 The team tallied a 10–3 record, going 10–2 during the regular season before losing 31–24 in the 2006 Chick-fil-A Bowl against the Georgia Bulldogs.Virginia Tech began the season ranked #16 in the "USA Today" Coaches Poll and #17 in the Associated Press Poll after going 11-2 (7-1 ACC) in 2005 and winning the Coastal division of the Atlantic Coast Conference.