Week 5 College Football Weather

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UConn at Buffalo carries the highest wind exposure in Week 5, with forecast sustained winds of 13 mph, gusting to 20 mph, at kickoff — above the 15 mph threshold where passing efficiency typically declines. 49 of 53 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%.

Date Away @ Home Stadium St Weather Temp Wind Gust Rain Humidity Altitude Distance
Sep 25
11:30 PM
Army @ East Carolina Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium NC
MistMist
23.3°F 7.6 mph 15.4 mph 0% 94% 62 ft 440 mi
Sep 26
11:00 PM
Florida State @ Virginia Scott Stadium VA
MistMist
21.7°F 3.4 mph 7.2 mph 0% 97% 545 ft 619 mi
Sep 27
1:00 AM
TCU @ Arizona State Mountain America Stadium AZ
Clear Clear
62.2°F 4.5 mph 9.2 mph 0% 25% 1,220 ft 846 mi
Sep 27
2:30 AM
Houston @ Oregon State Reser Stadium OR
Partly Cloudy Partly Cloudy
41.7°F 1.1 mph 2.5 mph 0% 91% 233 ft 1,836 mi
Sep 27
4:00 PM
Rutgers @ Minnesota Huntington Bank Stadium MN
SunnySunny
15.9°F 7.2 mph 10.3 mph 0% 83% 840 ft 1,000 mi
Sep 27
4:00 PM
Notre Dame @ Arkansas Razorback Stadium AR
SunnySunny
42.7°F 8.5 mph 11.0 mph 0% 57% 1,358 ft 578 mi
Sep 27
4:00 PM
Cincinnati @ Kansas Memorial Stadium IN
SunnySunny
34.5°F 9.4 mph 13.4 mph 0% 67% 935 ft 577 mi
Sep 27
4:00 PM
Louisville @ Pittsburgh Acrisure Stadium PA
Overcast Overcast
26.8°F 10.5 mph 13.8 mph 0% 81% 719 ft 344 mi
Sep 27
4:00 PM
Duke @ Syracuse JMA Wireless Dome NY
Partly Cloudy Partly Cloudy
26.2°F 7.6 mph 10.5 mph 0% 83% 571 ft 508 mi
Sep 27
4:00 PM
South Alabama @ North Texas DATCU Stadium TX
SunnySunny
55.2°F 10.5 mph 15.0 mph 0% 34% 676 ft 554 mi
Sep 27
4:00 PM
Georgia Tech @ Wake Forest Allegacy Federal Credit Union Stadium NC
Overcast Overcast
30.2°F 6.5 mph 9.2 mph 0% 86% 958 ft 286 mi
Sep 27
4:00 PM
UCF @ Kansas State Bill Snyder Family Stadium KS
SunnySunny
34.9°F 7.8 mph 11.0 mph 0% 70% 1,129 ft 1,144 mi
Sep 27
4:00 PM
USC @ Illinois Memorial Stadium (Champaign, IL) IL
Light snowLight snow
29.4°F 9.4 mph 13.9 mph 0% 90% 771 ft 1,704 mi
Sep 27
4:00 PM
Bowling Green @ Ohio Peden Stadium OH
Moderate or heavy snow showersModerate or heavy snow showers
28.9°F 9.6 mph 12.0 mph 100% 91% 640 ft 163 mi
Sep 27
4:45 PM
Utah State @ Vanderbilt FirstBank Stadium TN
Cloudy Cloudy
35.4°F 7.6 mph 11.9 mph 0% 62% 551 ft 1,396 mi
Sep 27
5:00 PM
Eastern Michigan @ Central Michigan Kelly/Shorts Stadium MI
Partly Cloudy Partly Cloudy
