Beamer Ball is Back: Virginia Tech Shoots Up Saturday Blitz Week 2 ACC Power Rankings
Saturday Blitz Week 2 ACC Power Rankings
9. Virginia Cavaliers 1-1 (0-0), Defeated Richmond 45-13 Last Weekend
Mike London and Virginia have honestly done enough to earn a spot higher on this list after blowing out Richmond and coming close to beating UCLA the week before. But there are a number of reasons they can’t be place that high on this list just yet, mainly because there’s not a lot about them to go on so early in the season.
For starters, the Cavaliers may get credit for playing UCLA close, but the Memphis Tigers did the exact same thing a week later. Now it doesn’t look like much to be impressed by. Also, as we are separating teams from each other, early in the season it still requires a little bit of looking back to last year, and it can’t be ignored that was Virginia’s first win after a 10-game slide.
This is still showing respect to the Cavaliers, who are ranked ahead of 2-0 Georgia Tech and 2-0 N.C. State. They just have a lot more work to do to be higher on this list, but it looks like the program is getting back on track in London’s fifth year as the head coach.
A game against Louisville this week will give us a better read on where they stand.