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By the numbers: UVA Football | ‘Hoos move up a single spot in AP Top 25

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UVA Football pretty much held serve in terms of the national rankings in its bye week, bumping up a single spot, to 18, in the AP Top 25.

The coaches – that is, the SIDs who cast the ballots for their coaches – moved the ‘Hoos (5-1, 3-0 ACC) up five spots, to 19.

Weird stuff coming from the ESPN Football Power Index, whose algorithm dropped Virginia two spots, to 38 – and notably, one spot behind Louisville, who lost at home to UVA last week.

The punishment there is, notably, not necessarily a function of NC State, the 1 in Virginia’s 5-1, getting blown out at Notre Dame on Saturday.

NC State held steady at 58 in the FPI this week.

Nor is the new FPI rendering a function of FSU now having lost three straight.

FSU, which lost at home at Pitt yesterday, dropped one spot, to 25.

Pitt’s reward for its road win at FPI 25: moving up three spots, to 45.

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Chris Graham is the founder and editor of Augusta Free Press. A 1994 alum of the University of Virginia, Chris is the author and co-author of seven books, including Poverty of Imagination, a memoir published in 2019. For his commentaries on news, sports and politics, go to his YouTube page, TikTok, BlueSky, or subscribe to Substack or his Street Knowledge podcast. Email Chris at [email protected].

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