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The weekly AP Top 25 poll will be released later today. Here's how The Roanoke Times' Doug Doughty voted:

1. Florida
2. Texas
3. Alabama
4. Southern Cal
5. Iowa
6. LSU
7. Boise State
8. Cincinnati
9. Oregon
10. Miami
11. Texas Christian
12. Penn State
13. Georgia Tech
14. Virginia Tech
15. Oklahoma State
16. Pittsburgh
17. Brigham Young
18. Houston
19. Utah
20. West Virginia
21. Ohio State
22. Oklahoma
23. Texas Tech
24. Notre Dame
25. California

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (Associated Press) — Mikell Simpson ran for four touchdowns and cornerback Ras-I Dowling forced two turnovers to set up scores as Virginia defeated Indiana 47-7 on Saturday.

Jameel Sewell passed for 308 yards as Virginia rolled up more than 500 yards total offense for the first time since 2004.

Simpson's first two 5-yard touchdown runs came after big plays by Dowling — a forced fumble that Rodney McLeod returned 32 yards and an interception. Dowling also had a third-down sack after Indiana (3-3) reached the Cavaliers' 32.

Zane Parr's sack on the next play gave the ball back to Virginia (2-3), and eight plays later Simpson was untouched on a 3-yard touchdown run with 2:34 left in the first half. He also had a 1-yard TD run before being injured in the third quarter.

Bryan Payton's 12-yard touchdown run was the only score for the Hoosiers.

The ACC announced on Monday the kickoff times for games to be played on Oct. 17:

Virignia Tech at Georgia Tech will kick at 6 p.m. and be seen on ESPN2.
Virginia at Maryland starts at 4 and will be on ESPNU

Here are the remaining ACC games and where they can be seen:

Wake Forest at Clemson, noon, RAYCOM (WDBJ in SW Virginia)
NC State at Boston College, 3:30 p.m., WSET
Miami at Central Florida, 7:30 p.m., CBS College Sports

Fifth-ranked Virginia Tech opened as a 12-point favorite Sunday night in the first Las Vegas betting spreads posted Sunday night for this week's games.

Here are the early numbers on the rest of this week's games involving ACC teams -- Virginia -6.5 over Indiana; N.C. State -16 over Duke; Wake Forest -11.5 over Maryland; and Florida State -4.5 over Georgia Tech.

-- RANDY KING

The ACC announced Monday that the Oct. 10 football game between Virginia Tech and Boston College at Lane Stadium will kick off at noon and be broadcast on Raycom, which will be shown locally on WDBJ-TV.

The ACC also announced that Virginia's home game with Indiana that day will begin at 3:30 p.m. and be seen on ESPN360.com.

Virginia Tech
Probable
Collin Carroll (ankle)
John Graves (ankle)
Stephan Virgil (knee)
Eddie Whitley (pectoral)
Jason Worilds (back spasms)

Miami
Out
Defensive end Andrew Smith - upper extremity
Defensive tackle Marcus Forston - lower extremity
Tight end Richard Gordon - upper extremity
Defensive end Adewale Ojomo - broken jaw
Questionable
Wide receiver Aldarius Johnson - lower extremity
Doubtful
Running back Lee Chambers - lower extremity
Defensive lineman Dyron Dye - lower extremity
Offensive lineman Corey White - lower extremity

Maryland
Out for season
CB Nolan Carroll (broken right tibia)
Out
FB Louis Berman (knee)
LB Caleb Porzel (leg)
DT Joe Vellano (stress fracture/right foot)
Probable
LT Bruce Campbell (turf toe/right foot)
S Jamari McCollough (high left ankle sprain)

North Carolina
Out
C Lowell Dyer (shoulder), TE Zack Pianalto (foot), TE Ryan Taylor (knee).
Doubtful
LB Linwan Euwall (ankle), CB LeCount Fantroy (thigh).
Questionable
WR Joshua Adams (shoulder), G Jonathan Cooper (ankle)

Duke
Out for season
S Anthony Young-Wiseman (knee)
Out
RB Re'quan Boyette (leg)
RB Kyle Griswould (leg)
CB Randez James (hand)
OG Mitchell Lederman (leg)
Doubtful
RB Jay Hollingsworth (ankle)
DT Vince Oghobaase (leg)
Probable
WR Conner Vernon (ankle)
WR Johnny Williams (ankle)

N.C. State
Out
CB Rashard Smith (ankle)
WR Owen Spencer (concussion)

Breaking news out of Las Vegas: Virginia Tech has been established as an opening 3.5-point favorite over Nebraska in Saturday's 3:30 p.m. clash at Lane Stadium.

The Hokies (1-1) moved up from 14th to 13th in the new Associated Press Top-25 poll released earlier today. The Huskers (2-0), who feasted on a second straight Sun Belt foe at home Saturday, climbed from 22nd to 19th.

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So how will Virginia decide on Saturday’s starting quarterback?

The Cavaliers may be leaving that call to the trainer.

As UVa makes final preparations for Saturday’s home game with No. 16 Texas Christian, the Cavs are doing so with two of their top-three quarterbacks listed on the injury report.

The one hurting the most is senior Vic Hall, who started in UVa’s 26-14 loss to William and Mary on Saturday. In the injury report released by Virginia on Thursday, Hall was listed as doubtful due to a hip injury.

Meanwhile, senior Jameel Sewell, who played quarterback the majority of the second half for Virginia last weekend, is listed as probable despite a wrist injury.

That leaves the Cavaliers’ other tri-No. 1 QB, junior Marc Verica, as the only one of the three with no reported injuries.

(Ed's. note: sorry about the extra "r" in "doubtful" up in the headline of this posting, hence Dan's comment, hence the corrected spelling.)

The Associated Press released its preseason top 25 this morning. Tech's No. 7 ranking matches its highest preseason ranking ever in the poll. The Hokies started the 2005 season seventh, too.

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