Week 6
Cotton BowlNeutral site

Texas @ Oklahoma , Week 6, Oct 10, 2026

0-0 SEC Power rating: 22.2
0-0 SEC Power rating: 18.1

Is there value in the Texas vs Oklahoma line?

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TEX -3.6
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Texas (power rating: 22.2) carries a 4.1-point advantage over Oklahoma (18.1) on a neutral field per Blue Chip Analytics. Cotton Bowl is a neutral site, so neither team carries a home-field advantage into this matchup. Beyond home field, the model also charges the heat. 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 Texas vs Oklahoma at Cotton Bowl?

The latest reading for Cotton Bowl shows Clear, 86°F, heat index 90°F with winds of 7 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 Texas and Oklahoma compare on power ratings?

Blue Chip Analytics power ratings favor Texas (22.2) over Oklahoma (18.1) by 4.1 points on a neutral field. Oklahoma faces a power rating deficit at a neutral venue. Check whether the market spread accounts for this gap. Neither team has a home-field advantage here, so the neutral-field differential above is already the venue-adjusted read.

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 Texas -3.6. No market line is posted yet for comparison.

Conditions

as of August 22, 2026 Preliminary

Clear

86°F

Rain7%
Precip0.00"
Humidity56%
Wind7 mph SSE
Gusts10 mph
Heat index90°F
Wind map for Texas at Oklahoma: aerial view of Cotton Bowl, wind from the SSE at 7.2 mph, gusting to 9.8 mph

Quick facts

Week
Week 6
Kickoff (local)
02:30 PM CDT
Venue
Cotton Bowl
Capacity
92,100
Elevation
489 ft
Surface
Grass

Travel and rest

Measure TexasAway OklahomaHome
This week181 miles172 miles
Last weekBye weekBye week
Season total1,961 miles3,552 miles
Body clock14:3014:30
Rest14 days14 days

Texas travels 181 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.