25.1°F 12.5 mph 17.9 mph 0% 82% 807 ft 108 mi
Sep 27
5:30 PM
Georgia Southern @ James Madison Bridgeforth Stadium VA
Partly Cloudy Partly Cloudy
26.7°F 6.9 mph 11.0 mph 0% 71% 1,319 ft 446 mi
Sep 27
7:00 PM
Arkansas State @ UL Monroe Malone Stadium LA
Clear Clear
41.3°F 7.4 mph 15.4 mph 0% 61% 92 ft 242 mi
Sep 27
7:30 PM
Auburn @ Texas A&M Kyle Field TX
Clear Clear
49.0°F 7.6 mph 15.9 mph 0% 67% 367 ft 654 mi
Sep 27
7:30 PM
LSU @ Ole Miss Vaught-Hemingway Stadium MS
Clear Clear
34.3°F 5.8 mph 12.3 mph 0% 74% 472 ft 289 mi
Sep 27
7:30 PM
California @ Boston College Alumni Stadium (Chestnut Hill, MA) MA
Clear Clear
22.7°F 7.4 mph 14.5 mph 0% 89% 164 ft 2,683 mi
Sep 27
7:30 PM
Akron @ Toledo Glass Bowl OH
Light snowLight snow
26.5°F 11.6 mph 18.3 mph 100% 94% 610 ft 117 mi
Sep 27
7:30 PM
Indiana @ Iowa Kinnick Stadium IA
Clear Clear
20.4°F 10.3 mph 16.6 mph 0% 83% 722 ft 315 mi
Sep 27
7:30 PM
UCLA @ Northwestern Lanny and Sharon Martin Stadium IL
Clear Clear
22.9°F 9.8 mph 16.8 mph 0% 89% 581 ft 1,738 mi
Sep 27
7:30 PM
Ohio State @ Washington Husky Stadium TX
Partly Cloudy Partly Cloudy
47.6°F 3.6 mph 5.9 mph 0% 80% 69 ft 2,010 mi
Sep 27
7:30 PM
UConn @ Buffalo UB Stadium NY
Heavy snowHeavy snow
24.8°F 13.4 mph 20.3 mph 100% 95% 600 ft 326 mi
Sep 27
7:30 PM
Utah @ West Virginia Milan Puskar Stadium WV
Overcast Overcast
24.5°F 9.2 mph 15.5 mph 0% 82% 1,079 ft 1,680 mi
Sep 27
7:30 PM
San Diego State @ Northern Illinois Huskie Stadium IL
Partly Cloudy Partly Cloudy
21.3°F 8.9 mph 15.2 mph 0% 88% 896 ft 1,673 mi
Sep 27
7:30 PM
Baylor @ Oklahoma State Boone Pickens Stadium OK
Clear Clear
44.9°F 7.6 mph 15.9 mph 0% 66% 965 ft 315 mi
Sep 27
7:30 PM
Rice @ Navy Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium MD
Clear Clear
28.4°F 9.2 mph 19.0 mph 0% 85% 39 ft 1,252 mi
Sep 27
7:30 PM
Lindenwood @ Miami (OH) Yager Stadium OH
Moderate snowModerate snow
26.2°F 8.1 mph 13.4 mph 100% 97% 797 ft 314 mi
Sep 27
8:00 PM
Tulane @ Tulsa Chapman Stadium OK
Clear Clear
40.1°F 6.0 mph 12.5 mph 0% 72% 804 ft 545 mi
Sep 27
8:00 PM
Hawai'i @ Air Force Falcon Stadium CO
Clear Clear
35.0°F 7.2 mph 15.0 mph 0% 41% 6,657 ft 3,345 mi
Sep 27
8:00 PM
New Mexico State @ New Mexico University Stadium (NM) NM
Partly Cloudy Partly Cloudy
43.3°F 4.3 mph 8.9 mph 0% 38% 5,121 ft 192 mi
Sep 27
8:15 PM
Tennessee @ Mississippi State Davis Wade Stadium MS
Clear Clear
33.4°F 6.5 mph 13.9 mph 0% 75% 381 ft 326 mi
Sep 27
10:00 PM
