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2026 Week 3 Virginia Cavaliers Rankings

Main Poll Voters

User Rank Rationale
CFBHurts 4 Thrashed what may be a solid NC State team
jalexjsmithj 5 Vs NCState
BuckeyeForLife95 7 (1+0.25) X (46.5/5.5) X (439.5/195.5) = 23.76
Charlemagne42 7 Seriously Virginia?? You too?
Bank_Gothic 8
ColombianInIowa24 8 28.03
Tornadohunter24 8 [2-0, 1-0 ACC] (-2) | SOR: #24
Noelthemexican 9
SpadeRyker 9
T-Thugs 9 Virginia is 2-0 with a blowout win over North Carolina State. Could pick up a second p4 win this week against West Virginia.
bladefencer 10 0.854, +44, Power: 13, Off: 15, Def: 7, SOR: 30
cyberchaox 10
digdat0 10
Doogitywoogity 10 Maybe I’m overreacting. It’s a bit hard to tell with this squad, just like last year. NC State vs Vandy and UVa vs WVU this weekend will help in figuring this iteration of the hoo. Virginia has a very favorable schedule, so if they really are legit they should be the only real challenge to Miami in the ACC.
Justanother_0 10 If Miami chokes away their ticket to the playoffs, it looks like the Cavaliers will be the first ones in line to take it.
manbeardawg 10
tks231 11
Maladroit44 12
Muffinnnnnnn 12
spmartin1993 12
SufferingfOrLife 12 ↑3

