BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) -Virginia Tech coach Frank Beamer says his team needs to get back to taking care of business - there's a lot of football yet to be played.

The No. 14 Hokies were ushered out of the national championship race with a loss to No. 11 Georgia Tech two Saturdays ago and step back into the spotlight Thursday night. That's when North Carolina comes to Lane Stadium in the first of back-to-back Thursday games for Tech.

The Tar Heels are 4-3 overall but 0-3 in the Atlantic Coast Conference's Coastal Division.

Beamer says coach Butch Davis' team has shown steady improvement and that a weekend off to watch college football just highlighted that there are upsets every weekend.

The Hokies (5-2, 3-1) are 5-0 against the Tar Heels since joining the ACC in 2004.