The Miami Hurricanes have lost four in a row with three of those coming on the road. Virginia Tech has lost their last three games by a combined 61 points. At the beginning of the season, this game was being pointed to as the defacto ACC Coastal Division Championship game.
Miami and Virginia Tech won against each other in blowouts on their home fields in each of the last two seasons. Virginia Tech won the ACC Coastal Division Title in 2016 and the Hurricanes captured their first outright Coastal title and made their first appearance in the ACC Championship game last season.