Sat, Nov 8, 2025, 7:30 PM ESTWeek 11 · at Notre Dame
Weather at kickoff39°F8 mphgusts 16Wet0.0 mmWet Over 45% of 309 games since 2023Weather watch ›
7-1 · Power #64
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6-2 · Power #3
49
▲ winner
Closing spread
ND -30.5
✓ ND W
Total
54.5
▲ Over · 59 pts
Model before kickoff
NAVY 12–42 ND
✓ ND (99%) won
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenND -24.5
CloseND -30.5
Total55.5 → 54.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
6 pts toward Notre Dame
Total
Down 1 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened ND -24.5 · closed ND -30.5 · moved 6 toward NDmodel ND -30
Opened 55.5 · closed 54.5 · moved 1 downmodel 54.5 matches the line
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Home favorites of 29.5–31.5 since 2023: won 100%, covered 45% (47 games)ⓘ
Lines that moved 3.5+ pts toward the favorite: that team covered 42% (144 games since 2024)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenND -24.5
CloseND -30.5
Total55.5 → 54.5
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 30.5-point home favorite against NAVY, the favorite won 10, covered 6, and 5 went over the total.

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This game: ND won 49–10; the favorite covered, as in 6 of the 10 similar games. 59 points went over 54.5, as in 5 of 10.
Favorite won
10 of 10100%
Normal range · usually 99%
Favorite covered
6 of 1060%
Normal range · usually 59%
Went over
5 of 1050%
Normal range · usually 53%

All three sit in the normal range for favorites of this size, so history shows no clear lean. Average result: favorite by 35.4 against an average line of 30; 53.8 points a game (usually 56). Of the 5 overs, 2 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›

All 10 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Close
2023 · Week 3 · close · similar rest & season form
-3131–10 L U48.5
Close
2025 · Week 9 · close · similar rest & total
-27.556–6 W O53.5
Loose
2023 · Week 11 · loose · similar rest & spread
-3238–3 W U48.25
Loose
MICH vs NEB
2022 · Week 11 · loose · similar rest & situation
-30.534–3 W U49.5
Loose
2025 · Week 2 · loose · similar rest
-34.544–22 L O57.5
Loose
2025 · Week 3 · loose · similar rest
-27.552–10 W O47.5
Loose
2023 · Week 8 · loose · similar rest & season form
-3362–0 W O60
Loose
2024 · Week 11 · loose · similar rest & situation
-26.533–14 L U61.5
Loose
PSU vs CMU
2022 · Week 4 · loose · similar rest
-2833–14 L U61.5
Loose
2023 · Week 3 · loose · similar rest
-29.563–10 W O64.75
History, not a prediction. Every FBS game from 2022 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 2 trends and market moves behind it
Moderate Notre Dame ATS trend Hit
Moderate-or-stronger ATS leans went 365-359 (50%) in our 2023–26 backtest.
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.

Navy ATS struggles (2-6)
Navy have covered only 25% of their games with a line this season. · Backtest 2023–26: 262-295 (47%)
Market moved toward Notre Dame
6 pts (ND -24.5 → ND -30.5). · Backtest 2024–26: 446-443 (50%)
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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
NAVY+1.2 →−1.6▼ 2.8#72
ND+21.6 →+23.0▲ 1.4#4
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW10

NAVY
Longer bar = better
ND
#9
Offense
Even
#15
#88
Defense
ND better ▶
#33
+0.1 #59
Turnovers
ND better ▶
+1.3 #4
62 plays #121
Pace
ND faster ▶
64 plays #104
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When NAVY has the ball
Advantage: NAVY offense
NAVY offND defEdge
Points / game 34.8 #25 19.9 #26 Even
Yards / play 7.47 #2 5.12 #39 NAVY
PPA / play +0.34 #5 0.00 #27 NAVY
Success rate 53% #4 39% #41 NAVY
When ND has the ball
Advantage: ND offense
ND offNAVY defEdge
Points / game 37.4 #14 24.0 #63 ND
Yards / play 7.18 #8 5.73 #90 ND
PPA / play +0.26 #21 +0.15 #100 ND
Success rate 49% #15 44% #97 ND

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 136 FBS teams
NAVY scoring against the ND defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
NAVY scored
7.4
#38
10.4
#38
17.8
#33
7.4
#37
9.6
#19
17.0
#20
ND allowed
3.4
#33
10.6
#123
14.0
#82
3.0
#17
2.9
#4
5.9
#7
ND scoring against the NAVY defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
ND scored
7.8
#31
12.0
#12
19.8
#20
9.4
#11
8.3
#40
17.6
#16
NAVY allowed
7.4
#111
5.8
#35
13.1
#77
3.9
#30
7.0
#81
10.9
#53

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
ND +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
39° · 8 mph
gusts 16 mph · 0.004 in rain · at kickoff
Rest
NAVY7d
ND7d
Even
Tempo
Slow 127 plays
slowavg 134fast
Quarterback
NAVY backup QB started
Not the usual starter