The last time the Virginia Tech Hokies won the ACC Coastal Division and played in the ACC Championship game was in 2011. Back then, the defending ACC Champion No. 5 Hokies faced a very familiar foe. The Clemson Tigers. During the previous meeting the Fighting Gobblers fell to Tajh Boyd and the Tigers, 10-38. The Hokies and the Tigers meet, once again, five years later at the same event. The Hokies look to retake the ACC Crown while the Tigers hope to defend and secure a place in the College Football Playoff.
The Hokies, wrapped in maroon, kicked off to the Tigers for the touchback.