Week 3
S.B. Ballard Stadium

East Carolina @ Old Dominion , Week 3, Sep 19, 2026

0-0 American Power rating: 0.3
0-0 Sun Belt Power rating: 2.0

Is there value in the East Carolina vs Old Dominion line?

Market line
None posted
PM Implied
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Blue Chip model
ODU -4.0
Edge
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Old Dominion (power rating: 2.0) holds a 1.7-point advantage over East Carolina (0.3) on a neutral field per Blue Chip Analytics. Old Dominion's home field adds 2.3 points to that advantage at S.B. Ballard Stadium. Beyond home field, nothing else applies here - rest, travel, elevation and weather all read neutral for this matchup. Adjust the factors in the tool above to test your own numbers.

Does weather affect East Carolina vs Old Dominion at S.B. Ballard Stadium?

The latest reading for S.B. Ballard Stadium shows Overcast, 76°F with winds of 5 mph. Weather is not expected to be a meaningful factor in this game. 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 East Carolina and Old Dominion compare on power ratings?

Blue Chip Analytics power ratings favor Old Dominion (2.0) over East Carolina (0.3) by 1.7 points on a neutral field. After adding home field advantage, the rating-implied line may differ meaningfully from the market spread. Old Dominion brings a meaningful home field advantage to this matchup (Blue Chip HFA: 2.3). 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 Old Dominion -4.0. No market line is posted yet for comparison.

Conditions

as of August 29, 2026 Preliminary

Overcast

76°F

Rain20%
Precip0.00"
Humidity74%
Wind5 mph SSE
Gusts11 mph
Wind map for East Carolina at Old Dominion: aerial view of S.B. Ballard Stadium, wind from the SSE at 4.7 mph, gusting to 11.1 mph

Quick facts

Week
Week 3
Kickoff (local)
06:00 PM EDT
Venue
S.B. Ballard Stadium
Capacity
21,944
Elevation
13 ft
Surface
Artificial Turf

Travel and rest

Measure East CarolinaAway Old DominionHome
This week107 miles0 miles
Last weekHome game457 miles
Season total1,316 miles457 miles
Body clock18:0018:00
Rest7 days7 days

East Carolina travels 107 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.