Result: (W) 59-3 Norfolk State
nbingham196 13
realclean 13
SlaminSammons 13
StFuzzySlippers 13
TDenverFan 13
Blazeth 14
chillmagic420 14
DarkLegend64 14
ewolfy13 14
outthawazoo 14 See Miami.
owl_man 14
Rakarei 14
redwave2505 14
Ruhrgebietheld 14
Striker743 14
TadKosciuszko 14
the_neverdoctor 14
AllHawkeyesGoToHell 15
Helifino 15
Pikachu1989 15
thescottula 15
xX_GIGA_MAN_Xx 15 (+3) LOCK IN RICH ROD WE HAVE TO DEFEND THE SONG
AJ_CC 16
CommodoreN7 16
cornholesurfer 16
daredassdude 16
Dropbackandpunt 16
jimbobbypaul 16
jrich960608 16
KansasEF5Tornado 16
mcdsmaster8824 16
mthompson2320 16 LW: 17
NyquillusDillwad20 16
owlalwaysloveyew 16
SCsprinter13 16
sickmemes48 16
smartkeg 16 Get credit for trouncing NC State. Very good team that has a chance to win the ACC this year.
Staind075 16
tdoger 16
Aidanj927 17
BananaBouquet 17
BendrickLamar19 17
bretticus733 17
bwburke94 17
Cars-and-Coffee 17 2-0. Power 10.3 (#17), resume #33 (58.0% strength of record).
Darth_Ra 17
JBonkies 17
jjjoebox 17
Klaassy23 17
Luigiatl 17
noahthearc 17
PlactusTX 17 LW: 17 | W Norfolk State | Tier 3 | Wins: T4, I-AA
plannedsickdays 17
seaotter2 17
TaylorLeprechaun 17 NR
VerySeriousBanana 17
ALStark69 18 +2; BTA
DarthYoda2594 18
douchebagjack 18 P4 + FCS win. NC State won’t be good but better than GT or FSU, i think so?
elnino550 18
EpicSchwinn 18
halldaylong 18
Jakesnake42 18 I liked it better when UVA was a 2-10 team yearly. Last Week: #20
MemeofMemeJTG999999 18 (2-0) (up 3)
W: 59-3 vs Norfolk State (1-2)
Next Week: vs West Virginia (2-0) (in Charlotte)
Projected Bowl: Pop-Tarts Bowl vs Houston
RobertNeyland 18
Techwid 18
The-Gothic-Castle 18
TimeBroken 18
Acm0028 19
BearsAreGreat1 19
Corgi_Koala 19
fredmerc111 19
frumious88 19
IceColdDrPepper_Here 19
kflinderman 19
ManiacalBlazer 19
NotSoSuperNerd 19 1.068 [9.51-2.49]
PattyKane16 19
RiffRamBahZoo 19
roguebandit1 19
Terminal_BAS 19
texas2089 19
vanburen1845 19
12panther 20
aggiebruin27 20
BoukenGreen 20
Cassiyus 20
Cecil_Hardboner 20
Ch-i-ef 20
cvsprinter1 20
deadtofall12 20
DisraeliEers 20
eclectic_tastes 20
grjohnst 20
Hackasizlak 20
IAmAChemicalEngineer 20
Jay_Dubbbs 20
jthomas694 20
MemeLovingLoser 20 Change: ▼ 14 | Previous Rank: 6th | Wins Composite Rank: 16th | SoS Composite Rank: 81st | Margin of Victory Rank: 14th | Penalties Composite Rank: 18th | Yardage Composite Rank: 24th | Turnover Composite Rank: 12th | 3rd/4th Down Conversion Rank: 40th | Other Stats Rank: 33rd
Mr_Brews 20
MrTheSpork 20
Pyromania1983 20 Virginia is rolling and looking like a true contender in the ACC. After a 34-8 Week 1 win, Virginia topped that with a 59-3 win in Week 2. With the way the team has looked, and a favorable schedule this year, this team will likely continue moving up in the rankings in the coming weeks.
samspopguy 20
sgtshenanigans 20
SteemieRayVaughn 20
TheUltimate721 20
ya111101 20
Zloggt 20 Pollsters be underappreciating the 'Hoos...not me though!
arbadak 21 .697 rating, 2-0, SOS .422 (NEW, +34)
Blooblod 21
ch1l1_ch33s3 21
dukemetoo 21
hascogrande 21
Jerrywelfare 21
jrluhn 21
Shion314 21
strikersteve60 21
True_Ad5324 21
_fastball 22
bannista7 22
Casaiir 22
ChaseTheFalcon 22
Conn3er 22
Drexlore 22
grey_pilgrim_ 22
HideNZeke 22 I'll be honest I don't know anything about this team but I'll trust that everyone else has a good point here.
JeromesNiece 22
jmac_21 22
Lex_Ludorum 22
lowes18 22
MainPeanut25 22
malowry0124 22
monkeymatt1836 22
soonerfreak 22
tomdawg0022 22
w8w8 22
Xy13 22
Corporal_Hicks 23
djowen68 23
dschinghiskhan 23
Fmeson 23
GeauxTri 23
HelioOne 23
HieloLuz 23 2-0
1 P4 win v NC State
Both blowouts
jonstark19 23
OldCoaly 23
Pollaski 23
PSUMediaPA 23
Pure_Protein_Machine 23
RollWarTideEagle 23
scronko 23
shifty1032231 23
sirgippy 23 GippyRank expected rank: 25.3. Central 80% interval: 7–53. Top-25 probability: 63%.
Sometimeswelose 23
WarEagle9 23
Bereft13 24 Power: 24, SoR: 26; LW: 19
Bill3ffinMurray 24
CambodianDrywall 24
CptCheese 24
flyingcircusdog 24 Looking good, but the jury is still out on NC State win
jrichardh 24
JustinMSU21 24
nemoran 24
penisthightrap_ 24
PeteyNice 24
RegionalBias 24
TheNSAAgent777 24
Conglossian 25 -2
CRedds19 25
diehardcubforever 25
ehoefler 25 73.54
galacticdude7 25
laprasrules 25
placid_salad 25 LW: #32
Player_1_has_Joined 25
romulusjsp 25
T-nawtical 25 Nebraska, Kansas St., Tulsa, Mississippi St., Washington, Florida, South Carolina, Vanderbilt, Oklahoma St., Iowa,
TolkienFan71 25
TouchdownHeroes 25

