Week 9
Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium

Temple @ East Carolina , Week 9, Oct 31, 2026

0-0 American Power rating: -10.7
0-0 American Power rating: 0.3

Is there value in the Temple vs East Carolina line?

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ECU -12.6
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East Carolina (power rating: 0.3) holds a 11.0-point advantage over Temple (-10.7) on a neutral field per Blue Chip Analytics. East Carolina's home field adds 2.4 points to that advantage at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium. Beyond home field, the model also charges Temple's bye week. Adjust the factors in the tool above to test your own numbers.

Does weather affect Temple vs East Carolina at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium?

The latest reading for Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium shows Light rain shower, 71°F with winds of 7 mph. There is a 79% chance of rain, though little accumulation is expected. Blue Chip has not been able to measure a reliable line effect from rain, so treat this as context rather than signal. 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 Temple and East Carolina compare on power ratings?

Blue Chip Analytics power ratings favor East Carolina (0.3) over Temple (-10.7) by 11.0 points on a neutral field. After adding home field advantage, the rating-implied line may differ meaningfully from the market spread. East Carolina brings a meaningful home field advantage to this matchup (Blue Chip HFA: 2.4). 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 East Carolina -12.6. No market line is posted yet for comparison.

Conditions

as of August 29, 2026 Preliminary

Light rain shower

71°F

Rain79%
Precip0.07"
Humidity93%
Wind7 mph ENE
Gusts16 mph
Wind map for Temple at East Carolina: aerial view of Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium, wind from the ENE at 7.2 mph, gusting to 16.2 mph

Quick facts

Week
Week 9
Kickoff (local)
12:00 AM EDT
Venue
Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium
Capacity
51,000
Elevation
62 ft
Surface
Hybrid

Travel and rest

Measure TempleAway East CarolinaHome
This week320 miles0 miles
Last weekBye week1,425 miles
Season total3,084 miles3,962 miles
Body clock00:0000:00
Rest14 days9 days

Temple travels 320 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.