After their first bye of the 2025 season, the Virginia Tech football team will return to the field on Friday night when California comes across the country to play the Hokies in the first ACC matchup between the two schools.
Virginia Tech comes into the game 2-5 in a season that feels like they will be playing out the string after it started with three straight losses to South Carolina, Vanderbilt, and Old Dominion, which got Brent Pry fired. Since then, Philip Montgomery has been named interim coach, and some players have entered the Transfer Portal.