# 2011 Virginia Tech Hokies football team

The 2011 Virginia Tech Hokies football team represented the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Hokies were led by 25th-year head coach Frank Beamer and played their home games at Lane Stadium. They were members of the Coastal Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the season with 11–3 overall record, 7–1 in ACC play, as champions of the Coastal Division. They were defeated by Clemson in the 2011 ACC Championship Game, 10–38. They were invited to the Sugar Bowl, where they lost to Michigan, 20–23 in overtime.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| September 3 | 12:30 p.m. | No. 2 (FCS) Appalachian State* | No. 13 | Lane StadiumBlacksburg, VA | ACCN | W 66–13 | 66,233 |
| September 10 | 3:30 p.m. | at East Carolina* | No. 11 | Dowdy–Ficklen StadiumGreenville, NC | FSN | W 17–10 | 49,404 |
| September 17 | 4:00 p.m. | Arkansas State* | No. 13 | Lane StadiumBlacksburg, VA | FSN | W 26–7 | 66,233 |
| September 24 | 3:30 p.m. | at Marshall* | No. 13 | Joan C. Edwards StadiumHuntington, WV | CBSSN | W 30–10 | 34,424 |
| October 1 | 6:00 p.m. | No. 13 Clemson | No. 11 | Lane StadiumBlacksburg, VA | ESPN2 | L 3–23 | 66,233 |
| October 8 | 3:30 p.m. | Miami (FL) | No. 21 | Lane StadiumBlacksburg, VA (rivalry) | ABC/ESPN | W 38–35 | 66,233 |
| October 15 | 6:30 p.m. | at Wake Forest | No. 19 | BB&T FieldWinston-Salem, NC | ESPN3 | W 38–17 | 35,026 |
| October 22 | 3:00 p.m. | Boston College | No. 16 | Lane StadiumBlacksburg, VA (rivalry) | FSN | W 30–14 | 66,233 |
| October 29 | 12:30 p.m. | at Duke | No. 15 | Wallace Wade StadiumDurham, NC | ACCN | W 14–10 | 27,392 |
| November 10 | 8:00 p.m. | at No. 20 Georgia Tech | No. 10 | Bobby Dodd StadiumAtlanta, GA (Battle of the Techs) | ESPN | W 37–26 | 50,140 |
| November 17 | 8:00 p.m. | North Carolina | No. 9 | Lane StadiumBlacksburg, VA | ESPN | W 24–21 | 66,233 |
| November 26 | 3:30 p.m. | at No. 24 Virginia | No. 6 | Scott StadiumCharlottesville, VA (Commonwealth Cup) | ABC/ESPN2 | W 38–0 | 61,124 |
| December 3 | 8:00 p.m. | vs. No. 21 Clemson | No. 5 | Bank of America StadiumCharlotte, NC (ACC Championship Game) | ESPN | L 10–38 | 73,675 |
| January 3, 2012 | 8:30 p.m. | vs. No. 13 Michigan* | No. 17 | Mercedes-Benz SuperdomeNew Orleans, LA (Sugar Bowl) (College GameDay) | ESPN | L 20–23 $^{OT}$ | 64,512 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Eastern time ||||||||

## Rankings

Ranking movements Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking :
| | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week |
| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Final |
| AP | 13 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 21 | 19 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 21 |
| Coaches | 13 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 17 |
| Harris | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | 18 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 11 | Not released |
| BCS | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | 12 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 11 | Not released |

## Game summaries
### Virginia

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • Virginia Tech | 7 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 38 |
| Virginia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |