Sat, Sep 21, 2024, 3:30 PM EDTWeek 4 · at Notre Dame
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.
Market
Open → close
Spread
OpenND -26.5
1 → ND
CloseND -27.5
1 pt toward Notre Dame
Total
Open44.5
▼ 1
Close43.5
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
model ND -29.5
Opened 44.5 · closed 43.5 · moved 1 downmodel 41.5
model 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
| Match | Game | Line | Final | Covered | O/U |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Very close |
2023 · Week 9 · very close · similar rest & season form |
-31 | 33–24 | L | O45 |
| Close | 2022 · Week 5 · close · similar rest & season form |
-25.5 | 17–7 | L | U50 |
| Close |
2023 · Week 4 · close · similar situation & rest |
-28 | 22–7 | L | U48.5 |
| Close | 2021 · Week 4 · close · similar total & rest |
-23.5 | 24–14 | L | U43.75 |
| Close | 2021 · Week 6 · close · similar rest & season form |
-30 | 52–3 | W | O52.5 |
| Close | 2021 · Week 11 · close · similar rest & spread |
-25.5 | 35–7 | W | O41.5 |
| Close | 2022 · Week 2 · close · similar situation & rest |
-24 | 24–16 | L | U48.5 |
| Close | 2022 · Week 11 · close · similar rest & season form |
-30.5 | 34–3 | W | U49.5 |
| Close |
2023 · Week 3 · close · similar rest & situation |
-31 | 31–10 | L | U48.5 |
| Close |
2023 · Week 3 · close · similar situation & rest |
-25.25 | 35–3 | 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.
Totals
Over/under before kickoff
Stayed under: it needed 20 in the 4th quarter and got 7. 54% of games with totals 39.5–47.5 went over.
When games like this go over ›Last 10 games
Before kickoff, this and last season
| Straight up | Spread | Over / under | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6-4 60% | 6-4 60% | 2-8 20% | |
| 7-3 70% | 7-3 70% | 7-2 78% |
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
Longer bar = better
#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
| M-OH off | ND def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| ND off | M-OH def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1.5 | 1.5 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 8.0 | |
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
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
8.0 #41 | 10.3 #44 | 18.3 #42 | 8.0 #41 | 8.0 #36 | 16.0 #41 | |
3.0 | 3.5 | 6.5 | 7.0 | 6.5 | 13.5 |
Game conditions
At kickoff
Home field
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
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