NC State football scouting report: Week 2 vs. Virginia

After picking up its first win of the season in the opener against East Carolina, NC State is set to welcome its first Power Conference opponent to Carter-Finley Stadium: Virginia.  Although the two teams both reside in the ACC, Wolfpack coach Dave Doeren wanted to be able to play the Cavaliers more often after seeing them just three times in his first dozen years in Raleigh. That led to this non-conference home-and-home — the first non-league game between these two programs since 1948 — beginning in the City of Oaks before going to Charlottesville next fall. Virginia, which downed Coastal Carolina 48-7 to open the year, is set to make its first road trip of the 2025 campaign. Let’s take a look at the Cavaliers going into the Week 2 meeting in Raleigh.