Week 11
Kinnick Stadium

Purdue @ Iowa , Week 11, Nov 14, 2026

0-0 Big Ten Power rating: -5.1
0-0 Big Ten Power rating: 14.7

Is there value in the Purdue vs Iowa line?

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IOWA -21.6
Edge
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Iowa (power rating: 14.7) holds a 19.8-point advantage over Purdue (-5.1) on a neutral field per Blue Chip Analytics. Iowa's home field adds 2.1 points to that advantage at Kinnick Stadium. Beyond home field, the model reads only a slight effect from the conditions. The weather component is provisional until the game-time reading is confirmed. Adjust the factors in the tool above to test your own numbers.

Does weather affect Purdue vs Iowa at Kinnick Stadium?

The latest reading for Kinnick Stadium shows Light rain shower, 71°F with winds of 11 mph. Gusts reaching 30 mph add variance to the kicking and passing game. Games with gusts at or above 30 mph have seen the total move down by about 1.4 points. It was taken before the ~10-day forecast window opened, so it describes the furthest hour the forecast reached rather than kickoff itself, and it is replaced once the game comes inside the window. Weather data is sourced from WeatherAPI.com.

How do Purdue and Iowa compare on power ratings?

Blue Chip Analytics power ratings favor Iowa (14.7) over Purdue (-5.1) by 19.8 points on a neutral field. After adding home field advantage, the rating-implied line may differ meaningfully from the market spread. Iowa brings a meaningful home field advantage to this matchup (Blue Chip HFA: 2.1). Add this to the neutral-site differential to arrive at a venue-adjusted line.

Blue Chip Analytics power ratings represent expected point margin against an average FBS opponent on a neutral field, calculated from game data sourced via CollegeFootballData.com (CFBD). They are one input: cross-reference with the travel, rest, and weather data above before drawing conclusions.

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Weather

Blue Chip makes this Iowa -21.6. No market line is posted yet for comparison.

Conditions

as of August 29, 2026 Preliminary

Light rain shower

71°F

Rain25%
Precip0.00"
Humidity72%
Wind11 mph SE
Gusts30 mph
Snow chance0%
Wind map for Purdue at Iowa: aerial view of Kinnick Stadium, wind from the SE at 11 mph, gusting to 29.5 mph

Quick facts

Week
Week 11
Kickoff (local)
11:00 PM CST
Venue
Kinnick Stadium
Capacity
69,250
Elevation
722 ft
Surface
Artificial Turf

Travel and rest

Measure PurdueAway IowaHome
This week256 miles0 miles
Last weekHome game402 miles
Season total4,887 miles4,817 miles
Body clock00:0023:00
Rest7 days7 days

Purdue travels 256 miles to this game, a short road trip. Purdue arrives with a 1-hour westward body clock shift, short of the two-zone westward threshold where travel starts to price.