 11 Wrap up

With two weeks left in the season, we have two championship games completely set, and a winner-take-all divisional game in place.

EDIT:  Maybe not....ACC is being #goacc again....

VT - most frequent opponents

I've been keeping a list of VT's opponents since my freshman year of 2002.  This keeps track of how many times we've played teams and our win-loss record.

It's also interesting to keep track of which teams are at the top of the list.

Currently at the top is Boston College with today being the 23rd matchup over the last 22 season.  For some reason, even though we were in opposite divisions, the ACC decided to make us permanent crossover rivals. Even though the two teams didn't play each other in 2004, they had two matchups in the ACCCG, which keeps BC in the lead.

Next up is uva and Miami, both tied at 21.  Both were annual rivals, however games got skipped for both.  When the ACC got rid of divisions after the 2022 season, they did not choose to protect VT/Miami as an annual rivalry.  However, after the schedule reshuffle in 2023 to accommodate three new teams, that rivalry did get protected as a guaranteed annual matchup.  And of course, VT/UVA skipped 2022 due to the tragic events that occurred to the UVA football team that November.

At what point does uva or Miami overtake BC as the most common opponent of VT in that era?  While 2002 might seem arbitrary to many, we could also extend this exercise back to the beginning of the Big East in the early 90s, so the numbers would still be relative to one another.

While uva and Miami are back to permanent annual status, VT is only scheduled to play BC twice in the next 7 years - 2024 and 2026.

BC will stay two games ahead of the others in 2024 (24 vs 22), but the others will close that gap by one game in 2025 (24 vs 23).  The one game gap remains in 2026 (25 vs 24), and then uva and Miami will finally tie BC in 2027 (25 all around).  Starting in 2028, uva and Miami will pull ahead on the list.

Of course, all of this assumes the ACC status quo remains for the next few years.  Which I wouldn't bet on....

2023 Week 11 ACC update

Louisville beating uva on Thursday night had a major effect on the ACC race.  It's not over, but it's close.

2023 Week 10 Wrap up

I'm using my extra hour today to determine conference races.

2023 Week 9 wrap up

One of the problems of having a Thursday night game in October is wanting to start looking ahead, but having to wait at least 2 days for everyone else to play.

Championship Rematch Odds

Now that the conferences are all trending towards divisionless formats, what are the odds of seeing rematches in the conference championship games?

2023 Week 8 Wrap up

Virginia Tech gets a bye week and I take a Saturday off to do other activities, and I find that football has fallen into madness.

2023 Week 7 wrap-up

The networks actually scheduled all of the Power 5 games to end before midnight on Saturday.  So we have an early look at how shaken up the conference races got.  Plus, we have our first teams officially being taken out of conference title contention.

2023 Week 6 wrap up

We are now far enough into the season where those fortunate teams who have not lost nor had a bye are now bowl eligible.

2023 Week 5 wrap up

 As we finally enter October, every one has finally entered conference play except for Miami, somehow.