Week 7 College Football Weather

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Utah State at Hawai'i carries the highest wind exposure in Week 7, with forecast sustained winds of 14 mph, gusting to 20 mph, at kickoff — above the 15 mph threshold where passing efficiency typically declines. 49 of 56 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
Oct 8
11:30 PM
Missouri State @ Middle Tennessee Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium TN
Overcast Overcast
28.4°F 4.3 mph 8.7 mph 0% 85% 656 ft 396 mi
Oct 9
12:00 AM
Liberty @ UTEP Sun Bowl TX
Clear Clear
43.7°F 5.8 mph 8.1 mph 0% 43% 3,904 ft 1,599 mi
Oct 9
11:00 PM
Louisiana Tech @ Kennesaw State Fifth Third Stadium GA
Partly Cloudy Partly Cloudy
30.1°F 5.1 mph 10.7 mph 0% 54% 1,096 ft 479 mi
Oct 9
11:30 PM
East Carolina @ Tulane Yulman Stadium LA
Clear Clear
42.6°F 6.7 mph 12.5 mph 0% 55% 16 ft 837 mi
Oct 10
12:00 AM
Jacksonville State @ Sam Houston BBVA Compass Stadium TX
Clear Clear
39.4°F 3.8 mph 5.8 mph 0% 36% 56 ft 630 mi
Oct 10
12:00 AM
Southern Miss @ Georgia Southern Allen E. Paulson Stadium GA
Clear Clear
26.8°F 5.6 mph 9.8 mph 0% 69% 230 ft 450 mi
Oct 10
11:30 PM
South Florida @ North Texas DATCU Stadium TX
Clear Clear
45.7°F 8.1 mph 17.0 mph 0% 54% 676 ft 944 mi
Oct 11
1:00 AM
Fresno State @ Colorado State Canvas Stadium CO
Clear Clear
32.2°F 4.7 mph 9.8 mph 0% 36% 5,010 ft 833 mi
Oct 11
1:00 AM
Rutgers @ Washington Husky Stadium TX
Overcast Overcast
44.7°F 0.2 mph 0.4 mph 0% 81% 69 ft 2,392 mi
Oct 11
4:00 PM
Miami (OH) @ Akron InfoCision Stadium OH
Moderate snowModerate snow
25.6°F 12.8 mph 16.7 mph 100% 95% 1,047 ft 201 mi
Oct 11
4:00 PM
Alabama @ Missouri Memorial Stadium IN
Cloudy Cloudy
32.8°F 9.6 mph 14.8 mph 0% 79% 699 ft 477 mi
Oct 11
4:00 PM
Louisiana @ James Madison Bridgeforth Stadium VA
Partly Cloudy Partly Cloudy
29.9°F 7.6 mph 10.2 mph 0% 63% 1,319 ft 940 mi
Oct 11
4:00 PM
Toledo @ Bowling Green Doyt L. Perry Stadium OH
Moderate or heavy snow showersModerate or heavy snow showers
27.2°F 12.8 mph 18.1 mph 100% 93% 682 ft 19 mi
Oct 11
4:00 PM
Stanford @ SMU Gerald J. Ford Stadium TX
SunnySunny
54.9°F 8.1 mph 11.2 mph 0% 33% 594 ft 1,467 mi
Oct 11
4:00 PM
UCF @ Cincinnati Nippert Stadium OH
Light snow showersLight snow showers
30.7°F 9.8 mph 12.2 mph 100% 83% 778 ft 750 mi
Oct 11
4:00 PM
Houston @ Oklahoma State Boone Pickens Stadium OK
SunnySunny
51.8°F 4.7 mph 8.1 mph 0% 48% 965 ft 452 mi
Oct 11
4:00 PM
Pittsburgh @ Florida State Doak Campbell Stadium FL
