The 2010 Virginia Tech Hokies football team represented

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in the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS college football season. The Hokies were led by 24th-year head coach

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and played their home games at

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. They were champions of the

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after winning the Coastal Division and defeating Florida State 44–33 in the

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. The 2010 Hokies were only the second-ever team ranked in the

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to lose to a FCS opponent (

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). (The other ranked team to lose to a FCS team is #5

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in 2007 to Appalachian State.) The loss was the team's second in six days, as it also lost to then #3 ranked Boise State at

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in Landover, MD in a nationally televised Monday night contest. After the JMU loss, Tech reeled off ten straight wins and became the first team to go undefeated in ACC play since

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in 2000. It finished its regular season with a 10-2 record and now holds the longest streak of ten-win seasons in the NCAA with seven. Tech played

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in the Discover Orange Bowl after they beat Florida State 44–33 in the

. They lost to Stanford by a score of 40–12.

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Flyovers

Virginia Tech home games have featured flyovers by military aircraft.

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Virginia Tech Hokies football seasons Atlantic Coast Conference football champion seasons

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