Editing University of Virginia (section)

===Rivalries===
Official ACC designated rivalry games include the [[Virginia–Virginia Tech rivalry]] and the Virginia–[[Louisville Cardinals|Louisville]] series. These two rivalries are guaranteed an annual game in all sports, and a home-and-away series in men's and women's basketball. The Cavaliers competed against the Hokies in the ''[[Virginia-Virginia Tech rivalry#Commonwealth Challenge & Clash|Commonwealth Challenge]]'' and more recently competed in the ''Commonwealth Clash'', under new rules, for many sports in which they compete head-to-head. The Cavaliers went 2–0 against the Hokies in the ''Challenge'' and 3–2 in the ''Clash'' (5–2 overall). Perhaps the two most significant rivalry games played between the Cavaliers and Hokies were both in men's basketball, on March 1, 2007, and January 15, 2019. In the former, the two teams met with identical 10–4 ACC records and the winner would clinch a share of the regular-season conference championship. UVA won the game 69–56 and took their fifth [[List of Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball regular season champions#By school|of ten]] ACC titles. In the latter, No. 4 UVA beat No. 9 Virginia Tech 81–59 in the only meeting between two AP Top 10 teams in the rivalry's history.

[[File:VT_-_UVA_2012_-_Akil_Mitchell_provides_defense.jpg|right|upright|thumb|UVA's [[Akil Mitchell]] defends Virginia Tech's [[Cadarian Raines]] in 2012 at Blacksburg]]

The ACC is often regarded as the best college basketball conference,<ref>[https://www.ncaa.com/news/basketball-men/article/2017-01-26/college-basketball-numbers-look-why-acc-toughest-conference Why the ACC Is the Toughest Conference in Basketball] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181015003042/https://www.ncaa.com/news/basketball-men/article/2017-01-26/college-basketball-numbers-look-why-acc-toughest-conference |date=October 15, 2018 }}, accessed October 14, 2018</ref><ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/22/sports/ncaabasketball/acc-basketball-ncaa-tournament.html This A.C.C. Might Be the Best Basketball League Ever] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181015003045/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/22/sports/ncaabasketball/acc-basketball-ncaa-tournament.html |date=October 15, 2018 }}, accessed October 14, 2018</ref><ref>[https://www.espn.com/espn/dickvitale/story/_/id/11790975/dick-vitale-rates-acc-best-conference-college-basketball Dick Vitale: ACC is the best basketball conference] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240925022929/https://www.espn.com/espn/dickvitale/story/_/id/11790975/dick-vitale-rates-acc-best-conference-college-basketball |date=September 25, 2024 }}, accessed February 22, 2016</ref><ref>[https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaab/2015/01/27/college-basketball-caucus-which-is-the-best-conference/22402311/ College Basketball Caucus: Which is the Best Conference?] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160323234030/http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaab/2015/01/27/college-basketball-caucus-which-is-the-best-conference/22402311/ |date=March 23, 2016 }}, accessed February 22, 2016</ref><ref>[http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/eye-on-college-basketball/25118100/observations-acc-makes-its-case-as-college-hoops-best-conference ACC Makes Its Case as Best Conference] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304024426/http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/eye-on-college-basketball/25118100/observations-acc-makes-its-case-as-college-hoops-best-conference |date=March 4, 2016 }}, accessed February 22, 2016</ref> and UVA leads the series in its official yearly home-and-away ACC basketball rivalries: [[Virginia–Virginia Tech men's basketball rivalry|against Virginia Tech]] 99–61, and against Louisville 23–7, {{as of|2025|lc=y}}. Other [[Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball#Rivalries|basketball rivalries]] include those against North Carolina and Maryland. Notably the [[1982 ACC men's basketball tournament|1982 ACC tournament]] championship game where [[Dean Smith]] had his team of future NBA stars (such as [[Michael Jordan]] and [[James Worthy]]) hold the ball for seven minutes, against a Virginia team featuring [[Ralph Sampson]], led to the advent of the [[shot clock]] and the [[three-point field goal|three-point line]]. The Maryland rivalry is now mostly dormant, but was reignited for the 2014 and 2018 editions of the [[ACC–Big Ten Challenge]], with both Challenges won by the Cavaliers on the road in College Park.

[[Virginia Cavaliers men's lacrosse|Virginia men's lacrosse]], as one of the all-time great NCAA programs, has a championship rivalry with fellow ACC program Syracuse (the Cavaliers and Orange holding 18 NCAA Championships between them) as well as rivalries against Big Ten programs Johns Hopkins and Maryland. The Syracuse and Johns Hopkins rivalries are played out at least once each season (Syracuse played ''twice'' in 2021<ref>[https://virginiasports.com/sports/mlax/schedule/ 2021 Virginia men's lacrosse schedule] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210211025622/https://virginiasports.com/sports/mlax/schedule/ |date=February 11, 2021 }}. University of Virginia, January 2021. Accessed February 15, 2021.</ref>) with the teams often finding themselves facing off a second or third time in the ACC and NCAA tournaments. [[Virginia Cavaliers women's lacrosse|Virginia women's lacrosse]], also a multi-NCAA Championship program, maintains several of those same rivalries.

The Virginia football team competes against North Carolina in the [[South's Oldest Rivalry]], a historic football rivalry game which a sitting President of the United States, [[Calvin Coolidge]], made time to attend in Charlottesville in 1924. The 1960s and 1970s were particularly dark decades for the football program, which later experienced a resurgence in the 1980s and 1990s under [[George Welsh (American football)|George Welsh]]. Coach Welsh led the program to its first bowl bids starting with the [[1984 Peach Bowl]]. Welsh, who even reached AP No. 1 rankings for Virginia in October 1990, is a member of the [[College Football Hall of Fame]] after compiling the second-most wins in ACC history after [[Bobby Bowden]].<ref>[https://www.fromtherumbleseat.com/2010/7/22/1578527/acc-history-in-numbers-coaching ACC History in Numbers: Coaching] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171204222943/https://www.fromtherumbleseat.com/2010/7/22/1578527/acc-history-in-numbers-coaching |date=December 4, 2017 }}, accessed December 3, 2017</ref> In a historic rivalry between two legendary coaches, Welsh finished two games up in the head-to-head series against Virginia Tech coach [[Frank Beamer]], 8–6. He was also dominant against UNC in the South's Oldest Rivalry, finishing 13–5–1, including a perfect 10–0 record against North Carolina at [[Scott Stadium]].