There is no trivializing this five point advance in the College Football Bowl rankings for the beginning of the second week in November. The Hokies ended up advancing to #14 with three weeks to go in their regular season schedule and their ACC Coastal Division fate in their own hands.
There are three other ACC teams in the top 25 CFB rankings. Clemson is still bumping up there at #2, with Carolina bumping up a bit #17 and #18, respectively. That’s a pretty huge jump from #2 to #14, though. We’ll see if there is “room to rise” over the next three games.