The Virginia Cavaliers and the Boston College Eagles meet in week 5 ACC college football action from Alumni Stadium on Saturday afternoon.

Virginia Remains Winless

The Virginia Cavaliers came close but couldn’t finish the job in their last matchup, losing to NC State by a final score of 24-21 to drop to 0-4 on the year. Anthony Colandrea has thrown for 923 yards, 5 touchdowns and 6 interceptions on 61.8% passing while Kobe Pace leads the Cavaliers with 100 rushing yards. Malik Washington leads Virginia’s receivers with 28 grabs for 459 yards and 3 touchdowns while Malachi Fields has 22 receptions for 267 yards this season. On defense, Jonas Sanker has a team-high 33 total tackles while Kam Butler has a team-high 3.5 sacks this season.

Virginia Cavaliers Team Facts

Virginia has lost each of its last seven games.
Virginia has covered the spread in five of its last six road games against conference opponents.
Virginia has lost the first half in six of its last eight games against conference opponents.
Nine of Virginia’s last 11 September games against non-AP-ranked teams have gone UNDER the total points line.

Boston College Routed By Louisville

The Boston College Eagles dropped back-to-back conference games following a 56-28 loss to Louisville in their last game to drop to 1-3 on the year. Thomas Castellanos has thrown for 909 yards, 8 touchdowns and 2 interceptions on 57.3% passing while also leading the Eagles in rushing with 280 yards and 3 touchdowns. Kye Robichaux has 206 rushing yards and 2 touchdowns. Lewis Bond leads BC with 246 receiving yards and 4 touchdowns while Ryan O’Keefe has a team-high 20 catches for 214 yards. Another three eagles have 100+ receiving yards this season. On defense, Vinny DePalma has a team-high 34 total tackles while Neto Okpala has a pair of sacks.

Boston College Eagles Team Facts

Boston College has won each of its last seven matches as a home favorite when playing with a rest disadvantage.
Boston College has failed to cover the spread in each of its last seven September games against non-AP-ranked teams.
Boston College has lost the first half in 11 of its last 12 games against conference opponents.
Each of Boston College’s last eight games have gone OVER the total points line.

Matchup/League Facts

Boston College was one of only 26 FBS teams to win 2+ games when trailing after Q3 last season.
Boston College was one of only 27 FBS teams to lose 2+ games when leading after Q3 last season.
Virginia ranked 9th among FBS teams for Q4 points allowed per game last season (4.3).
Virginia ranked 16th among FBS teams for H2 points allowed per game last season (9.4).

Chris’ Pick

I’m leaning towards Boston College here. Both teams have some offensive issues, but for my money, the Eagles have been more competitive against the better teams like almost upsetting Florida State while Virginia’s been blown out in both of their true road games this season. I don’t think it’s too farfetched to think that Boston College is good enough to win this one by a touchdown, so I’ll lay the points with BC at home here.