Sat, Sep 20, 2025, 3:30 PM EDTWeek 4 · at Notre Dame
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2-1 · Power #79
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Final
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0-2 · Power #3
56
▲ winner
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.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
2 pts toward Purdue
Total
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
Opened 52.5 · closed 51.5 · moved 1 downmodel 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
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Close
2023 · Week 3 · close · similar total & rest
-2548–14 W O51.5
Close
FLA vs USF
2022 · Week 3 · close · similar rest & situation
-23.531–28 L O58
Close
BYU vs WYO
2022 · Week 4 · close · similar rest & situation
-21.2538–24 L O49.75
Close
2024 · Week 6 · close · similar rest & spread
-22.531–10 L U53
Loose
2025 · Week 2 · loose · similar rest & situation
-30.2527–16 L U51.5
Loose
2024 · Week 13 · loose · similar rest & total
-23.535–14 L O48.5
Loose
PSU vs OHIO
2022 · Week 2 · loose · similar situation & rest
-2846–10 W O55
Loose
2025 · Week 2 · loose · similar situation & total
-23.531–7 W U49.5
Loose
ND vs UNLV
2022 · Week 8 · loose · similar rest & situation
-2644–21 L O46.5
Loose
2023 · Week 6 · loose · similar rest & total
-2141–28 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.
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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
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

PUR
Longer bar = better
ND
#64
Offense
◀ PUR better
#79
#79
Defense
◀ PUR better
#113
−1.3 #126
Turnovers
ND better ▶
−1.0 #110
67 plays #59
Pace
◀ PUR faster
65 plays #89
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When PUR has the ball
Advantage: PUR offense
PUR offND defEdge
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
When ND has the ball
Even matchup
ND offPUR defEdge
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
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
PUR scored
9.3
#23
6.7
#85
16.0
#59
5.7
#70
5.7
#74
11.3
#80
ND allowed
3.5
17.5
21.0
5.0
8.0
13.0
ND scoring against the PUR defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
ND scored
7.0
8.5
15.5
3.5
13.0
16.5
PUR allowed
5.7
#77
4.7
#36
10.3
#53
4.3
#56
2.0
#14
6.3
#27

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
ND +2.5
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