Coach Bronco Mendenhall said his Virginia Cavaliers are preparing for Saturday's game against FCS opponent Abilene Christian the same way they would prepare for No. 1 Alabama.
"The focus is on us," he told reporters Monday. "That's just the core philosophy that I have kind of extracted from John Wooden. Have the focus entirely be on us. The context is the next game. ... There's very little attention that we put on the next opponent. The focus is only on us."
The contest in Charlottesville, Va., is the first meeting between the host Cavaliers (3-4) and Abilene Christian (1-4), a member of the Southland Conference.