Virginia·ACC

2018 — The Winning Chapter

Virginia's 2018 season (8-5) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 8-5
Final result Bowl season Won the Belk Bowl
AP final #23 post-bowls
SP+ +4.2 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
W vs Richmond 42-13 L @ Indiana 16-20 W vs Ohio 45-31 W vs Louisv 27-3 L @ NC State 21-35 W vs Miami 16-13 W @ Duke 28-14 W vs UNC 31-21 L vs Pittsb 13-23 W vs Liberty 45-24 L @ Geor Tec 27-30 L @ Virg Tec 31-34 W vs S Caro 28-0 Bowl

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2018.

Defining moments
The statement

The 2018 season's largest margin: Virginia 42, Richmond 13. A 29-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: Virginia 21, NC State 35. A 14-point margin the season is remembered by.

The postseason

The season's last act: Virginia beat South Carolina 28-0 in the postseason.

"Wahoowa"
— Virginia fanbase voice · 2018· synthesized
What it meant

2018 is a middle chapter for Virginia — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.