Good Morning, Hoos! Here’s a morning read for tennis fans from the ATP Tour on how Virginia’s Rafael Jodar joined Carlos Alcaraz in Challenger history — read it here!

What else do we have brewing this morning?

🏀 Women get started
🏑 Tournament time
​⚔️ And much, much more!

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Playoff Poll. The College Football Playoff (CFP) Selection Committee released its initial top-25 rankings for the 2025 season Tuesday night, and Virginia was tabbed No. 14 — the program’s highest ranking since the CFP’s inception in 2014!

🏈 READ MORE: Virginia Receives Program’s Highest CFP Ranking

🔼 Wake Week. Virginia football head coach Tony Elliott met with the media on Tuesday to preview the No. 12 Hoos’ home game against Wake Forest on Saturday!

📰 FEATURE: Hoos Striving To Block Out Distractions
🏈 NEWS: Robinson Named Butkus Award Semifinalist; Taylor Earns Burlsworth Weekly Honor

🔼 And We’re Off! Virginia women’s basketball got its season off to a strong start on Tuesday, winning 86-36 against Morgan State inside John Paul Jones Arena!

Kymora Johnson led the way with 24 points, six rebounds and five assists. Paris Clark also scored in double figures with 18 points and added eight rebounds.

🏀 RECAP: Cavaliers Cruise Past Morgan State in Season Opener
🎥 HIGHLIGHTS: Virginia 86, Morgan State 36

🔼 Raise The Banner. Virginia will honor former head women’s basketball coach Debbie Ryan on Sunday, Feb. 8 during the Hoos’ game against Notre Dame, recognizing her with tributes throughout the game and a banner-raising ceremony.

🏀 READ MORE: Virginia to Honor Debbie Ryan at Notre Dame Game in February

🔼 The First Of Many. David Teel of The Virginian-Pilot wrote this week on why Virginia men’s basketball head coach Ryan Odom’s first win with the Hoos is different — give it a read!

📰 FROM THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT ($): David Teel — Ryan Odom’s UVA debut, a victory over Rider, is different from all his others
🏀 RECAP: Cavaliers Open Season With Emphatic Win
📸 PHOTOS: Virginia Men’s Basketball vs. Rider
🎬 WATCH: Cinematic Recap — Rider

🔼 Movin’ On! No. 2 seed Virginia field hockey is into the semifinals of the ACC Championship after beating No. 7 seed Stanford in Louisville, Ky., on Tuesday, 4-3!

🏑 RECAP: Virginia Advances to ACC Semifinal with 4-3 Win Against Stanford

Today’s Trivia Question: How many wins did Debbie Ryan collect in 34 seasons as the head coach at Virginia?

🎧 TUNE IN: INSIDE VIRGINIA ATHLETICS

Director of Athletics Carla Williams is joined by Virginia Director of Tennis Andres Pedroso to discuss Olympic sports at Virginia in the revenue share era and the opening of the Harrison Family Olympic Sports Center.

🎥 PROVING GROUNDS:
Preseason with Virginia Men’s Basketball
EPISODE 3

Prepare for the upcoming season of Hoos hoops with the new all-access episode of Proving Grounds, presented by CHO, where Champions fly!

⏪ 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…

Virginia To Host 2025 NCAA Southeast Regional Cross Country Championships. The University of Virginia is set to host the 2025 NCAA Division I Men’s and Women’s Southeast Regional Cross Country Championships on Friday, Nov. 14 at Panorama Farms. The women’s 6k is set to start at 10:00 a.m. followed by the men’s 10k at 11:00 a.m.

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📅 UPCOMING SCHEDULE

Wednesday, November 5
🏑 Field Hockey — ACC Semifinals @ TBD

Thursday, November 6
🎾 Men’s Tennis at ITA Sectionals (Chapel Hill, N.C.)
🎾 Women’s Tennis at ITA Sectionals (Chapel Hill, N.C.)
🥎 Softball — Blue-Orange Game 2 @ 4 p.m. (EXH.)

Trivia Answer: 739 wins!

⚔️ Have a great Wednesday, y’all!