Our few weeks of perfect football weather are over.
Showers and even a possible stray thunderstorm could serve as the backdrop for several SEC games in Week 8.
But it could be much worse: Hurricane Patricia, measured as the most powerful Category 5 storm ever recorded, is bearing down on Mexico’s West Coast. So what’s a few rain droplets with which to contend?
The Auburn-Arkansas game kicks off at noon ET — 11 a.m. local time — in Fayetteville, Ark., where fans and players could experience temperatures in the low 60s with some rain showers. Missouri-Vanderbilt and Western Kentucky-LSU also could feature rain, with a chance of scattered thunderstorms near Baton Rouge, La.
Even Bryant-Denny Stadium should feature cloudy skies for Alabama-Tennessee in the “Third Saturday in October” rivalry. (Take note: it’s the fourth Saturday of the month.)
Again, those in the SEC footprint are aware of the devastation a hurricane can cause, and in that perspective, football doesn’t seem as significant. But fans still would like to avoid weather delays, cancellations and premature endings in Week 8 if possible. The conference experienced enough of those early in this season.
Here’s the complete Week 8 weather forecast in the SEC.
| Game | Time | Stadium | Weather/Temp/Rain |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auburn at Arkansas | Noon | Razorback Stadium | Showers, 62 deg. 40% chance of rain |
| Tennessee at Alabama | 3:30 p.m. | Bryant-Denny Stadium | Cloudy, 81 deg. 0% chance of rain |
| Missouri at Vanderbilt | 4 p.m. | Vanderbilt Stadium | Showers, 71 deg. 35% chance of rain |
| Texas A&M at Ole Miss | 7 p.m. | Vaught-Hemingway Stadium | Cloudy, 71 deg. 5% chance of rain |
| Western Kentucky at LSU | 7 p.m. | Tiger Stadium | Scattered T’storms, 77 deg. 40% chance of rain |
| Kentucky at Mississippi State | 7:30 p.m. | Davis Wade Stadium | Cloudy, 73 deg. 0% chance of rain |
All forecasts are based on Weather.com and all times ET.
An itinerant journalist, Christopher has moved between states 11 times in seven years. Formally an injury-prone Division I 800-meter specialist, he now wanders the Rockies in search of high peaks.
