Week 7
Kyle Field

The Citadel @ Texas A&M , Week 7, Oct 17, 2026

0-0 SoCon Power rating: -27.6
0-0 SEC Power rating: 19.9

Is there value in the The Citadel vs Texas A&M line?

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TA&M -51.1
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Texas A&M (power rating: 19.9) holds a 47.5-point advantage over The Citadel (-27.6) on a neutral field per Blue Chip Analytics. Texas A&M's home field adds 3.0 points to that advantage at Kyle Field. Beyond home field, the model reads only a slight effect from The Citadel's trip and 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 The Citadel vs Texas A&M at Kyle Field?

The latest reading for Kyle Field shows Clear, 80°F, heat index 84°F with winds of 12 mph. Gusts reaching 25 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 The Citadel and Texas A&M compare on power ratings?

Blue Chip Analytics power ratings favor Texas A&M (19.9) over The Citadel (-27.6) by 47.5 points on a neutral field. After adding home field advantage, the rating-implied line may differ meaningfully from the market spread. Texas A&M brings one of the stronger home environments in the FBS to this matchup (Blue Chip HFA: 3.0). 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 Texas A&M -51.1. No market line is posted yet for comparison.

Conditions

as of August 29, 2026 Preliminary

Clear

80°F

Rain12%
Precip0.00"
Humidity73%
Wind12 mph SSE
Gusts25 mph
Heat index84°F
Wind map for The Citadel at Texas A&M: aerial view of Kyle Field, wind from the SSE at 12.1 mph, gusting to 25.3 mph

Quick facts

Week
Week 7
Kickoff (local)
12:00 PM CDT
Venue
Kyle Field
Capacity
102,733
Elevation
367 ft
Surface
Grass

Travel and rest

Measure The CitadelAway Texas A&MHome
This week976 miles0 miles
Last weekBye week1,235 miles
Season total1,334 miles1,850 miles
Body clock13:0012:00
Rest7 days7 days

The Citadel travels 976 miles to this game, a significant road trip. The Citadel arrives with a 1-hour westward body clock shift, short of the two-zone westward threshold where travel starts to price.