Provisional Poll Voters

User Rank Rationale
grahamca 1 T1ˢᵗ W/L, T1ˢᵗ Predicted Wins, 1ˢᵗ Team Strength, 1ˢᵗ Quality of Wins
BlackGoose_13 8
LegionMammal978 8 [T8.] (+40) GS .857, TS 34.
BoilerUp28 11
fm22fnam 11
isrealball 11
MyAngelMiraidon 12 Kinda in an Alabama spot of running over NC State
beckett929 13
BlueRFR3100 13
Living_Human 13 73.78
ndbfsu22 13
penix4heisman 13
S3G 13
Sflabuckeye13 13
Spazzatack 13
JackWK_Gaming 14
NoOutdoorSoup 14
Protoco2 14
Rhizical 14
rt13wx 14
SportsCat4 14
DillyDillySzn 15
DownshiftGD 15
jtsmd2 15
Milflover69cbb 15
Pure-Shirt-5831 15
Aggravating-Steak-69 16
buccaneerboy22 16
chief_sitass 16
hbh110 16
kevinsdomain 16
meta_irl 16
mr_longfellow_deeds 16
Star_Wars_Sith 16
tbraptors 16
Yelich04 16 ^4
bigred91224 17
Blazemaster77 17
DarthGlazer 17 nice games
GenuineBoss 17
New_Prior2253 17 Very high on UVA due to the maturity of their OL. I think they are the 3rd best team in the ACC.
newSomberMan 17
Repulsive_Rub6443 17
RowDull8230 17
S2OP 17 (+5)
SaguaroCactus19 17
Select-Edge-3262 17 +4
ted1995 17
thehornedlamb 17
ArlyntheAwesome 18
FrontRunner51 18 (+4)
GrimmacingGrinny 18
HHunko13 18
jibberishdhyukl 18
JJones927 18
LightningDusty 18 ↑3
MWiatrak2077 18
quantum_jedi 18 (29.44) The Hoos dominated the first two games in impressive fashion. Tony Elliot has Virginia looking possibly even better(!) than even last year.
SignificanceFirm2398 18
Underground_Bread 18
EL-YEO 19
FuzzyDunlop911 19
Josh_historybuff 19 59-3 vs FCS
jtchr33 19 Still looking good.
Klightgrove 19
Midnight-Mustang 19
NA_Faker 19
NebraskaPlainsman 19
Rishik01 19
ValarMorghulis_17 19
CALL_ME_ISHMAEBY 20
g_trechel 20
gonshpreds1 20
hiiightide 20
KansasChaser2021 20
MajikSix 20
myworld3 20
samtaylor92 20
SomerandomIDFBfan 20
The_Good_General 20
39_Ringo 21
70277027 21
_THE__BOULDER_ 21 Easy win against a cupcake team in Norfolk State. Next game is against WVU and, while I would expect UVA to win, that might be an interesting one to look out for.
bolts_win_again 21
bruhstevenson 21
divey043 21
FindGreatness23 21
josh55134 21
LonghornInNebraska 21
Noahsince2002 21
PrideSax711 21
Tch267702 21
AoA_nB1 22 Did their job
DirectTop8624 22
Esb5415 22
Kareem89086 22
loneSTAR_06 22
Neither_Call2913 22 Looking okay, but no real quality win yet.
sportstrap 22
666PeaceKeepaGirl 23
Impossible-Still-349 23 (NEW!) the most safe pick I could pick to replace Iowa State
Jacob_Sumner 23
jwrtf 23
manbeqrpig 23
requiemsux 23
RJTrey 23
alexjcode_com 24 871
BeyondLiesTheWub 24 +1
geauxsaints777 24
HereComesNightTime 24
irishspring4521 24
IWieldTheFlameOfAnor 24
jackmc04 24 (-2) dropped bc of others
MisguidedPassion 24
Piptit 24
Salmon-Dude 24
Small_Company_5697 24
spaceblev11 24
the_lost_carrot 24
UnableToBelieveIt 24
WRSpill 24 (24) Dropped: Oklahoma (7), Oregon (9)
_Junk_Rat_ 25
ab317 25
ceris13 25
Ethanol-Muffins 25
Kirkwood641 25
meristematic 25
Ok_Boysenberry716 25
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Green = Hybrid

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