Good Morning, Hoos! The 2026 season starts now for Virginia football!

What else do we have brewing this morning?

🥎 Top 25 team
🥍 Preseason All-Americans
​⚔️ And much, much more!

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Sweet 16! Virginia football is ranked No. 16 in the final AP Poll of the season, its highest final ranking since 1995!

🏈 READ MORE: Virginia Football Ranked 16th in Final AP Poll

🔼 Top 25 Team! Virginia softball will begin the season ranked No. 25 in D1Softball’s Preseason Rankings!

🔼 U-S-A! Five Virginia lacrosse student-athletes earned Preseason All-America nods on Tuesday from USA Lacrosse Magazine — Kate Galica, Madison Alaimo and Jenna DiNardo on the women’s side, and John Schroter and McCabe Millon on the men’s side!

🥍 READ MORE: Women’s Lacrosse | Men’s Lacrosse

🔼 Power Hoo! Virginia baseball’s AJ Gracia has been named a First Team Preseason All-American by D1Baseball, his second preseason All-American nod of the year!

⚾️ READ MORE: Gracia Named Preseason All-American By D1Baseball

🔼 ACC Acclaim! A trio of Hoos earned honors from the ACC on Tuesday — Dylan Dietrich is the Men’s Tennis Player of the Week, Claire Curzan is the Women’s Swimmer of the Week and Jeremiah Nubbe is the Men’s Field Athlete of the Week!

⚔️ READ MORE: Dylan Dietrich | Claire Curzan | Jeremiah Nubbe

🔼 Movin’ On! Former Virginia men’s tennis star Rafael Jódar earned the first Grand Slam main draw win of his career on Tuesday, defeating Rei Sakamoto of Japan!

🎾 RECAP: Rafael Jódar Advances to Australian Open Second Round

🔼 Schedule Update! Virginia swimming and diving’s meet this weekend against NC State will last just one day, this Friday!

🏈 2026 NATIONAL SIGNING DAY CENTRAL

Stay up-to-date on the latest additions from the transfer portal and learn more about the entire 2026 signing class!

Enter for the UVA Men’s Basketball Hoops Experience and give your child an unforgettable behind-the-scenes look at game day inside JPJ.

Today’s Trivia Question: How many walks did AJ Gracia draw last season at Duke?

⏪ ICYMI

We like our Brew hot ‘n’ fresh, but we’re not opposed to you reheating your cup. Here’s some news you may have missed recently…

Dedication for Tony Bennett Set for Saturday. The University of Virginia will officially dedicate the John Paul Jones Arena court in honor of former Dean and Markel Families Men’s Head Basketball Coach Tony Bennett in a pre-game ceremony on Saturday, Jan. 24.

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📅 UPCOMING SCHEDULE

Wednesday, January 21
No scheduled events

Thursday, January 22
🏀 Women’s Basketball vs. Pittsburgh @ 7 p.m. | ACCNX

Trivia Answer: A school-record 57 walks!

⚔️ Have a great Wednesday, y’all!