Sat, Sep 20, 2025, 3:30 PM EDTWeek 4 · at Notre Dame
Closing spread
ND -24.5
✓ ND W
Total
51.5
▲ Over · 86 pts
Model before kickoff
PUR 12–37 ND
✓ ND (96%) won
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenND -26.5
CloseND -24.5
Total52.5 → 51.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
Market
Open → close
Spread
OpenND -26.5
2 → PUR
CloseND -24.5
2 pts toward Purdue
Total
Open52.5
▼ 1
Close51.5
Down 1 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened ND -26.5 · closed ND -24.5 · moved 2 toward PURmodel ND -27.5
model ND -27.5
Opened 52.5 · closed 51.5 · moved 1 downmodel 49
model 49
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Home favorites of 23.5–25.5 since 2023: won 95%, covered 52% (63 games)ⓘ
Lines that moved 2–3 pts toward the underdog: that team covered 49% (140 games since 2024)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenND -26.5
CloseND -24.5
Total52.5 → 51.5
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 24.5-point home favorite against PUR, the favorite won 10, covered 3, and 7 went over the total.
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This game: ND won 56–30; the favorite covered, as in 3 of the 10 similar games. 86 points went over 51.5, as in 7 of 10.
Favorite won
10 of 10100%
Normal range · usually 92%
Favorite covered
3 of 1030%
Normal range · usually 44%
Went over
7 of 1070%
Normal range · usually 52%
All three sit in the normal range for favorites of this size, so history shows no clear lean. Average result: favorite by 20 against an average line of 24.5; 54.4 points a game (usually 54.1). Of the 3 overs, 0 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›
All 10 games
| Match | Game | Line | Final | Covered | O/U |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Close |
2023 · Week 3 · close · similar total & rest |
-25 | 48–14 | W | O51.5 |
| Close | 2022 · Week 3 · close · similar rest & situation |
-23.5 | 31–28 | L | O58 |
| Close | 2022 · Week 4 · close · similar rest & situation |
-21.25 | 38–24 | L | O49.75 |
| Close |
2024 · Week 6 · close · similar rest & spread |
-22.5 | 31–10 | L | U53 |
| Loose |
2025 · Week 2 · loose · similar rest & situation |
-30.25 | 27–16 | L | U51.5 |
| Loose |
2024 · Week 13 · loose · similar rest & total |
-23.5 | 35–14 | L | O48.5 |
| Loose | 2022 · Week 2 · loose · similar situation & rest |
-28 | 46–10 | W | O55 |
| Loose |
2025 · Week 2 · loose · similar situation & total |
-23.5 | 31–7 | W | U49.5 |
| Loose | 2022 · Week 8 · loose · similar rest & situation |
-26 | 44–21 | L | O46.5 |
| Loose |
2023 · Week 6 · loose · similar rest & total |
-21 | 41–28 | L | O55 |
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
Slight Purdue ATS trend Miss
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 Purdue
2 pts (ND -26.5 → ND -24.5). · Backtest 2024–26: 446-443 (50%)
Small sample warning
Notre Dame have 2 games with a line this season; trends this early are mostly noise.
Totals
Over/under before kickoff
Went over in Q2. Of 497 earlier overs in games with totals 47.5–55.5, 35% had cashed by the end of Q3.
When games like this go over ›Last 10 games
Before kickoff, this and last season
| Straight up | Spread | Over / under | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2-8 20% | 4-6 40% | 4-6 40% | |
| 7-3 70% | 6-4 60% | 7-3 70% |
Recent meetings
Last 1 since 2023
PUR 0–1 ND
ND leads · 1 game since 2023 · ND has won the last meeting
| Date | Result | Line | ATS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 14 2024 | Notre Dame 66 @ Purdue 7 | ND -7.5 | ND W |
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
PUR−8.2 →−4.3▲ 3.9#81
ND+21.6 →+18.6▼ 3.0#8
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW3
Longer bar = better
#64
Offense
◀ PUR better#79
#79
Defense
◀ PUR better#113
−1.3 #126
Turnovers
ND better ▶−1.0 #110
67 plays #59
Pace
◀ PUR faster65 plays #89
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
| PUR off | ND def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points / game | 27.3 #79 | 34.0 #120 | PUR |
| Yards / play | 5.81 #73 | 6.04 #109 | PUR |
| PPA / play | +0.17 #66 | +0.24 #119 | PUR |
| Success rate | 49% #36 | 45% #104 | PUR |
| ND off | PUR def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points / game | 32.0 #60 | 16.7 #42 | Even |
| Yards / play | 5.76 #76 | 5.26 #73 | Even |
| PPA / play | +0.05 #104 | +0.16 #101 | Even |
| Success rate | 43% #76 | 43% #100 | ND |
Points by quarter and half
Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 123 FBS teams
PUR scoring against the ND defense
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
9.3 #23 | 6.7 #85 | 16.0 #59 | 5.7 #70 | 5.7 #74 | 11.3 #80 | |
3.5 | 17.5 | 21.0 | 5.0 | 8.0 | 13.0 |
ND scoring against the PUR defense
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
7.0 | 8.5 | 15.5 | 3.5 | 13.0 | 16.5 | |
5.7 #77 | 4.7 #36 | 10.3 #53 | 4.3 #56 | 2.0 #14 | 6.3 #27 |
Game conditions
At kickoff
Home field
home-field points in the model
Weather
77° · 7 mph
gusts 19 mph · at kickoff
Rest
PUR7d
ND7d
Even
Tempo
Average 132 plays
slowavg 134fast
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