Sat, Oct 19, 2024, 3:30 PM EDTWeek 8 · Neutral site
Closing spread
ND -14.5
✓ ND W
Total
49.5
▼ Under · 44 pts
Model before kickoff
ND 34–20 GT
✓ ND (84%) won
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenND -8.5
CloseND -14.5
Total50.5 → 49.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
Market
Open → close
Spread
OpenND -8.5
6 → ND
CloseND -14.5
6 pts toward Notre Dame
Total
Open50.5
▼ 1
Close49.5
Down 1 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened ND -8.5 · closed ND -14.5 · moved 6 toward NDmodel ND -12.5
model ND -12.5
Opened 50.5 · closed 49.5 · moved 1 downmodel 53.5
model 53.5
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Lines that moved 3.5+ pts toward the favorite: that team covered 49% (43 games since 2024)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenND -8.5
CloseND -14.5
Total50.5 → 49.5
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 3 games most like
ND as a 14.5-point neutral-site favorite against GT, the favorite won 3, covered 3, and 3 went over the total.
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This game: ND won 31–13; the favorite covered, as in 3 of the 3 similar games. 44 points stayed under 49.5, as in 0 of 3.
Favorite won
3 of 3100%
Normal range · usually 83%
Favorite covered
3 of 3100%
Normal range · usually 47%
Went over
3 of 3100%
Normal range · usually 48%
Only 3 close matches, too few to read much into. Average result: favorite by 34.7 against an average line of 15.5; 73.3 points a game (usually 54.1). Of the 1 over, 0 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›
All 3 games
| Match | Game | Line | Final | Covered | O/U |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loose | 2022 · Week 14 · loose · similar rest & situation |
-17 | 50–30 | W | O52 |
| Loose |
2023 · Week 14 · loose · similar rest & situation |
-14.5 | 49–21 | W | O56.5 |
| Loose | 2022 · Postseason · loose · similar spread |
-15 | 63–7 | W | O54.25 |
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
Slight Notre Dame ATS trend Hit
Slight-or-stronger ATS leans went 873-886 (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.
Market moved toward Notre Dame
6 pts (ND -8.5 → ND -14.5). · Backtest 2024–26: 446-443 (50%)
Totals
Over/under before kickoff
Stayed under: it needed 22 in the 4th quarter and got 16. 54% of games with totals 45.5–53.5 went over.
When games like this go over ›Last 10 games
Before kickoff, this and last season
| Straight up | Spread | Over / under | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8-2 80% | 7-3 70% | 7-3 70% | |
| 7-3 70% | 6-2 75% | 3-6 33% |
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
ND+18.9 →+18.6▼ 0.3#10
GT+2.9 →+7.2▲ 4.3#33
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW7
Longer bar = better
#44
Offense
GT better ▶#22
#9
Defense
◀ ND better#70
+0.5 #37
Turnovers
Even+0.4 #47
63 plays #104
Pace
GT faster ▶67 plays #69
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
| ND off | GT def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points / game | 35.2 #26 | 21.4 #48 | ND |
| Yards / play | 6.35 #40 | 5.58 #75 | ND |
| PPA / play | +0.23 #38 | +0.13 #86 | ND |
| Success rate | 43% #71 | 41% #72 | Even |
| GT off | ND def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points / game | 32.9 #42 | 11.7 #8 | ND |
| Yards / play | 6.68 #26 | 4.25 #4 | ND |
| PPA / play | +0.33 #13 | −0.18 #1 | Even |
| Success rate | 51% #8 | 36% #22 | Even |
Points by quarter and half
Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 134 FBS teams
ND scoring against the GT defense
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
8.7 #20 | 10.3 #39 | 19.0 #28 | 8.7 #23 | 7.5 #56 | 16.2 #33 | |
4.1 #50 | 6.7 #54 | 10.9 #56 | 5.1 #61 | 5.4 #50 | 10.6 #47 |
GT scoring against the ND defense
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
8.4 #27 | 9.3 #52 | 17.7 #36 | 5.4 #80 | 9.7 #19 | 15.1 #46 | |
4.5 #56 | 2.7 #6 | 7.2 #12 | 1.2 #4 | 3.3 #15 | 4.5 #5 |
Game conditions
At kickoff
Home field
Neutral site
No home edge
Weather
Indoors
Dome or closed roof
Rest
ND7d
GT7d
Even
Tempo
Average 130 plays
slowavg 133fast
Quarterback
GT backup QB started
Not the usual starter
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