CHARLOTTE (Interstat) — Michael Hawkins Jr. accounted for five touchdowns as West Virginia beat Virginia 38-27 on Saturday, Sept. 19, 2026, at Bank of America Stadium in an NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision game. Hawkins passed for 190 yards and two scores and ran 18 times for 123 yards and three touchdowns. Beau Pribula threw for 197 yards and two touchdowns for Virginia. Cam Cook rushed 30 times for 123 yards, DJ Epps caught three passes for 92 yards and two scores, and Jack Cassidy made a 21-yard field goal. Jekail Middlebrook ran 17 times for 75 yards and scored twice for the Cavaliers, while Xavier Brown added 71 yards and a touchdown. Isaiah Patterson made 12 tackles, Kamari Wilson had 10, Ashton Woods added seven with a sack, and Fisher Camac posted 11 for Virginia. The Mountaineers remained unbeaten. West Virginia improved to 3-0; the Cavaliers fell to 2-1. Attendance was 39,377.