... ACC teams go, Virginia Tech is by far the one most familiar with the national title scene. They played Florida State for the NC (albeit as a Big East team) in 2000 and were a late loss to Miami away from returning the following year.

In the BCS era, they've traveled to the Sugar Bowl in '05 and were back-to-back ACC representatives in the Orange Bowl in '08 and '09, winning last year over the Cincinnati Bearcats.

Their just-short-of-stellar play the last few years has made them the premier program in the ACC on a consistent basis, and they've controlled the fate of the conference title for nearly every year they've been a member.

They were ranked fifth coming into this year, and, despite the loss to Alabam...

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