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Postseason College Football Weather

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Miami at Indiana carries the highest wind exposure in the bowl season, with forecast sustained winds of 15 mph, gusting to 18 mph, at kickoff — above the 15 mph threshold where passing efficiency typically declines. 35 of 46 games this week carry at least one weather alert (extreme temperature, precipitation, elevation, or travel distance >500 miles). For weather-focused bettors, the full table below lets you filter by alert type and conference; conditions favouring under totals tend to cluster when wind exceeds 20 mph or precipitation probability exceeds 50%.

WEEK 0 WEEK 1 WEEK 2 WEEK 3 WEEK 4 WEEK 5 WEEK 6 WEEK 7 WEEK 8 WEEK 9 WEEK 10 WEEK 11 WEEK 12 WEEK 13 WEEK 14 CCG 15 POST 🏈
Date Bowl/Game Away @ Home Stadium St Weather Temp Wind Gust Rain Humidity Altitude Distance
Dec 14
1:00 AM
 Bucked Up LA Bowl Boise State @ Washington SoFi Stadium CA
N/A
 0°F N/A N/A 0% 0% 148 ft 676 mi
Dec 17
2:00 AM
 IS4S Salute to Veterans Bowl Troy @ Jacksonville State Cramton Bowl AL
N/A
 0°F N/A N/A 0% 0% 266 ft 45 mi
Dec 17
10:00 PM
 StaffDNA Cure Bowl Old Dominion @ South Florida Camping World Stadium FL
N/A
 0°F N/A N/A 0% 0% N/A 647 mi
Dec 18
1:30 AM
 68 Ventures Bowl Louisiana @ Delaware Hancock Whitney Stadium AL
Overcast Overcast
27.0°F 4.9 mph 9.6 mph 0% 59% 197 ft 231 mi
Dec 19
2:00 AM
 Xbox Bowl Missouri State @ Arkansas State Ford Center At The Star TX
N/A
 0°F N/A N/A 0% 0% N/A 346 mi
Dec 19
4:00 PM
 Myrtle Beach Bowl Kennesaw State @ Western Michigan Brooks Stadium (SC) SC
Overcast Overcast
31.2°F 3.8 mph 5.3 mph 0% 88% 23 ft 322 mi
Dec 19
7:30 PM
 Union Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl Memphis @ NC State Raymond James Stadium FL
Clear Clear
46.1°F 8.9 mph 12.9 mph 0% 55% 72 ft 660 mi
Dec 20
1:00 AM
 College Football Playoff First Round Game Alabama @ Oklahoma Memorial Stadium (Norman, OK) OK
Clear Clear
30.4°F 14.1 mph 28.4 mph 0% 43% 1,194 ft 583 mi
Dec 20
5:00 PM
 College Football Playoff First Round Game Miami @ Texas A&M Kyle Field TX
SunnySunny
 52.3°F 8.5 mph 14.5 mph 0% 55% 367 ft 1,031 mi
Dec 20
8:30 PM
 College Football Playoff First Round Game Tulane @ Ole Miss Vaught-Hemingway Stadium MS
Clear Clear
33.0°F 5.8 mph 12.3 mph 0% 78% 472 ft 306 mi
Dec 21
12:30 AM
 College Football Playoff First Round Game James Madison @ Oregon Autzen Stadium OR
MistMist
 42.0°F 0.9 mph 1.8 mph 0% 97% 443 ft 2,306 mi
Dec 22
7:00 PM
 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl Washington State @ Utah State Albertsons Stadium ID
Overcast Overcast
40.3°F 3.4 mph 5.8 mph 0% 62% 2,723 ft 221 mi
Dec 23
7:00 PM
 Bush's Boca Raton Bowl Toledo @ Louisville FAU Stadium FL
Clear Clear
52.2°F 10.1 mph 13.5 mph 0% 26% 16 ft 1,072 mi
Dec 23
10:30 PM
 New Orleans Bowl Western Kentucky @ Southern Miss Caesars Superdome LA
N/A
 0°F N/A N/A 0% 0% N/A 528 mi
Dec 24
2:00 AM
 Scooter's Coffee Frisco Bowl UNLV @ Ohio Ford Center At The Star TX
N/A
 0°F N/A N/A 0% 0% N/A 1,065 mi
Dec 25
1:00 AM
 Sheraton Hawaiʻi Bowl California @ Hawai'i Clarence T.C. Ching Athletics Complex HI
Light rain showerLight rain shower
 73.8°F 13.2 mph 18.8 mph 100% 80% 75 ft 2,406 mi
Dec 26
6:00 PM
 GameAbove Sports Bowl Central Michigan @ Northwestern Ford Field MI
Moderate or heavy snow showersModerate or heavy snow showers
 27.3°F 9.8 mph 14.5 mph 100% 94% 610 ft 122 mi
Dec 26
9:30 PM
 Rate Bowl New Mexico @ Minnesota Chase Field AZ
N/A
 0°F N/A N/A 0% 0% N/A 331 mi
Dec 27
1:00 AM
 SERVPRO First Responder Bowl Florida International @ UTSA Gerald J. Ford Stadium TX
Clear Clear
35.5°F 7.6 mph 12.8 mph 0% 40% 594 ft 1,102 mi
Dec 27
4:00 PM
 Go Bowling Military Bowl Pittsburgh @ East Carolina Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium MD
SunnySunny
 31.8°F 6.5 mph 9.5 mph 0% 70% 39 ft 212 mi
