Week 4
Bryant-Denny Stadium

South Carolina @ Alabama , Week 4, Sep 26, 2026

0-0 SEC Power rating: 10.2
0-0 SEC Power rating: 19.2

Is there value in the South Carolina vs Alabama line?

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Blue Chip model
ALA -12.8
Edge
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Alabama (power rating: 19.2) holds a 9.0-point advantage over South Carolina (10.2) on a neutral field per Blue Chip Analytics. Alabama's home field adds 3.5 points to that advantage at Bryant-Denny Stadium. Beyond home field, the model reads only a slight effect from the warm 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 South Carolina vs Alabama at Bryant-Denny Stadium?

The latest reading for Bryant-Denny Stadium shows Cloudy, 78°F with winds of 4 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 South Carolina and Alabama compare on power ratings?

Blue Chip Analytics power ratings favor Alabama (19.2) over South Carolina (10.2) by 9.0 points on a neutral field. After adding home field advantage, the rating-implied line may differ meaningfully from the market spread. Alabama brings one of the stronger home environments in the FBS to this matchup (Blue Chip HFA: 3.5). 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 Alabama -12.8. No market line is posted yet for comparison.

Conditions

as of August 29, 2026 Preliminary

Cloudy

78°F

Rain10%
Precip0.00"
Humidity72%
Wind4 mph SE
Gusts6 mph
Wind map for South Carolina at Alabama: aerial view of Bryant-Denny Stadium, wind from the SE at 3.6 mph, gusting to 6.3 mph

Quick facts

Week
Week 4
Kickoff (local)
11:00 PM CDT
Venue
Bryant-Denny Stadium
Capacity
100,077
Elevation
253 ft
Surface
Grass

Travel and rest

Measure South CarolinaAway AlabamaHome
This week380 miles0 miles
Last weekHome gameHome game
Season total380 miles747 miles
Body clock00:0023:00
Rest7 days7 days

South Carolina travels 380 miles to this game, a short road trip. South Carolina arrives with a 1-hour westward body clock shift, short of the two-zone westward threshold where travel starts to price.