The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) instituted a very rare nationwide ground stop for several hours on Friday evening, causing new markets at Kalshi and Polymarket, as well as some chaos in the college football schedule.
- Nationwide FAA ground stop lasted over four hours on Friday evening.
- Kalshi, Polymarket take action on FAA ground stop activity.
- College Football Week 11 schedule of games impacted.
All flights were grounded in the United States on Friday evening due to the FAA’s nationwide ground stop. Air traffic control was unable to communicate with any of the flights in the air or on the ground, causing chaos for travellers, and sports schedules across the nation.
Kalshi quickly took more than $6 million in volume on a “When will the FAA announce the ground stop is lifted?” market. They offered traders to take positions on how early the stoppage would be lifted, with markets on the half hour and some on the quarter hour.
Ultimately, the stoppage ended at 8:15 p.m. ET on Friday night after going into effect at 3:54 p.m. ET.
Kalshi had the market outcome verified from Bloomberg, ABC, The Information, and 14 other sources.
Polymarket also got in on the action, offering a bevy of markets relating to the FAA outage. The “How many FBS games scheduled for Nov 14 will be cancelled or postponed?” market took in $3,300, with a “Which college football games will be cancelled or postponed on Nov 14?” market trading more than $7,000 in volume.
College schedule changes
While the professional sports leagues will largely be unaffected by the FAA outage, with some NFL referee assignments shifting around, the college football schedule on Saturday saw several changes.
Ole Miss vs. Oklahoma was originally scheduled for 4:15 p.m ET on Saturday, but has been moved to Sunday at 1 p.m. ET due to the road team’s flight being delayed until the originally scheduled gameday.
Ole Miss has released a statement on the travel issues and Oklahoma game being moved to Sunday https://t.co/3o8vMi6iyY
— Ben Garrett (@SpiritBen) November 14, 2026
Several other teams were forced to travel via bus or train rather than plane, causing a handful of games to be delayed by a number of hours.
These games included:
- Auburn at Mississippi State: Moved from 12 p.m. ET to 4:15 p.m. ET
- Tulane at Rice: Moved from 2 p.m. ET to 4:30 p.m ET
- Arizona State vs. UCF: Moved from 3:30 p.m. ET to 5:30 p.m. ET
- Baylor at BYU: Moved from 3:30 p.m. ET to 7 p.m. ET
- Florida Atlantic at Tulsa: Moved from 3:30 p.m. ET to 7:15 p.m. ET
- Washington at Michigan State: Moved from 4:15 p.m. ET to 5:30 p.m. ET
- Utah at Arizona: Moved from 7:30 p.m. ET to 10:30 p.m. ET
On the other hand, the Kansas at West Virginia game was moved up two hours from 5:30 p.m. ET to 3:30 p.m. ET as the Jayhawks had already arrived for their road contest.
Everything seems to be back in order for now, but the ripple effects of Friday’s FAA outage could continue.
