Week 7
Brooks Stadium (SC)

App State @ Coastal Carolina , Week 7, Oct 17, 2026

0-0 Sun Belt Power rating: -12.6
0-0 Sun Belt Power rating: -11.3

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CCU -4.0
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Coastal Carolina (power rating: -11.3) holds a 1.3-point advantage over App State (-12.6) on a neutral field per Blue Chip Analytics. Coastal Carolina's home field adds 2.5 points to that advantage at Brooks Stadium (SC). 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 App State vs Coastal Carolina at Brooks Stadium (SC)?

The latest reading for Brooks Stadium (SC) shows Clear, 82°F, heat index 87°F with winds of 10 mph. Gusts reaching 27 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 App State and Coastal Carolina compare on power ratings?

Blue Chip Analytics power ratings favor Coastal Carolina (-11.3) over App State (-12.6) by 1.3 points on a neutral field. After adding home field advantage, the rating-implied line may differ meaningfully from the market spread. Coastal Carolina brings a meaningful home field advantage to this matchup (Blue Chip HFA: 2.5). 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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Blue Chip makes this Coastal Carolina -4.0. No market line is posted yet for comparison.

Conditions

as of September 5, 2026 Preliminary

Clear

82°F

Rain7%
Precip0.00"
Humidity73%
Wind10 mph SSW
Gusts27 mph
Heat index87°F
Wind map for App State at Coastal Carolina: aerial view of Brooks Stadium (SC), wind from the SSW at 10.1 mph, gusting to 27.3 mph

Quick facts

Week
Week 7
Kickoff (local)
08:00 PM EDT
Venue
Brooks Stadium (SC)
Capacity
21,000
Elevation
23 ft
Surface
Artificial Turf

Travel and rest

Measure App StateAway Coastal CarolinaHome
This week225 miles0 miles
Last weekHome game744 miles
Season total1,054 miles2,445 miles
Body clock20:0020:00
Rest7 days7 days

App State travels 225 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.