Jacksonville, FL -- (Sports Network) - Sean Glennon's third touchdown pass of the game, a 24-yard strike to Eddie Royal with 7:12 remaining, gave Virginia Tech the lead and the sixth-ranked Hokies tacked on an interception return for a score in the final minute to earn a 30-16 victory over No. 12 Boston College in the ACC Championship Game.

Glennon completed 18-of-27 passes for 174 yards for the Hokies (11-2), who avenged an October 25 loss to the Eagles and captured their second ACC crown in four years as a conference member.

"I can't tell you how proud I am of our football team," said Virginia Tech head coach Frank Beamer. "The seniors, the most winningest group to come through Virginia Tech."

Virginia Tech, which hasn't lost since that 14-10 setback to BC, is likely going to the Orange Bowl. However, after losses Saturday night by the top two BCS teams, Missouri and West Virginia, the door remains open for the Hokies to go to the national championship game. Virginia Tech came into Saturday sixth in the BCS, also behind Ohio State, Georgia and Kansas.

Boston College quarterback Matt Ryan, who beat Virginia Tech with a pair of late touchdown passes in Blacksburg, only found the end zone Saturday with his legs on a 14-yard run. He threw for 305 yards, completing 33-of-52 passes, but was intercepted twice.

Jamie Silva also scored on a 51-yard fumble return for Boston College (10-3), which has lost three of its last five games and could be headed to the Champs Sports Bowl in Orlando.

"We didn't make enough plays and give credit to Virginia Tech, they made the plays when the plays counted," said BC head coach Jeff Jagodzinski.

After an exciting first half, the defenses took over and neither team scored until Virginia Tech and its two-quarterback system engineered an 84-yard drive in the fourth quarter.

Tyrod Taylor ignited the series with a 31-yard run on a quarterback draw. After Glennon came back on and threw for nine yards, Branden Ore ripped off runs of nine and 14 yards to give Virginia Tech a first down at the BC 21.

The Hokies soon faced 3rd-and-8 before a false start pushed them back five yards, but Glennon threw a strike to Royal at the goal line and the receiver made a leaping catch before falling into the end zone for the go-ahead score.

"We called [a play] where Eddy runs a corner and breaks across in the post," Glennon said about the go-ahead score. "I pumped in the corner, got the safety to fly off for a little and let it go and Eddy made a heck of a grab."

Ryan directed the BC offense right back down the field and the Eagles had a first down at the Tech 19. Facing 4th-and-4 from the 13, Ryan was pressured, scrambled and threw toward the end zone. Vince Hall was there to pick it off for the Hokies with 2:16 remaining.

The Eagles got another chance in the closing seconds deep in their own end, and Ryan was intercepted again. Xavier Adibi picked off the pass and returned it 40 yards for the clinching score.

"At the end of the game, we scored when we needed to," said Glennon, who was named the game's MVP. "[The defense] stopped BC when we needed to. It just said everything about our football team right there."

Boston College had a 36-yard field goal blocked on the game's first possession and failed to convert 4th-and-6 on its second series after marching from its own 14 to the Virginia Tech 28. The BC defense then took things into its own hands -- literally.

Taylor was running the option to the right and appeared ready to make a pitch, but was grabbed by BC's Mark Herzlich. The ball briefly popped loose and Taylor was unable to hold it firmly, allowing Silva to steal it from him and race 51 yards the other way to the end zone late in the first quarter.

Boston College forced a Tech punt, then embarked on a 16-play drive that ended with a 37-yard field goal by Steve Aponavicius early in the second quarter.

The Hokies finally mounted an offensive threat on their next series and a Glennon pass to Josh Morgan for 16 yards on the first play sparked a 77-yard touchdown march. Glennon capped it with a five-yard scoring strike to Morgan, pulling Tech within 10-7 with 8:30 left in the opening half.

Ryan then directed a seven-play, 74-yard scoring march for the Eagles, starting it with completions of 11, 13 and 10 yards. He finished it by scrambling 14 yards for the touchdown.

The extra point attempt was blocked and Brandon Flowers scooped up the loose ball. He raced untouched the other way to give Virginia Tech two points, making it a 16-9 game with 5:35 to play before the intermission.

Silva then came up with his second big play of the half, intercepting a long Glennon pass at the BC 38. The Eagles, though, were unable to take advantage and punted it back to Virginia Tech.

The Hokies still had more than two minutes left and drove 80 yards for the tying score. Glennon completed three passes to move the ball to BC 16, then found Josh Hyman with a 13-yard scoring pass with only 43 seconds to play in the half.

Boston College had the deepest penetration of the third quarter, reaching the Virginia Tech, but a fourth-down pass by Ryan fell incomplete.

"We got down in there, around the 30 a few times and couldn't get points," said Jagodzinski. "We moved the ball. We just didn't get points out of it."

Game Notes

The Hokies were playing in the ACC Championship Game for the second time, having lost the inaugural contest to Florida State in 2005...Andre Callender caught 13 passes for 92 yards and ran 15 times for 51 yards in defeat...Ryan had 35 yards rushing...Ore finished with 55 yards on 19 carries...Morgan caught eight passes for 55 yards, while Royal hauled in four passes for 63.