Week 9 College Football Weather

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Akron at Buffalo carries the highest wind exposure in Week 9, with forecast sustained winds of 14 mph, gusting to 21 mph, at kickoff — above the 15 mph threshold where passing efficiency typically declines. 44 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
Oct 21
11:00 PM
Kennesaw State @ Florida International Pitbull Stadium FL
Partly Cloudy Partly Cloudy
49.7°F 7.6 mph 11.6 mph 0% 26% 30 ft 624 mi
Oct 21
11:30 PM
Western Kentucky @ Louisiana Tech Joe Aillet Stadium LA
Clear Clear
36.3°F 5.4 mph 11.2 mph 0% 76% 269 ft 467 mi
Oct 22
11:30 PM
Middle Tennessee @ Delaware Delaware Stadium DE
Freezing fogFreezing fog
16.0°F 3.6 mph 7.6 mph 0% 96% 105 ft 638 mi
Oct 23
1:00 AM
Missouri State @ New Mexico State Aggie Memorial Stadium NM
Clear Clear
41.1°F 3.4 mph 6.7 mph 0% 55% 3,970 ft 837 mi
Oct 23
11:30 PM
South Alabama @ Georgia State Center Parc Stadium GA
Partly Cloudy Partly Cloudy
31.6°F 5.6 mph 11.0 mph 0% 49% 978 ft 306 mi
Oct 24
11:00 PM
North Texas @ Charlotte Jerry Richardson Stadium NC
Freezing fogFreezing fog
23.3°F 2.7 mph 5.4 mph 0% 98% 643 ft 950 mi
Oct 24
11:30 PM
California @ Virginia Tech Lane Stadium VA
Freezing fogFreezing fog
13.1°F 3.8 mph 8.1 mph 0% 97% 2,067 ft 2,278 mi
Oct 25
2:00 AM
Boise State @ Nevada Mackay Stadium NV
Clear Clear
40.4°F 4.3 mph 8.1 mph 0% 66% 4,619 ft 337 mi
Oct 25
4:00 PM
UCLA @ Indiana Memorial Stadium (Bloomington, IN) IN
Moderate snowModerate snow
29.7°F 9.4 mph 13.0 mph 100% 91% 787 ft 1,782 mi
Oct 25
4:00 PM
Ohio @ Eastern Michigan Rynearson Stadium MI
Light freezing rainLight freezing rain
27.8°F 13.2 mph 17.6 mph 0% 88% 810 ft 218 mi
Oct 25
4:00 PM
South Florida @ Memphis Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium TN
SunnySunny
42.6°F 11.4 mph 17.0 mph 0% 50% 315 ft 660 mi
Oct 25
4:00 PM
Bowling Green @ Kent State Dix Stadium OH
Moderate snowModerate snow
25.2°F 13.4 mph 17.9 mph 100% 95% 1,063 ft 121 mi
Oct 25
4:00 PM
Kansas State @ Kansas Memorial Stadium IN
SunnySunny
34.5°F 9.4 mph 13.4 mph 0% 67% 935 ft 74 mi
Oct 25
4:00 PM
Virginia @ North Carolina Kenan Stadium NC
SunnySunny
31.7°F 6.7 mph 9.8 mph 0% 92% 446 ft 149 mi
Oct 25
4:00 PM
Northwestern @ Nebraska Memorial Stadium (Lincoln, NE) NE
SunnySunny
33.0°F 10.3 mph 13.9 mph 0% 58% 1,204 ft 477 mi
Oct 25
4:00 PM
Syracuse @ Georgia Tech Bobby Dodd Stadium GA
Partly Cloudy Partly Cloudy
38.6°F 5.6 mph 8.7 mph 0% 22% 951 ft 780 mi
Oct 25
4:00 PM
Ole Miss @ Oklahoma Memorial Stadium (Norman, OK) OK
SunnySunny
55.1°F 7.2 mph 10.5 mph 0% 39% 1,194 ft 453 mi
Oct 25
4:00 PM
Rutgers @ Purdue Ross-Ade Stadium IN
Moderate snowModerate snow
29.0°F 9.8 mph 13.4 mph 100% 92% 663 ft 656 mi
Oct 25
4:00 PM
SMU @ Wake Forest Allegacy Federal Credit Union Stadium NC
Overcast Overcast
30.2°F 6.5 mph 9.2 mph 0% 86% 958 ft 969 mi
Oct 25
4:00 PM
App State @ Old Dominion S.B. Ballard Stadium VA
Partly Cloudy Partly Cloudy
30.3°F 7.6 mph 10.6 mph 0% 86% 13 ft 303 mi
Oct 25
4:45 PM
Auburn @ Arkansas Razorback Stadium AR
SunnySunny
42.7°F 8.5 mph 11.0 mph 0% 57% 1,358 ft 551 mi
Oct 25
5:00 PM
Akron @ Buffalo UB Stadium NY
Heavy snowHeavy snow
24.6°F 14.3 mph 21.0 mph 100% 94% 600 ft 193 mi
Oct 25
7:00 PM
Utah State @ New Mexico University Stadium (NM) NM
Clear Clear
44.8°F 3.4 mph 6.5 mph 0% 36% 5,121 ft 540 mi
Oct 25
7:00 PM
UConn @ Rice Rice Stadium TX
Clear Clear
52.7°F 4.0 mph 6.7 mph 0% 49% 66 ft 1,519 mi
Oct 25
7:30 PM
Temple @ Tulsa Chapman Stadium OK
Clear Clear
41.7°F 4.9 mph 10.5 mph 0% 67% 804 ft 1,160 mi
Oct 25
7:30 PM
San Diego State @ Fresno State Valley Children's Stadium CA
