The hottest place on earth, well, at least in college football will be in Tuscaloosa, Alabama this weekend. When the Crimson Tide kicks off against Western Kentucky on Saturday at 2:30 p.m. (Central Time) the Heat Index will be 103°. Bama fans will most likely not sweat the final score of the game, but there is going to a ton of swampbutt in the stands. That’s what temperatures in the 90s with humidity near 60 percent will get you. It gets you a pretty wet butt.
The Heat Index is the temperature felt by the skin rather than the actual temperature due to the humidity level. When its hot outside humans sweat a lot and heat is removed via evaporation of sweat. But when its humid the evaporation rate slows down because of all the water already in the air. That’s when the affliction known as swampbutt occurs. And that’s where materials that can wick sweat away from the body can help.
Fans of other college football teams will not be immune to swampbutt this weekend either. The following are the Sweaty 16 – the 16 locations – based on the predicted Heat Index, where swampbutt is most likely to run rampant in the stands. So drink plenty of water.
Sweaty 16 – Week 2
Location |
Home |
Time |
Temp |
Humidity |
Heat Index |
|
1 |
Tuscaloosa, AL |
Alabama |
2:30 PM |
92° |
57% |
103° |
2 |
Gainesville, FL |
Florida |
6:00 PM |
90° |
63% |
101° |
3 |
Waco, TX |
Baylor |
2:30 PM |
86° |
68% |
94° |
4 |
Houston, TX |
Houston |
11:00 AM |
85° |
70% |
93° |
4 |
Miami, FL |
Miami |
5:00 PM |
84° |
76% |
93° |
4 |
Baton Rouge, LA |
LSU |
6:30 PM |
85° |
70% |
93° |
7 |
Austin, TX |
Texas |
6:00 PM |
85° |
69% |
92° |
8 |
Tallahassee, FL |
Florida St. |
11:30 AM |
86° |
60% |
91° |
8 |
Tempe, AZ |
Arizona St. |
9:00 PM |
94° |
23% |
91° |
10 |
Columbus, OH |
Ohio St. |
2:30 PM |
82° |
76% |
88° |
11 |
College Station, TX |
Texas A&M |
11:00 AM |
81° |
82% |
87° |
11 |
Clemson, SC |
Clemson |
11:30 AM |
87° |
43% |
87° |
11 |
Oxford, MS |
Mississippi |
3:00 PM |
85° |
68% |
87° |
14 |
Athens, GA |
Georgia |
11:00 AM |
85° |
49% |
86° |
14 |
Ft. Worth, TX |
TCU |
1:00 PM |
83° |
60% |
86° |
16 |
Morgantown, WV |
West Virginia |
9:30 PM |
82° |
60% |
84° |