NCAA Football, NFL Forecasts: Weather May Play a Key Role in Several Games This Weekend

Jon Erdman
Published: November 18,2016
November is crunch time in both college football and the NFL. Unfortunately, the weather can also become much more impactful in November, and this weekend is no exception.
Let's break down the games where weather could have an impact this weekend, starting with Saturday's top-25 NCAA slate, as well as a few other non-top-25 games with weather impacts. All times are Eastern Standard Time.

Saturday (NCAA)

Saturday's NCAA Forecast

In general, the wind will be the biggest headache for any games in the Great Lakes and interior Northeast, making long field goals much more difficult and any throws downfield challenging.
Rain may be a problem for some West Coast games as well.

(2) Ohio State at Michigan State

• East Lansing, Michigan; 12 p.m.
• Very windy and cold, with some rain or snow showers possible

(7) Wisconsin at Purdue

• West Lafayette, Indiana; 12 p.m.
• Windy and cold

Duke at Pittsburgh

• Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; 3 p.m.
• Very windy, with falling temperatures during the game

Missouri at (19) Tennessee

• Knoxville, Tennessee; 3:30 p.m.
• Breezy and much colder than it has been for a while

Indiana at (3) Michigan

• Ann Arbor, Michigan; 3:30 p.m.
• Very windy and cold, with some rain or snow showers possible

Buffalo at (21) W. Michigan

• Kalamazoo, Michigan; 3:30 p.m.
• Very windy and cold, with accumulating snow possible

Virginia Tech at Notre Dame

• Notre Dame, Indiana; 3:30 p.m.
• Very windy and cold, with accumulating snow possible

(24) Stanford at California

• Berkeley, California; 5:30 p.m.
• Windy with rain likely

Arizona State at (6) Washington

• Seattle, Washington; 7:30 p.m.
• Chance of showers

(9) Oklahoma at (14) West Virginia

• Morgantown, West Virginia; 8 p.m.
• Windy with snow showers

(8) Penn State at Rutgers

• Piscataway, New Jersey; 8 p.m.
• Turning colder, windy with showers

Sunday (NFL)

Sunday's NFL Forecast

Games in the Northeast will have to deal with wind and cold. Thankfully for the Bengals, they host the Bills instead of playing a game in windy, raw Buffalo.
Meanwhile, the Patriots' California escape may instead be dampened by light rain, if not by the 49ers.
And, oddly enough, given the early complaints about the lack of shade and searing heat at the Memorial Coliseum, there's actually a threat of rain in Los Angeles for No. 1 overall pick Jared Goff's first NFL start.

Pittsburgh at Cleveland

• 1 p.m.
• Very windy, cold

Buffalo at Cincinnati

• 1 p.m.
• Windy, cold

Chicago at N.Y. Giants

• 1 p.m.
• Very windy, chilly

Miami at Los Angeles

• 4:05 p.m.
• Chance of rain

New England at San Francisco

• 4:25 p.m.
• Chance of rain

Philadelphia at Seattle

• 4:25 p.m.
• Chance of showers

Green Bay at Washington

• 8:30 p.m.
• Windy, chilly

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