Virginia Tech came away from Clemson with a big victory, but also left with a major void to fill at the linebacker position. Starting linebacker and Tech's leading tackler Vince Hall broke his left wrist in the contest and will miss substantial playing time because of it.</p> <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">document.write(insertImage('/IMAGES/Player/photo/VINCEHALL200B.JPG', '', 1, 267, 200, 1, 'Hall will be out 4-6 weeks.', '', 1191792871000, '', 1014, 'Align=Left'));</script> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="208" align="left" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td width="202"></td> <td width="6" rowspan="4"></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right"><font face="verdana" size="1">Associated Press</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td height="3"></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center"><font size="1">Hall will be out 4-6 weeks.</font></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> Hall played through the injury in the win. He will have surgery on it Sunday night and is expected to miss approximately four to six weeks according to Tech athletic director Mike Goforth. That means he probably won't be back until at least the Florida State game at the earliest on November 10th. Hall regsiterd 61 tackles so far this season and is fourth in the ACC for tackles per game. Virginia Tech hasn't made an official decision on his replacement at this time, it's believed his backup, junior Brett Warren will take his spot this Saturday for the Duke game in Durham. Wang to start at Duke Head coach Frank Beamer confirmed that offensive tackle Ed Wang will be practicing at the starting right tackle position this week with the Hokies offensive line. He is expected to be the starter on Saturday when Tech heads to Durham to face the Blue Devils. Wang is coming off a broken ankle injury he suffered early during fall camp back in August. Wang will be replacing Nick Marshman at tackle. Beamer also announced that Marshman will move inside to his his more comfortable guard spot. Hokies back in the top ten The Hokies highest ranking this week is No. 10 in the USA Today Poll, one of the two polls that count in the BCS standings. Virginia Tech finished with 913 points and moved up four spots following another week of upsets. Virginia Tech made a mild jump in the Harris Interactive Poll, the other one counted in the BCS. Tech slid up three spots to No. 12 with 1,563 points. The AP Poll also has the Hokies at No. 12, although it is not factored into the Bowl Championship Series standings.</p>
