SwampButt Underwear Scale of Sultry College Football Predictions for Week 8

October 24, 2026 – Could August’s heat and humidity still influence who wins in October? SwampButt Underwear is exploring that question through its Scale of Sultry, a weather-based system that measures combinations of heat and humidity and their possible effect on physical conditioning. The author of the study and inventor of SwampButt Underwear, Harold Nicoll, has a theory about heat, humidity, solar exposure and conditioning.

The hypothesis is straightforward: Teams accustomed to hotter, more humid summer conditions may have a conditioning advantage. The experiment asks how frequently the team from the sultrier preseason geography wins—and whether that relationship changes as game-day weather becomes cooler. “My fervent belief is that since it is ‘harder’ work out in the heat, the athletes who do so are in better condition and that conditioning is a competitive advantage,” Nicoll said. “The challenge is proving it.”

Week 8

There are 111 college football games for Week 8 and a lot at stake for most of the teams playing. As half of those teams will lose, college football fans want to know if their school might have some type of advantage that does not show up in the ‘stat sheet.’ Advantages could be player motivation, player illness, a bad night’s sleep, or sushi from a gas station. Or the advantage might be which team is in the best physical condition. It might be the effect hot humid weather has on conditioning with the teams from the hotter more humid geographies in possession of an advantage that is not measured. Putting a value on this is what the SwampButt Underwear Scale Of Sultry attempts to demonstrate.

With some of the hot weather teams visiting more comfortable climates the SwampButt Underwear Scale of Sultry theory will face a stern test of credibility.

Top Games for Week 8

To see all of this week’s predictions: Week_8_SOS_2026

“For these games, there are upsets predicted,” according to SwampButt Underwear spokesman Nick Heraldson. “The ‘scale has predicted several upsets this season like Kentucky over Texas A&M, Texas over Ohio State to name two. If the ‘scale holds up, this weekend could have profound result.”

For this weekend’s college football games, the company is comparing National Weather Service temperature and humidity records from August 15 at each school’s home location with weather conditions at the stadium near kickoff. The Scale of Sultry study does not claim that heat conditioning determines football outcomes. Team strength, home-field advantage, preparation and many other factors also influence results. Instead, the company is investigating whether preseason geography helps explain some outcomes—and whether that relationship changes with stadium conditions.

To see all 111 game predictions, go here: Week 8 Predictions.

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