Once seen as a game that might be circled on the schedule, it is not a game that many people are circling now. James Franklin and Virginia Tech will head to South Florida to take on No. 7 Miami, but the game doesn't have as much juice as it did not too long ago.
Miami enters the game 7-0 and has a chance to clinch a spot in the ACC Championship Game with a win over the Hokies, and they will enter the game as a 19.5-point favorite, according to DraftKings. The line wasn't that bad before Saturday night's results, but after Stanford blew out Virginia Tech at home, 40-22, it swelled. However, that is not the most surprising part of next weekend's game.
ESPN College GameDay will be at Virginia Tech at Miami
ESPN announced on Sunday that College GameDay will be in Miami on Saturday for the Hurricanes matchup with Virginia Tech. I mean, sure, Miami is worth College GameDay making an appearance, but there wasn't a better game that they have gone to? There is no SEC game that they could go to?
GET READY MIAMI, WE ARE COMING TO THE U! 🙌
— College GameDay (@CollegeGameDay) November 15, 2026
See you Saturday, @canesfootball 🌴 pic.twitter.com/PKxBfMPrQI
Now, it would not have been surprising to see College GameDay going to the ACC Championship Game next month in Charlotte, when the likely matchup will be Wake Forest against Miami. The two best ACC teams meeting would be a smart decision, but you can book College GameDay to the SEC Championship Game.
It has taken a long time for Virginia Tech to be on College GameDay, but given what has happened recently in some of the results, mainly Virginia Tech losing to lowly Stanford, it's completely stunning that this is the first College GameDay visit for the Hokies under Franklin. You couldn't make this up if you tried, no?
This has to be because Miami and clinch a spot in Charlotte after coming up short so many times under Mario Cristobal, and they are figuring that they are finally going to get over the hump, beat Virginia Tech, and get there. However, under Mario Cristobal, you never know.
Saturday's loss was alarming, to say the least, against Stanford, which makes the decision for College GameDay to head to Miami. I'm not sure that the four-letter network is thinking about this decision, but if they're going off the brand name, then I guess it makes sense. The sizable line, the different directions the two programs are going, and just everything else makes this a head-scratching decision.
Who knows, maybe, just maybe they will bring up what happened two years ago and break it down.
Add us as a preferred source on Google