Forecasting ahead of time for the college football playoffs

AccuWeather is looking a week and a half in advance at the forecast for this December's college football playoff matchups.

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00:00All right, we're going to be taking a look at some very high-impact college football games.

00:06The new format here for the postseason is something that is gripping the nation's attention,

00:11so we're looking a little farther down the line than we typically would with a football forecast.

00:16This is not this weekend, but next weekend.

00:19Yes, there are some games this weekend, the Army-Navy game and so forth,

00:22but we're going to look farther down to the official beginning of the playoffs here.

00:25Friday, next week, we're looking at South Bend, Indiana at Notre Dame,

00:31and it's going to be pretty cold out here, 30 degrees for kickoff.

00:34It's going to be cold and brisk, and there is the likelihood of some flurries around.

00:39There may even be a period of snow showers that could be at least some impact into the game.

00:45We need to keep an eye on temperatures here into University Park, State College PA.

00:51SMU, a warm climate team coming up into Happy Valley here, kickoff temperature around 33.

00:59We're trending a little colder, and there's the potential that this could come even a little colder than that.

01:05We've got to keep an eye on temperatures, and there will be some snow showers possible here

01:09into areas around Happy Valley, brisk and chilly.

01:12Columbus, Ohio here, Tennessee at Ohio State.

01:14In this case, there is the chance for some snow showers.

01:17We need to watch the timing of the system coming in into next weekend,

01:22as that could conceivably increase the likelihood of some snow.

01:26And if it comes in faster, we would also have to drive temperatures down

01:29because of an early arrival of that colder air.

01:32Again, some snow showers for each of those games.

01:35Now, we're not going to see any snow showers during a Saturday afternoon game down in Austin.

01:39This is a game where the weather is unlikely to impact things on the gridiron.

01:4367 degrees, some sunshine out there.

01:46And you can see, instead of yellow and low, we're going green

01:49with nearly zero weather impact for this one in Austin.