Formerly nationally ranked Louisville comes to Charlottesville this weekend riding a two-game losing streak, and Coach Jeff Brohm hopes the answer is simplification.

The Atlantic Coast Conference announced Monday that Virginia safety Jonas Sanker has been named the ACC’s Defensive Back of the Week.

Tony Elliott told his defense that if it wanted to become a top 25 team, then it needed to create more turnovers. The Cavaliers got the message.

Virginia struggled early but found its groove when it mattered most, outscoring Boston College 18-0 in the fourth quarter en route to a momentum-building, 24-14 victory on Homecomings weekend.

One of the keys to Saturday’s game is whether Virginia can build off the success the running game experienced in its last outing in a 43-24 win at Coastal Carolina two weeks ago.

The only team in Virginia football history to win 10 games will be honored at Scott Stadium on Saturday when the 1989 squad returns for a grand celebration.

Tony Elliott’s message to his Virginia football team this week has been as simple as cornbread: Defend our House.

Virginia, hoping to get off to a 4-1 start for the first time since 2019, is a 2.5-point favorite against visiting Boston College this Saturday.

We’ve been saying for weeks now that Xavier Brown is Virginia’s best running back, and last weekend’s trip to the beach proved he’s the best.

The Atlantic Coast Conference announced that Virginia’s Noah Josey has been named the ACC’s Offensive Lineman of the Week.

Tony Elliott has been waiting three years for a game like Saturday’s blowout of Coastal Carolina before a stadium-record crowd on the Chanticleers’ “Smurf Turf” field.

Virginia’s ground game came alive in dominating fashion at Coastal Carolina Saturday, as the Cavaliers rushed for their highest total in nearly 26 years en route to a 43-24 road win.

“Overall, they’re giving us a chance, but in fairness to them, man, it’s been a chess match trying to figure out the moving parts,” Coach Tony Elliott said this week.

Virginia’s passing game could flourish this weekend at Coastal Carolina if the Cavaliers’ receivers can beat man coverage, and if quarterback Anthony Colandrea is more accurate.

Against Maryland, the Cavaliers had four opportunities in the Red Zone and scored only one TD, settling for field goals twice.

Virginia boasts two of the top safeties in the ACC in home-grown Jonas Sanker and Antonio Clary.

Tony Elliott has coached some pretty good quarterbacks during his time at Clemson, and he’s sharing some of that knowledge in attempting to groom Virginia sophomore Anthony Colandrea into that winning mold.

Scattershooting around the ACC, while wondering if top basketball recruit Nate Ament postponing his visit to Virginia over the weekend was a good, bad or ugly thing.

Virginia has added its first commitment to its recruiting class of 2026 in quarterback Ely Hamrick of AC Reynolds High School in Asheville, N.C.