Week 2
War Memorial Stadium

Northern Colorado @ Wyoming , Week 2, Sep 12, 2026

0-0 Big Sky Power rating: -42.0
0-0 MW Power rating: -12.2

Is there value in the Northern Colorado vs Wyoming line?

Market line
None posted
PM Implied
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Blue Chip model
WYO -33.3
Edge
No line posted
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Wyoming (power rating: -12.2) holds a 29.8-point advantage over Northern Colorado (-42.0) on a neutral field per Blue Chip Analytics. Wyoming's home field adds 3.3 points to that advantage at War Memorial Stadium. Beyond home field, the model reads only a slight effect from the altitude and 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 Northern Colorado vs Wyoming at War Memorial Stadium?

The latest reading for War Memorial Stadium shows Clear, 67°F with winds of 10 mph. Gusts reaching 20 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 Northern Colorado and Wyoming compare on power ratings?

Blue Chip Analytics power ratings favor Wyoming (-12.2) over Northern Colorado (-42.0) by 29.8 points on a neutral field. After adding home field advantage, the rating-implied line may differ meaningfully from the market spread. Wyoming brings one of the stronger home environments in the FBS to this matchup (Blue Chip HFA: 3.3). 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 Wyoming -33.3. No market line is posted yet for comparison.

Conditions

as of August 22, 2026 Preliminary

Clear

67°F

Rain1%
Precip0.00"
Humidity32%
Wind10 mph S
Gusts20 mph
Wind map for Northern Colorado at Wyoming: aerial view of War Memorial Stadium, wind from the S at 9.6 mph, gusting to 20.1 mph

Quick facts

Week
Week 2
Kickoff (local)
02:00 PM MDT
Venue
War Memorial Stadium
Capacity
29,811
Elevation
7,231 ft
Surface
Artificial Turf

Travel and rest

Measure Northern ColoradoAway WyomingHome
This week77 miles0 miles
Last weekBye week114 miles
Season total77 miles114 miles
Body clock14:0014:00
Rest6 days7 days

Northern Colorado travels 77 miles to this game, a short road trip. The trip crosses none of the distance or time-zone thresholds that have measured a price, so travel is not a factor here.