The 2025 Virginia Cavaliers football team represented the University of Virginia in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) during the 2025 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Cavaliers were led by Tony Elliott in his fourth year as head coach and played their home games at Scott Stadium in Charlottesville, Virginia.
The Cavaliers had their most successful season to date under Elliot, reaching 11 wins in a season for the first time in program history. Included in their 8âÂÂ1 start to the season (their best since 1990) was a seven-game winning streak, their longest since 2007. It was the first time in program history that UVA started 5âÂÂ0 in conference play, a start that included a 46âÂÂ38 double-overtime home win over No. 8 Florida State on September 26 for their seventh all-time win against an AP Top 10 opponent, their first since 2023, and third such win against FSU. The Cavaliers concluded a 7âÂÂ1 season in the ACC with a 27âÂÂ7 home blowout victory over rival Virginia Tech for only their third victory over the Hokies since 1999 and first since 2019. With these successes, the Cavaliers achieved bowl eligibility for the first time since 2021 and played in their second ACC Championship Game. However, with a chance to make it into the College Football Playoff with a win, the Cavaliers were upset by the Duke Blue Devils 27âÂÂ20 in overtime, allowing Sun Belt champion James Madison to get in instead. They were selected to face Missouri in the Gator Bowl, which they won 13âÂÂ7, in the process setting the all-time program win record at 11.
Virginia had its first appearances in an AP, Coaches, or College Football Playoff Top 25 poll since 2019, with its initial No. 14 ranking being its highest since the inception of the CFP in 2014. They finished a season ranked in the AP poll for the first time since 2004.
The Virginia Cavaliers drew an average home attendance of 48,776, the 46th-highest of all college football teams.