Sat, Sep 21, 2024, 3:30 PM EDTWeek 4 · at Notre Dame
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▲ winner
Closing spread
ND -27.5
✓ M-OH W
Total
43.5
▼ Under · 31 pts
Model before kickoff
M-OH 7–35 ND
✓ ND (98%) won
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenND -26.5
CloseND -27.5
Total44.5 → 43.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
1 pt toward Notre Dame
Total
Down 1 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened ND -26.5 · closed ND -27.5 · moved 1 toward NDmodel ND -29.5
Opened 44.5 · closed 43.5 · moved 1 downmodel 41.5
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Home favorites of 25.5–29.5 since 2023: won 96%, covered 54% (54 games)ⓘ
Lines that moved 1–1.5 pts toward the favorite: that team covered 50% (34 games since 2024)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenND -26.5
CloseND -27.5
Total44.5 → 43.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.

Similar games

The recent games that looked most like this one before kickoff, and how they turned out

In the 10 games most like ND as a 27.5-point home favorite against M-OH, the favorite won 10, covered 4, and 3 went over the total.

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This game: ND won 28–3; the favorite didn’t cover, as in 6 of the 10 similar games. 31 points stayed under 43.5, as in 7 of 10.
Favorite won
10 of 10100%
Normal range · usually 95%
Favorite covered
4 of 1040%
Normal range · usually 53%
Went over
3 of 1030%
Normal range · usually 58%

All three sit in the normal range for favorites of this size, so history shows no clear lean. Average result: favorite by 21.3 against an average line of 27.4; 40.1 points a game (usually 56.2). Of the 1 over, 0 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›

All 10 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Very close
2023 · Week 9 · very close · similar rest & season form
-3133–24 L O45
Close
PSU vs NU
2022 · Week 5 · close · similar rest & season form
-25.517–7 L U50
Close
2023 · Week 4 · close · similar situation & rest
-2822–7 L U48.5
Close
IOWA vs CSU
2021 · Week 4 · close · similar total & rest
-23.524–14 L U43.75
Close
CIN vs TEM
2021 · Week 6 · close · similar rest & season form
-3052–3 W O52.5
Close
WISC vs NU
2021 · Week 11 · close · similar rest & spread
-25.535–7 W O41.5
Close
AUB vs SJSU
2022 · Week 2 · close · similar situation & rest
-2424–16 L U48.5
Close
MICH vs NEB
2022 · Week 11 · close · similar rest & season form
-30.534–3 W U49.5
Close
2023 · Week 3 · close · similar rest & situation
-3131–10 L U48.5
Close
2023 · Week 3 · close · similar situation & rest
-25.2535–3 W U48.5
History, not a prediction. Every FBS game from 2021 on is compared with this one as it looked before kickoff (team strength, the betting line, season form, situation, venue and rest), and only close matches are kept. How matches are found

Signals

The data signal, and 1 trend and market move behind it
No clear signal on the spread
No clear signal on the total

None of these signals has beaten the market in our backtest, so this describes why the matchup is interesting — it isn’t a pick.

Small sample warning
Miami (OH) have 2 games with a line this season; trends this early are mostly noise.
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Matchup stats

Season to date before kickoff · ranks among 137 FBS teams
Power rating this season
pts vs an average team · #rank · tap a dot
M-OH−4.7 →−6.0▼ 1.3#89
ND+18.9 →+18.7▼ 0.2#9
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW3

M-OH
Longer bar = better
ND
#115
Offense
ND better ▶
#59
#79
Defense
ND better ▶
#32
−0.5 #97
Turnovers
ND better ▶
+0.7 #38
61 plays #112
Pace
ND faster ▶
65 plays #74
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When M-OH has the ball
Advantage: ND defense
M-OH offND defEdge
Points / game 11.0 #136 12.0 #25 ND
Yards / play 5.35 #100 4.37 #31 ND
PPA / play −0.07 #125 −0.13 #20 ND
Success rate 40% #99 37% #52 ND
When ND has the ball
Even matchup
ND offM-OH defEdge
Points / game 34.3 #41 20.0 #58 Even
Yards / play 6.26 #57 5.65 #86 ND
PPA / play +0.25 #47 +0.03 #61 Even
Success rate 41% #89 45% #109 Even

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 121 FBS teams
M-OH scoring against the ND defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
M-OH scored
1.5
1.5
3.0
3.5
4.5
8.0
ND allowed
4.3
#57
2.0
#9
6.3
#23
2.3
#20
3.3
#33
5.7
#22
ND scoring against the M-OH defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
ND scored
8.0
#41
10.3
#44
18.3
#42
8.0
#41
8.0
#36
16.0
#41
M-OH allowed
3.0
3.5
6.5
7.0
6.5
13.5

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
ND +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
85° · 4 mph
gusts 11 mph · at kickoff
Rest
M-OH7d
ND7d
Even
Tempo
Slow 126 plays
slowavg 132fast