Sat, Oct 26, 2024, 12:00 PM EDTWeek 9 · Neutral site
Weather at kickoff63°F13 mphgusts 26DryWindy Over 48% of 274 games since 2023Weather watch ›
6-1 · Power #4
51
▲ winner
Final
vs
6-0 · Power #61
14
final
Closing spread
ND -14.5
✓ ND W
Total
50.5
▲ Over · 65 pts
Model before kickoff
ND 31–16 NAVY
✓ ND (87%) won
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenND -13.5
CloseND -14.5
Total52.5 → 50.5
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 2 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened ND -13.5 · closed ND -14.5 · moved 1 toward NDmodel ND -20
Opened 52.5 · closed 50.5 · moved 2 downmodel 47
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Lines that moved 1–1.5 pts toward the favorite: that team covered 50% (70 games since 2024)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenND -13.5
CloseND -14.5
Total52.5 → 50.5
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 2 games most like ND as a 14.5-point neutral-site favorite against NAVY, the favorite won 2, covered 1, and 0 went over the total.

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This game: ND won 51–14; the favorite covered, as in 1 of the 2 similar games. 65 points went over 50.5, as in 0 of 2.
Favorite won
2 of 2100%
Normal range · usually 83%
Favorite covered
1 of 250%
Normal range · usually 47%
Went over
0 of 20%
Normal range · usually 48%

Only 2 close matches, too few to read much into. Average result: favorite by 10.5 against an average line of 15.5; 30.5 points a game (usually 54.2). When games like this go over ›

All 2 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Close
TA&M vs COLO
2021 · Week 2 · close · similar total & rest
-1710–7 L U50
Loose
2024 · Week 8 · loose · similar rest & total
-1431–13 W U49.5
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 3 trends and market moves behind it
Mixed signals on the spread
Slight Under trend Miss
Slight-or-stronger total leans went 509-553 (48%) in our 2023–26 backtest.

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

Notre Dame ATS trend (5-2)
Notre Dame have covered 71% of their games with a line this season. · Backtest 2023–26: 338-337 (50%)
Navy ATS trend (5-1)
Navy have covered 83% of their games with a line this season. · Backtest 2023–26: 338-337 (50%)
Total moved down 2
52.5 → 50.5. · Backtest 2024–26: 462-498 (48%)
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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
ND+18.9 →+19.0▲ 0.1#9
NAVY−17.5 →+0.7▲ 18.2#66
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW8

ND
Longer bar = better
NAVY
#43
Offense
NAVY better ▶
#4
#7
Defense
◀ ND better
#43
+0.6 #30
Turnovers
NAVY better ▶
+2.0 #2
64 plays #94
Pace
◀ ND faster
60 plays #128
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When ND has the ball
Even matchup
ND offNAVY defEdge
Points / game 34.6 #26 19.7 #30 Even
Yards / play 6.23 #44 5.51 #72 ND
PPA / play +0.20 #44 −0.04 #9 NAVY
Success rate 44% #59 40% #59 Even
When NAVY has the ball
Even matchup
NAVY offND defEdge
Points / game 44.8 #4 11.9 #5 Even
Yards / play 7.32 #7 4.36 #6 Even
PPA / play +0.50 #3 −0.18 #1 Even
Success rate 55% #3 36% #15 Even

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 134 FBS teams
ND scoring against the NAVY defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
ND scored
7.4
#35
10.9
#29
18.3
#31
8.4
#24
7.9
#48
16.3
#30
NAVY allowed
3.5
#39
4.3
#17
7.8
#16
5.7
#70
6.2
#70
11.8
#64
NAVY scoring against the ND defense
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NAVY scored
11.2
#8
15.3
#2
26.5
#2
9.7
#17
8.7
#33
18.3
#11
ND allowed
4.9
#63
2.3
#3
7.1
#9
1.0
#4
3.7
#14
4.7
#5

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
Neutral site
No home edge
Weather
63° · 13 mph
gusts 26 mph · wind lowers scoring
Rest
ND7d
NAVY7d
Even
Tempo
Slow 124 plays
slowavg 133fast