Recently we reviewed the ACC’s best 25 OOC wins of the decade so far. Some really good wins got left off the list, so I decided for a little off-season reading to give you the best five OOC wins for each ACC team so far this decade
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1. Virginia 42 Boise State 23 – September 22, 2017
Winning at Boise State is not easy. Boise State lives to beat Power 5 schools. That did not happen on this day. Virginia played one their best games in years in wiping out the Broncos 42-23. It helped Virginia to a 5-1 start, and it was Bronco Mendenhall’s first signature win at Virginia.
2. Virginia 17 Penn State 16 – September 8, 2012
Virginia finished 4-8 in 2012, but they pulled off a stunner back in 2012 beating Penn State 17 – 16. This Penn State team went 8-4 and 6-2 in the Big 10. It was Mike London’s biggest win during his tenure at Virginia. At a time when the ACC was desperate for quality OOC wins, this quietly one of the better ones of the early 2010s.
3. Virginia 19 BYU 16 – August 31, 2013
It was another rough season for Virginia in 2013 as they went 2-10, but their 19-16 win over BYU was a standout one. This BYU team went 8-5 and was coached by future Virginia coach Bronco Mendenhall. In an otherwise dismal year, this was a definite highlight.
4. Virginia 49 Central Michigan 35 – September 24, 2016
The first three wins on this list are definitely of the quality variety. After that it became thin pickings. A 2-10 Virginia team did pick up a win in 2016 over a bowl bound Central Michigan team. Central Michigan was 3-0 with a victory over Oklahoma State when the Cavaliers knocked them off.
5. Virginia 34 Indiana 31 – September 10, 2011
I’m not sure a win over a 1-11 Indiana should really be on this list, but something had to take the 5th spot. It was a Power 5 road win so there’s that.
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Hokie Mark says:
May 20, 2018 at 8:49 pm (UTC -5)
1. Only 3 big OOC wins (only 1 P5) in 8 years is not great.
2. Same pattern for the top 3: UVa upset a pretty good but not great team which was overlooking them.
Jfann says:
May 21, 2018 at 7:06 am (UTC -5)
Yep not a strong list, but better than UNC which was the worst so far.