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Virginia Tech football comes out of its bye week as a ranked program, appearing at No. 25 in the AP poll, for the first time in two seasons and will face a No. 17th-ranked North Carolina team on Saturday in Chapel Hill, N.C. The game is set for a 3:30 p.m. kick in Kenan Memorial Stadium and can be seen on ABC or ESPN2.

• Multimedia page - includes links to Tech's game notes, this week's opponent's game notes, ACC weekly notes and head coach Justin Fuente's quotes from Monday's press conference.

POLL POSITION

• After a 35-poll absence, Virginia Tech is back in the AP Top 25 at No. 25 this week. The Hokies were last ranked at No. 17 following a 35-21 win at Ohio State (9/6/14).

• The last time a ranked VT squad faced a ranked foe was when the No. 17 Hokies faced No. 13 Michigan in the Sugar Bowl (1/3/12).
• Tech is 16-10 as a member of the ACC against ranked ACC foes, including a 10-3 mark on the road.
• A ranked UNC squad hasn’t hosted a ranked foe at home since No. 21 UNC beat No. 22 GT 28-7 (11/8/08).
• UNC is 3-8 against AP Top 25 foes under Larry Fedora.

HOKIES HIT THE ROAD AT UNC

• The Hokies are 3-1 under Justin Fuente after a 54-17 win vs. East Carolina (9/24).
• UNC is 4-1 after a 37-35 win at No. 12 FSU (10/1) on a 54-yard FG as time expired. UNC’s only loss was a 33-24 decision vs. UGA (9/3).
• UNC also rallied from a 36-23 deficit vs. Pitt (9/24) for a last-second 37-36 victory.
• The last time VT played its first true road game (non-neutral site) at an opponent’s home site this late was at Wake Forest (10/9/04).
• The Hokies lost a wild 30-27 OT decision last season vs. No. 12 UNC (11/21/15).
• UNC owns a nine-game home winning streak and hasn’t lost at home since a 35-7 loss vs. NC State (11/29/14).

#LPD, ACC, POWER 5 NUMBERS

• Tech’s defense has forced 30 opponent drives to go three-and-out (or less) this season.
• The Hokies are 9-3 (.750) in ACC play against North Carolina and haven’t lost back-to-back games against UNC as a conference foe.

• Tech is 30-3 (.909) when registering 6.0 or more sacks, including last week’s win vs. ECU (9/24).
• Since VT joined the ACC in 2004, Tech is 108- 15 (.878) when holding foes to 24 points or fewer.
• UNC has lost 10 straight when scoring 24 points or fewer.
• Under Larry Fedora UNC is 22-2 (.917) when scoring 30+ points, including 16 straight wins.
• Since the start of the 2004 season, Tech is 53-4 (.930) when forcing two or more INTs, including a 21-1 (.955) mark on the road.
• The LPD has allowed a mere 45 completions, with only four Power Five teams allowing fewer.
• Tech LB Andrew Motuapuaka (9.2) fourth in the ACC in tackles per game and leads all LBs.
• DE Ken Ekanem is tied for sixth in the ACC with 4.5 sacks. Ekanem was in on a sack/safety vs. ECU (9/24).

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