Dec 27
5:00 PM
 Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl Penn State @ Clemson Yankee Stadium NY
N/A
 0°F N/A N/A 0% 0% N/A 206 mi
Dec 27
7:15 PM
 Wasabi Fenway Bowl UConn @ Army Fenway Park MA
N/A
 0°F N/A N/A 0% 0% N/A 88 mi
Dec 27
8:30 PM
 Pop-Tarts Bowl Georgia Tech @ BYU Camping World Stadium FL
N/A
 0°F N/A N/A 0% 0% N/A 402 mi
Dec 27
9:30 PM
 Snoop Dogg Arizona Bowl Miami (OH) @ Fresno State Arizona Stadium AZ
Clear Clear
63.2°F 3.6 mph 5.6 mph 0% 28% 2,438 ft 1,548 mi
Dec 27
10:45 PM
 Isleta New Mexico Bowl North Texas @ San Diego State University Stadium (NM) NM
Partly Cloudy Partly Cloudy
41.4°F 3.6 mph 7.4 mph 0% 42% 5,121 ft 557 mi
Dec 28
12:30 AM
 TaxSlayer Gator Bowl Virginia @ Missouri EverBank Stadium FL
Clear Clear
31.3°F 5.8 mph 9.4 mph 0% 39% 20 ft 560 mi
Dec 28
2:15 AM
 Kinder's Texas Bowl LSU @ Houston NRG Stadium TX
N/A
 0°F N/A N/A 0% 0% N/A 258 mi
Dec 29
7:00 PM
 JLab Birmingham Bowl Georgia Southern @ App State Protective Stadium AL
Clear Clear
33.1°F 4.7 mph 10.1 mph 0% 59% 623 ft 302 mi
Dec 30
7:00 PM
 Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl Coastal Carolina @ Louisiana Tech Independence Stadium LA
N/A
 0°F N/A N/A 0% 0% N/A 861 mi
Dec 30
10:30 PM
 Liberty Mutual Music City Bowl Tennessee @ Illinois Nissan Stadium TN
N/A
 0°F N/A N/A 0% 0% N/A 160 mi
Dec 31
2:00 AM
 Valero Alamo Bowl USC @ TCU Alamodome TX
Cloudy Cloudy
41.3°F 3.8 mph 5.4 mph 0% 30% 738 ft 1,207 mi
Dec 31
5:00 PM
 ReliaQuest Bowl Iowa @ Vanderbilt Raymond James Stadium FL
SunnySunny
 47.8°F 9.8 mph 12.1 mph 0% 48% 72 ft 1,073 mi
Dec 31
7:00 PM
 Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl Arizona State @ Duke Sun Bowl TX
Clear Clear
54.3°F 2.2 mph 3.4 mph 0% 34% 3,904 ft 336 mi
Dec 31
8:00 PM
 Cheez-It Citrus Bowl Michigan @ Texas Camping World Stadium FL
N/A
 0°F N/A N/A 0% 0% N/A 955 mi
Dec 31
8:30 PM
 SRS Distribution Las Vegas Bowl Nebraska @ Utah Allegiant Stadium NV
Clear Clear
55.7°F 9.8 mph 20.4 mph 0% 35% 2,192 ft 1,052 mi
Jan 1
12:30 AM
 College Football Playoff Quarterfinal at the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic Miami @ Ohio State AT&T Stadium TX
N/A
 0°F N/A N/A 0% 0% N/A 1,117 mi
Jan 1
5:00 PM
 College Football Playoff Quarterfinal at the Capital One Orange Bowl Oregon @ Texas Tech Hard Rock Stadium FL
Cloudy Cloudy
54.2°F 9.8 mph 11.6 mph 0% 19% 43 ft 2,691 mi
Jan 1
9:00 PM
 College Football Playoff Quarterfinal at the Rose Bowl Presented by Prudential Alabama @ Indiana Rose Bowl CA
Clear Clear
56.0°F 3.1 mph 3.8 mph 0% 67% 810 ft 1,759 mi
Jan 2
1:00 AM
 College Football Playoff Quarterfinal at the Allstate Sugar Bowl Ole Miss @ Georgia Caesars Superdome LA
N/A
 0°F N/A N/A 0% 0% N/A 306 mi
Jan 2
6:00 PM
 Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl Rice @ Texas State Amon G. Carter Stadium TX
SunnySunny
 53.3°F 6.5 mph 12.9 mph 0% 39% 646 ft 237 mi
Jan 2
9:30 PM
 AutoZone Liberty Bowl Navy @ Cincinnati Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium TN
Clear Clear
34.7°F 6.0 mph 12.7 mph 0% 76% 315 ft 790 mi
Jan 3
1:00 AM
 Duke's Mayo Bowl Wake Forest @ Mississippi State Bank of America Stadium NC
Clear Clear
10.1°F 5.4 mph 11.3 mph 0% 93% 732 ft 71 mi
Jan 3
1:00 AM
 Trust & Will Holiday Bowl Arizona @ SMU Snapdragon Stadium CA
Clear Clear
62.5°F 6.0 mph 9.1 mph 0% 64% 89 ft 362 mi
Jan 9
12:30 AM
 College Football Playoff Semifinal at the Vrbo Fiesta Bowl Miami @ Ole Miss State Farm Stadium AZ
N/A
 0°F N/A N/A 0% 0% N/A 1,985 mi
Jan 10
12:30 AM
 College Football Playoff Semifinal at the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl Oregon @ Indiana Mercedes-Benz Stadium GA
Clear Clear
24.4°F 10.7 mph 14.5 mph 0% 56% 1,027 ft 2,179 mi
Jan 20
12:30 AM
 College Football Playoff National Championship Presented by AT&T Miami @ Indiana Hard Rock Stadium FL
Clear Clear
42.5°F 14.8 mph 18.1 mph 0% 45% 43 ft N/A

