College Football
#42

Virginia Cavaliers

ACC · 4-3

Scott Stadium · 61,500 seats

Virginia Cavaliers rank #42 among FBS teams in the Predictium ratings with an opponent-adjusted net rating of +0.055 points per play (Elo 1552), a 4-3 record in the ACC, and 46% of that rating still riding on preseason priors.

Ratings

Net rating
+0.055
#42 in FBS
Offense
+0.026
higher is better
Defense
-0.029
lower is better
SOS
+0.035
mean opp. rating
Elo
1552
Off EPA/play
+0.041
higher is better
Def EPA/play
-0.039
lower is better
Off success
+0.027
Def success
-0.014
Off explosive
-0.007
Def explosive
-0.014
Rush EPA
+0.047
offense
Pass EPA
+0.050
offense
Pts / drive
2.67
10.1 drives/gm
Pts / opportunity
3.16
inside opp 40

Offense and Defense are the net rating's own split (offense − defense reconciles to net rating exactly); everything else is opponent-adjusted, per play. Defensive numbers are from the defense's perspective: negative means opponents produced less than expected. SOS is the mean net rating of every opponent on the schedule.

What drives our rating

No black box: these are the actual model inputs behind Virginia's number, including exactly how much is still preseason prior versus observed play.

Preseason prior+0.026

Where our rating started before a snap was played

Prior season rating+0.102

Last season's final rating, for comparison

Offseason adjustment-0.076

This season's prior minus last season's final rating — our offseason risers/fallers number

Prior remaining46%

How much of today's rating still rides on that prior — fades as real games arrive

Returning production10%

Share of last season's production (PPA) back on the roster

Recruiting talent+0.21σ

Recruiting talent, standard deviations above the FBS average

Transfer portal+8.0 pts

Net production gained or lost through the transfer portal

Coaching changeNo

First-year head coach adds uncertainty and resets some priors

Quarterback

B. Pribula1 starts

Rating trajectory

Weekly net rating across the season — starts at the preseason prior and moves as real games replace it.

+0.060.00Wk 1Wk 8

Schedule & results

WkOpponentResultOur lineMarketATS
1vsNC StateW 34–8———
2vsNorfolk StateW 59–3———
3NWest VirginiaL 27–38———
4vsDelawareW 42–3———
5@Florida StateL 7–38———
6vsSyracuseW 28–25———
7@SMUL 13–23———
8vsDukeOct 23———
9@Wake ForestOct 31———
11vsCaliforniaNov 14———
12vsNorth CarolinaNov 21———
13@Virginia TechNov 28———