Boston College will open ACC play at noon on September 26, when Virginia Tech comes to Alumni Stadium, the conference announced Monday.
The game will be carried on ESPN, ESPN2 or ACC Network, with the final network assignment to be determined after the September 19 slate is completed. It also marks the fourth and final game of Boston College’s three-game homestand, and both teams will be kicking off their ACC schedules.
Before that matchup arrives, Boston College hosts Maine on September 19. Virginia Tech heads to Maryland for its first road game of the season.
The Eagles are 1-1 entering this week. They started with a 34-15 loss at Cincinnati, then bounced back six days later with a 28-21 win over Rutgers in the Red Bandanna Game. Bill O’Brien’s group now gets one more chance to tighten things up against Maine before league play begins.
Virginia Tech is rolling early under James Franklin. The Hokies are 2-0 after a 73-3 win over VMI and a 44-21 victory over Old Dominion on Saturday. In that latest win, quarterback Ethan Grunkemeyer went 31 of 42 for 327 yards and two touchdowns, while tight end Luke Reynolds had eight catches for 108 yards and two scores.
The Hokies’ offseason makeover was a major one. Virginia Tech finished 3-9 in 2025, which led to Franklin being hired in November after his long run at Penn State, where he won a Big Ten championship, reached the College Football Playoff and picked up multiple New Year’s Six victories.
The roster turned over, too. Virginia Tech, like Boston College, rebuilt through the portal and added Grunkemeyer from Penn State along with former Duke receiver Que'Sean Brown, Louisiana Tech receiver Marlion Jackson and Penn State tight end Luke Reynolds.
History leans heavily toward Virginia Tech in this series. The Hokies own a 22-11 edge overall, are 6-11 at Boston College and have won the last three meetings. They’ve also taken seven of the last 10.
Still, this matchup has produced some big moments. In 2007, Matt Ryan led one of the most famous rallies in Boston College history, with No.
2 BC erasing a deficit and scoring 14 unanswered fourth-quarter points to stun No. 8 Virginia Tech 14-10 in Blacksburg.
The teams met again in the ACC Championship Game that season, and Virginia Tech won 30-16. Boston College got a 28-23 regular-season win in 2008, but Virginia Tech answered again in the ACC title game with a 30-12 victory.
The recent results have gone the Hokies’ way:
2024: Virginia Tech 42, Boston College 21
2023: Virginia Tech 48, Boston College 22
2022: Virginia Tech 27, Boston College 10
2021: Boston College 17, Virginia Tech 3
2020: Virginia Tech 40, Boston College 14
2019: Boston College 35, Virginia Tech 28
2018: Boston College 31, Virginia Tech 21
Boston College’s last win in the series came in 2021, when it held Virginia Tech to three points in a 17-3 win at Alumni Stadium in the Red Bandanna game.
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