The first round of the inaugural 12-team College Football Playoff is here. On Friday night, Indiana dealt with the cold in South Bend, Indiana, where it was also snowing during the day. Notre Dame would go on to beat the Hoosiers 27-17 on Friday night in the first-ever on-campus playoff game.
Now for Saturday, Clemson will travel halfway across the country to take on Texas, SMU is headed to Pennsylvania to take on Penn State, and Tennessee will go to Columbus to take on Ohio State. One of those games is bound to have notable weather conditions in late December, so let’s take a look at the forecast for every first-round game this weekend.
No. 11 SMU (11-2) @ No. 6 Penn State (11-2)
University Park, PA| Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024 | 11:00 a.m. CT | TNT/Max
Temperature: 26 degrees at kick off (Real feel: 12 degrees)
Conditions: Partly Cloudy
Wind: 16 MPH NW
Precipitation: 20%
No. 12 Clemson (10-3) @ No. 5 Texas (11-2)
Austin, TX | Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024 | 3:00 p.m. CT | TNT/Max
Temperature: 63 degrees at kick off (Real feel: 65 degrees)
Conditions: Sunny
Wind: 5 MPH SE
Precipitation: N/A
No. 9 Tennessee (10-2) @ No. 8 Ohio State (10-2)
Columbus, OH | Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024 | 7:00 p.m. CT | ABC/ESPN
Temperature: Kickoff 28 degrees (Real Feel: 23 degrees)
Conditions: Partly Cloudy
Wind: 7 MPH NNW
Precipitation: N/A