Patchy rain nearbyPatchy rain nearby
55.0°F 6.3 mph 11.4 mph 100% 70% 351 ft 316 mi
Oct 25
7:30 PM
Illinois @ Washington Husky Stadium TX
Partly Cloudy Partly Cloudy
47.6°F 3.6 mph 5.9 mph 0% 80% 69 ft 1,763 mi
Oct 25
7:30 PM
Western Michigan @ Miami (OH) Yager Stadium OH
Moderate snowModerate snow
26.2°F 8.1 mph 13.4 mph 100% 97% 797 ft 196 mi
Oct 25
7:30 PM
Alabama @ South Carolina Williams-Brice Stadium SC
Overcast Overcast
31.9°F 5.1 mph 10.8 mph 0% 91% 243 ft 380 mi
Oct 25
7:30 PM
Minnesota @ Iowa Kinnick Stadium IA
Clear Clear
20.4°F 10.3 mph 16.6 mph 0% 83% 722 ft 244 mi
Oct 25
7:30 PM
Ball State @ Northern Illinois Huskie Stadium IL
Partly Cloudy Partly Cloudy
21.3°F 8.9 mph 15.2 mph 0% 88% 896 ft 212 mi
Oct 25
7:30 PM
Massachusetts @ Central Michigan Kelly/Shorts Stadium MI
Partly Cloudy Partly Cloudy
21.7°F 13.0 mph 20.8 mph 0% 84% 807 ft 625 mi
Oct 25
7:30 PM
Missouri @ Vanderbilt FirstBank Stadium TN
Overcast Overcast
31.5°F 4.3 mph 9.2 mph 0% 77% 551 ft 359 mi
Oct 25
7:30 PM
BYU @ Iowa State Jack Trice Stadium IA
Clear Clear
20.3°F 9.4 mph 13.6 mph 0% 73% 915 ft 946 mi
Oct 25
7:30 PM
Florida Atlantic @ Navy Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium MD
Clear Clear
28.4°F 9.2 mph 19.0 mph 0% 85% 39 ft 894 mi
Oct 25
7:30 PM
NC State @ Pittsburgh Acrisure Stadium PA
Light snowLight snow
25.3°F 9.4 mph 14.4 mph 0% 90% 719 ft 328 mi
Oct 25
7:30 PM
UL Monroe @ Southern Miss M. M. Roberts Stadium MS
Clear Clear
35.9°F 5.1 mph 10.7 mph 0% 64% 233 ft 181 mi
Oct 25
7:30 PM
Toledo @ Washington State Gesa Field WA
Cloudy Cloudy
40.1°F 0.9 mph 1.6 mph 0% 79% 2,546 ft 1,689 mi
Oct 25
8:00 PM
Oklahoma State @ Texas Tech Jones AT&T Stadium TX
Clear Clear
47.2°F 9.4 mph 19.5 mph 0% 34% 3,228 ft 324 mi
Oct 25
8:00 PM
Baylor @ Cincinnati Nippert Stadium OH
Moderate snowModerate snow
27.9°F 6.5 mph 10.3 mph 100% 97% 778 ft 881 mi
Oct 25
8:15 PM
Texas @ Mississippi State Davis Wade Stadium MS
Clear Clear
33.4°F 6.5 mph 13.9 mph 0% 75% 381 ft 569 mi
Oct 25
10:00 PM
TCU @ West Virginia Milan Puskar Stadium WV
Moderate snowModerate snow
24.2°F 8.9 mph 13.2 mph 100% 95% 1,079 ft 1,082 mi
Oct 25
11:00 PM
Wisconsin @ Oregon Autzen Stadium OR
MistMist
40.0°F 0.9 mph 2.0 mph 0% 95% 443 ft 1,679 mi
Oct 25
11:00 PM
Louisiana @ Troy Veterans Memorial Stadium (AL) AL
Clear Clear
29.9°F 5.8 mph 12.1 mph 0% 64% 548 ft 376 mi
Oct 25
11:00 PM
Stanford @ Miami Hard Rock Stadium FL
Clear Clear
50.4°F 7.4 mph 10.1 mph 0% 23% 43 ft 2,569 mi
Oct 25
11:00 PM
Georgia Southern @ Arkansas State Centennial Bank Stadium AR
Clear Clear
31.3°F 7.8 mph 15.7 mph 0% 90% 302 ft 561 mi
Oct 25
11:30 PM
Michigan @ Michigan State Spartan Stadium MI
Partly Cloudy Partly Cloudy
14.6°F 10.3 mph 19.2 mph 0% 93% 866 ft 49 mi
Oct 25
11:30 PM
Colorado State @ Wyoming War Memorial Stadium WY
Clear Clear
29.7°F 7.8 mph 16.4 mph 0% 43% 7,231 ft 57 mi
Oct 25
11:30 PM
Texas A&M @ LSU Tiger Stadium (LA) LA
Clear Clear
38.3°F 5.4 mph 11.4 mph 0% 71% 56 ft 308 mi
Oct 25
11:30 PM
Boston College @ Louisville L&N Federal Credit Union Stadium KY
MistMist
27.2°F 5.8 mph 9.4 mph 0% 96% 466 ft 821 mi
Oct 25
11:45 PM
Tennessee @ Kentucky Kroger Field KY
Light snowLight snow
25.6°F 7.8 mph 13.4 mph 100% 98% 1,004 ft 146 mi
Oct 26
12:00 AM
Houston @ Arizona State Mountain America Stadium AZ
Clear Clear
63.3°F 4.0 mph 8.5 mph 0% 24% 1,220 ft 1,010 mi
Oct 26
2:15 AM
Colorado @ Utah Rice-Eccles Stadium UT
Clear Clear
35.6°F 3.6 mph 7.5 mph 0% 35% 4,656 ft 351 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.

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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 44 environmental outliers in Week 9.