Liberty @ Old Dominion S.B. Ballard Stadium VA
Overcast Overcast
25.5°F 10.3 mph 18.9 mph 0% 92% 13 ft 162 mi
Sep 27
10:00 PM
Middle Tennessee @ Kennesaw State Fifth Third Stadium GA
Partly Cloudy Partly Cloudy
30.5°F 4.9 mph 10.3 mph 0% 52% 1,096 ft 162 mi
Sep 27
10:30 PM
Rhode Island @ Western Michigan Waldo Stadium MI
MistMist
13.4°F 7.4 mph 15.5 mph 0% 95% 807 ft 727 mi
Sep 27
11:00 PM
Jacksonville State @ Southern Miss M. M. Roberts Stadium MS
Clear Clear
31.6°F 5.4 mph 11.4 mph 0% 76% 233 ft 270 mi
Sep 27
11:00 PM
Virginia Tech @ NC State Carter-Finley Stadium NC
Freezing fogFreezing fog
27.2°F 6.3 mph 11.0 mph 0% 97% 410 ft 136 mi
Sep 27
11:00 PM
Arizona @ Iowa State Jack Trice Stadium IA
Clear Clear
16.3°F 6.0 mph 8.9 mph 0% 83% 915 ft 1,167 mi
Sep 27
11:00 PM
Western Kentucky @ Missouri State Plaster Sports Complex MO
Clear Clear
27.7°F 4.7 mph 9.4 mph 0% 90% 1,339 ft 377 mi
Sep 27
11:00 PM
Memphis @ Florida Atlantic FAU Stadium FL
Clear Clear
49.8°F 8.3 mph 12.1 mph 0% 28% 16 ft 841 mi
Sep 27
11:30 PM
Massachusetts @ Missouri Memorial Stadium IN
Clear Clear
20.4°F 5.8 mph 12.3 mph 0% 92% 699 ft 1,064 mi
Sep 27
11:30 PM
Alabama @ Georgia Sanford Stadium GA
Partly Cloudy Partly Cloudy
25.0°F 4.7 mph 10.1 mph 0% 78% 715 ft 246 mi
Sep 27
11:30 PM
Washington State @ Colorado State Canvas Stadium CO
Clear Clear
34.7°F 3.1 mph 6.6 mph 0% 43% 5,010 ft 738 mi
Sep 27
11:30 PM
App State @ Boise State Albertsons Stadium ID
Clear Clear
35.9°F 3.8 mph 8.0 mph 0% 70% 2,723 ft 1,888 mi
Sep 27
11:30 PM
Oregon @ Penn State Beaver Stadium PA
MistMist
14.4°F 6.0 mph 12.8 mph 0% 94% 1,178 ft 2,293 mi
Sep 27
11:30 PM
San José State @ Stanford Stanford Stadium CA
Partly Cloudy Partly Cloudy
52.5°F 3.8 mph 5.4 mph 59% 88% 46 ft 18 mi
Sep 27
11:45 PM
Kentucky @ South Carolina Williams-Brice Stadium SC
Partly Cloudy Partly Cloudy
29.6°F 6.5 mph 13.6 mph 0% 86% 243 ft 341 mi
Sep 28
12:00 AM
Marshall @ Louisiana Cajun Field LA
Clear Clear
29.1°F 4.0 mph 8.5 mph 0% 58% 62 ft 788 mi
Sep 28
1:00 AM
Louisiana Tech @ UTEP Sun Bowl TX
Clear Clear
43.0°F 5.6 mph 7.8 mph 0% 43% 3,904 ft 813 mi
Sep 28
2:15 AM
BYU @ Colorado Folsom Field CO
Clear Clear
29.4°F 9.6 mph 20.2 mph 0% 29% 5,400 ft 339 mi

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.

When to Skip the Weather Table

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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 49 environmental outliers in Week 5.