The 2010 Virginia Tech Hokies football team represented

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in the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS college football season. The Hokies were led by 24th-year head coach

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and played their home games at Lane Stadium. They were champions of the

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after winning the Coastal Division and defeating Florida State 44–33 in the 2010 ACC Championship Game. The 2010 Hokies were only the second-ever team ranked in the AP Poll to lose to a FCS opponent (

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). (The other ranked team to lose to a FCS team is #5

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to Appalachian State.) The loss was the team's second in six days, as it also lost to then #3 ranked

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in Landover, MD in a nationally televised Monday night contest. After the JMU loss, Tech reeled off ten straight wins and became the first team to go undefeated in ACC play since

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in 2000. It finished its regular season with a 10–2 record and now holds the longest streak of ten-win seasons in the NCAA with seven. Tech played

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in the Discover Orange Bowl after they beat Florida State 44–33 in the 2010 ACC Championship Game. They lost to Stanford by a score of 40–12.

Schedule

Rankings

Roster

Coaching staff

Game summaries

Vs. No. 3 Boise State

No. 12 (FCS) James Madison

East Carolina

At Boston College

At No. 23 NC State

Central Michigan

Wake Forest

Duke

Georgia Tech

At North Carolina

At No. 24 Miami (FL)

Virginia

Vs. No. 20 Florida State (ACC Championship Game)

Vs. No. 5 Stanford (Orange Bowl)

Flyovers

Virginia Tech home games have featured flyovers by military aircraft.

References

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