SunnySunny
46.8°F 5.6 mph 7.0 mph 0% 19% 95 ft 731 mi
Oct 11
4:00 PM
Charlotte @ Army Michie Stadium NY
SunnySunny
27.4°F 9.2 mph 13.2 mph 0% 82% 348 ft 557 mi
Oct 11
4:00 PM
UCLA @ Michigan State Spartan Stadium MI
Moderate or heavy snow showersModerate or heavy snow showers
27.4°F 12.3 mph 16.5 mph 100% 94% 866 ft 1,906 mi
Oct 11
4:00 PM
Ohio State @ Illinois Memorial Stadium (Champaign, IL) IL
Light snowLight snow
29.4°F 9.4 mph 13.9 mph 0% 90% 771 ft 277 mi
Oct 11
4:45 PM
Washington State @ Ole Miss Vaught-Hemingway Stadium MS
SunnySunny
41.3°F 9.6 mph 13.4 mph 0% 49% 472 ft 1,673 mi
Oct 11
5:00 PM
Northern Illinois @ Eastern Michigan Rynearson Stadium MI
Light snowLight snow
27.6°F 12.8 mph 17.4 mph 0% 90% 810 ft 265 mi
Oct 11
6:30 PM
Massachusetts @ Kent State Dix Stadium OH
Moderate snowModerate snow
25.0°F 11.9 mph 16.8 mph 100% 96% 1,063 ft 461 mi
Oct 11
7:30 PM
Ball State @ Western Michigan Waldo Stadium MI
Overcast Overcast
21.8°F 10.5 mph 17.5 mph 0% 89% 807 ft 143 mi
Oct 11
7:30 PM
Northwestern @ Penn State Beaver Stadium PA
Cloudy Cloudy
15.8°F 5.1 mph 10.8 mph 0% 94% 1,178 ft 517 mi
Oct 11
7:30 PM
Oklahoma @ Texas Cotton Bowl TX
Clear Clear
51.4°F 5.6 mph 11.6 mph 0% 44% 489 ft 172 mi
Oct 11
7:30 PM
Virginia Tech @ Georgia Tech Bobby Dodd Stadium GA
Partly Cloudy Partly Cloudy
34.0°F 4.9 mph 10.3 mph 0% 38% 951 ft 327 mi
Oct 11
7:30 PM
Iowa State @ Colorado Folsom Field CO
Clear Clear
35.1°F 5.1 mph 11.0 mph 0% 27% 5,400 ft 623 mi
Oct 11
7:30 PM
App State @ Georgia State Center Parc Stadium GA
Partly Cloudy Partly Cloudy
34.0°F 4.9 mph 10.3 mph 0% 38% 978 ft 229 mi
Oct 11
7:30 PM
Old Dominion @ Marshall Joan C. Edwards Stadium WV
Moderate snowModerate snow
28.4°F 6.7 mph 11.0 mph 100% 95% 554 ft 352 mi
Oct 11
7:30 PM
Air Force @ UNLV Allegiant Stadium NV
Clear Clear
57.5°F 10.3 mph 20.9 mph 0% 33% 2,192 ft 602 mi
Oct 11
7:30 PM
TCU @ Kansas State Bill Snyder Family Stadium KS
Clear Clear
28.2°F 5.1 mph 10.7 mph 0% 81% 1,129 ft 450 mi
Oct 11
7:30 PM
Wake Forest @ Oregon State Reser Stadium OR
Clear Clear
45.4°F 2.0 mph 4.2 mph 0% 89% 233 ft 2,316 mi
Oct 11
7:30 PM
Nebraska @ Maryland SECU Stadium MD
Partly Cloudy Partly Cloudy
26.0°F 4.7 mph 9.9 mph 0% 89% 148 ft 1,055 mi
Oct 11
7:30 PM
NC State @ Notre Dame Notre Dame Stadium IN
Light snow showersLight snow showers
23.6°F 8.1 mph 13.2 mph 0% 95% 755 ft 574 mi
Oct 11
7:30 PM
Indiana @ Oregon Autzen Stadium OR
Partly Cloudy Partly Cloudy
44.4°F 0.7 mph 1.4 mph 0% 93% 443 ft 1,906 mi
Oct 11