How BlueChip Weather Tracking Works

Blue Chip Analytics pulls hourly forecasts from WeatherAPI.com at each stadium's coordinates for the scheduled kickoff hour. Stadium locations, elevations, and seating capacities come from CollegeFootballData.com (CFBD). Travel distances are calculated as straight-line kilometres from the away team's home venue to the game venue, then converted to miles. Each metric is compared against documented thresholds (wind >15 mph, gusts >20 mph, temperature <32°F or >95°F, precipitation >50%, humidity <20% or >80%, elevation >5,000 ft, distance >500 miles) and flagged in the table. See the full methodology for model details.

How to Use This Weather Table

Use the checkboxes above the table to filter games by alert type — for example, checking "Wind Alert" shows only games with sustained winds above 15 mph. Use the Conference dropdown to narrow by league. Click any column header to sort. Each row links to the individual game page, which carries the full weather breakdown alongside power ratings, home field advantage, and travel context.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How does BlueChip Analytics collect weather data for college football games?

Weather forecasts are sourced from WeatherAPI.com at the stadium's coordinates for the scheduled kickoff hour. Game and venue data — including stadium location, elevation, and team travel distances — come from CollegeFootballData.com (CFBD). Pages are regenerated when new forecast data is available, typically within 48–72 hours of kickoff.

What wind speed is considered a weather alert in college football?

Blue Chip Analytics flags games with sustained winds above 15 mph as a wind alert and gusts above 20 mph as a gust alert. Research shows passing efficiency begins to decline meaningfully above 15 mph; kicking games — field goals and punts — are affected at lower thresholds depending on direction.

Does rain affect college football betting lines?

Games with precipitation probability above 50% are flagged with a rain alert. Heavy rain tends to depress scoring, favouring under totals, and can reduce the effectiveness of pass-heavy offences. The effect is most pronounced when rain coincides with wind above 15 mph. Moderate rain alone has a smaller and less consistent line impact.

Why does stadium elevation matter for college football games?

Stadiums above 5,000 feet — such as venues in Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming — are flagged for elevation. Thinner air reduces aerodynamic drag, which can marginally increase ball-flight distance on kicks and deep passes. Visiting teams unaccustomed to altitude may also experience reduced stamina in the fourth quarter, particularly early in the season.

What does the travel distance alert mean?

A distance alert flags away teams travelling more than 500 miles to the venue. Long travel correlates with minor but measurable performance reductions, especially for West-to-East trips that involve body-clock disadvantage. Blue Chip Analytics calculates straight-line distance from the away team's home stadium to the game venue using venue coordinates from CFBD.

How often is the weather data updated?

Pages are regenerated as part of the weekly data pipeline. Forecasts beyond 72 hours carry wider uncertainty intervals, so the most reliable reads appear in the 48–72-hour window before kickoff. Check back Thursday–Friday each week for the most accurate conditions.

Blue Chip Analytics tracks weather, elevation, and travel distance for every FBS game so you can quickly spot the 35 environmental outliers in the bowl season.