8:00 PM
Navy @ Temple Lincoln Financial Field PA
Overcast Overcast
19.4°F 5.1 mph 10.7 mph 0% 93% 43 ft 96 mi
Oct 11
8:15 PM
Arkansas @ Tennessee Neyland Stadium TN
Partly Cloudy Partly Cloudy
23.7°F 3.4 mph 7.2 mph 0% 80% 899 ft 574 mi
Oct 11
10:00 PM
UAB @ Florida Atlantic FAU Stadium FL
Overcast Overcast
50.6°F 7.8 mph 11.3 mph 0% 27% 16 ft 636 mi
Oct 11
11:00 PM
Iowa @ Wisconsin Camp Randall Stadium WI
MistMist
8.5°F 6.0 mph 12.5 mph 0% 96% 909 ft 147 mi
Oct 11
11:00 PM
Florida @ Texas A&M Kyle Field TX
Clear Clear
44.4°F 7.6 mph 16.1 mph 0% 83% 367 ft 840 mi
Oct 11
11:00 PM
UL Monroe @ Coastal Carolina Brooks Stadium (SC) SC
Partly Cloudy Partly Cloudy
27.9°F 5.1 mph 10.7 mph 0% 92% 23 ft 761 mi
Oct 11
11:00 PM
San José State @ Wyoming War Memorial Stadium WY
Clear Clear
29.7°F 7.8 mph 16.4 mph 0% 43% 7,231 ft 914 mi
Oct 11
11:30 PM
Purdue @ Minnesota Huntington Bank Stadium MN
MistMist
8.5°F 2.9 mph 5.8 mph 0% 96% 840 ft 448 mi
Oct 11
11:30 PM
Kansas @ Texas Tech Jones AT&T Stadium TX
Clear Clear
42.8°F 8.9 mph 19.0 mph 0% 40% 3,228 ft 523 mi
Oct 11
11:30 PM
Michigan @ USC Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum CA
Clear Clear
57.9°F 3.8 mph 4.9 mph 0% 67% 177 ft 1,951 mi
Oct 11
11:30 PM
Georgia @ Auburn Jordan-Hare Stadium AL
Clear Clear
29.2°F 5.1 mph 10.7 mph 0% 67% 686 ft 154 mi
Oct 11
11:30 PM
Rice @ UTSA Alamodome TX
Cloudy Cloudy
48.5°F 4.5 mph 6.5 mph 0% 70% 738 ft 186 mi
Oct 11
11:30 PM
Clemson @ Boston College Alumni Stadium (Chestnut Hill, MA) MA
Partly Cloudy Partly Cloudy
17.0°F 5.1 mph 10.7 mph 0% 93% 164 ft 823 mi
Oct 11
11:45 PM
South Carolina @ LSU Tiger Stadium (LA) LA
Clear Clear
38.3°F 5.4 mph 11.4 mph 0% 71% 56 ft 644 mi
Oct 12
12:00 AM
BYU @ Arizona Arizona Stadium AZ
Clear Clear
57.2°F 7.2 mph 15.0 mph 0% 33% 2,438 ft 555 mi
Oct 12
12:00 AM
Troy @ Texas State Bobcat Stadium (TX) TX
Partly Cloudy Partly Cloudy
34.7°F 3.1 mph 6.4 mph 0% 37% 600 ft 723 mi
Oct 12
1:45 AM
New Mexico @ Boise State Albertsons Stadium ID
Overcast Overcast
37.3°F 2.0 mph 4.5 mph 0% 58% 2,723 ft 780 mi
Oct 12
2:15 AM
Arizona State @ Utah Rice-Eccles Stadium UT
Clear Clear
35.6°F 3.6 mph 7.5 mph 0% 35% 4,656 ft 506 mi
Oct 12
2:30 AM
San Diego State @ Nevada Mackay Stadium NV
Clear Clear
40.4°F 4.3 mph 8.1 mph 0% 66% 4,619 ft 490 mi
Oct 12
3:59 AM
Utah State @ Hawai'i Clarence T.C. Ching Athletics Complex HI
Patchy rain nearbyPatchy rain nearby
73.8°F 14.1 mph 20.1 mph 70% 79% 75 ft 3,013 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 7.