Sat, Oct 10, 2026, 3:30 PM EDTWeek 6 · at Notre Dame
Closing spread
ND -40.5
✓ ND W
Total
55.5
▲ Over · 65 pts
Model before kickoff
STAN 6–47 ND
✓ ND (100%) won
Closing line · DraftKings
SourceDraftKings closing line
OpenND -35.5
CloseND -40.5
Total55.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
Market
Open → close
Spread
OpenND -35.5
5 → ND
CloseND -40.5
5 pts toward Notre Dame
Total
Open55.5
no move
Close55.5
No change since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened ND -35.5 · closed ND -40.5 · moved 5 toward NDmodel ND -41.5
model ND -41.5
Opened 55.5 · unchangedmodel 53
model 53
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Home favorites of 38.5–42.5 since 2023: won 100%, covered 56% (83 games)ⓘ
Lines that moved 3.5+ pts toward the favorite: that team covered 50% (215 games since 2024)ⓘ
Closing line · DraftKings
SourceDraftKings closing line
OpenND -35.5
CloseND -40.5
Total55.5
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 8 games most like
ND as a 40.5-point home favorite against STAN, the favorite won 8, covered 4, and 3 went over the total.
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This game: ND won 58–7; the favorite covered, as in 4 of the 8 similar games. 65 points went over 55.5, as in 3 of 8.
Favorite won
8 of 8100%
Normal range · usually 100%
Favorite covered
4 of 757%
Normal range · usually 51%
Went over
3 of 838%
Normal range · usually 53%
Only 8 close matches, too few to read much into. Average result: favorite by 43.1 against an average line of 40.3; 54.6 points a game (usually 55.8). Of the 3 overs, 1 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›
All 8 games
| Match | Game | Line | Final | Covered | O/U |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loose |
2023 · Week 2 · loose · similar rest & total |
-42 | 45–3 | P | U52.5 |
| Loose |
2023 · Week 4 · loose · similar rest & situation |
-41 | 49–21 | L | O56 |
| Loose |
2025 · Week 13 · loose · similar situation & total |
-36.5 | 70–7 | W | O51 |
| Loose |
2025 · Week 5 · loose · similar situation & season form |
-44.5 | 42–6 | L | U57 |
| Loose |
2024 · Week 11 · loose · similar rest & season form |
-37.5 | 45–0 | W | U55.5 |
| Loose |
2025 · Week 12 · loose · similar situation |
-41.5 | 42–9 | L | U60 |
| Loose |
2025 · Week 9 · loose · similar rest & total |
-37.5 | 42–0 | W | U56.5 |
| Loose |
2024 · Week 13 · loose · similar total & situation |
-41.5 | 56–0 | W | O54 |
History, not a prediction. Every FBS game from 2023 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
Moderate Notre Dame ATS trend Hit
Moderate-or-stronger ATS leans went 365-359 (50%) in our 2023–26 backtest.
Slight Over trend Hit
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.
Stanford 1-3 ATS as an underdog
Struggling to cover in the role they have in this game. · Backtest 2023–26: 221-216 (51%)
Market moved toward Notre Dame
5 pts (ND -35.5 → ND -40.5). · Backtest 2024–26: 446-443 (50%)
Both teams trending Over (7-3 combined)
Their games this season have mostly gone over the total. · Backtest 2023–26: 66-66 (50%)
Totals
Over/under before kickoff
Went over in Q4. Of 675 earlier overs in games with totals 51.5–59.5, 32% 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-7 30% | 5-5 50% | 7-3 70% | |
| 10-0 100% | 6-4 60% | 6-4 60% |
Recent meetings
Last 3 since 2023
STAN 14–26 ND
ND leads · 40 games since 1924 · ND has won the last 4 meetings
All-time series from CollegeFootballData.
| Date | Result | Line | ATS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 29 2025 | Notre Dame 49 @ Stanford 20 | ND -32.5 | STAN W |
| Oct 12 2024 | Stanford 7 @ Notre Dame 49 | ND -22.5 | ND W |
| Nov 25 2023 | Notre Dame 56 @ Stanford 23 | ND -26 | ND W |
Matchup stats
Season to date before kickoff · ranks among 138 FBS teams
Power rating this season
pts vs an average team · #rank · tap a dot
STAN−2.6 →−7.5▼ 4.9#99
ND+24.9 →+26.2▲ 1.3#1
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW5
Longer bar = better
#106
Offense
ND better ▶#17
#132
Defense
ND better ▶#7
+0.8 #31
Turnovers
ND better ▶+2.0 #2
67 plays #63
Pace
◀ STAN faster65 plays #83
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
| STAN off | ND def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points / game | 17.4 #131 | 11.8 #7 | ND |
| Yards / play | 5.07 #122 | 3.99 #4 | ND |
| PPA / play | +0.18 #59 | −0.11 #8 | ND |
| Success rate | 40% #110 | 33% #9 | ND |
| ND off | STAN def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points / game | 41.2 #15 | 38.2 #134 | ND |
| Yards / play | 6.59 #39 | 6.53 #125 | ND |
| PPA / play | +0.35 #10 | +0.33 #137 | ND |
| Success rate | 55% #3 | 49% #133 | ND |
Points by quarter and half
Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 138 FBS teams
STAN scoring against the ND defense
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3.4 #108 | 4.6 #124 | 8.0 #129 | 5.2 #87 | 4.2 #118 | 9.4 #113 | |
2.0 #15 | 4.8 #32 | 6.8 #12 | 2.4 #25 | 2.6 #6 | 5.0 #5 |
ND scoring against the STAN defense
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
12.4 #7 | 13.2 #21 | 25.6 #9 | 6.6 #68 | 9.0 #30 | 15.6 #45 | |
7.8 #123 | 11.8 #128 | 19.6 #132 | 8.4 #125 | 10.2 #129 | 18.6 #130 |
Game conditions
At kickoff
Home field
home-field points in the model
Weather
77° · 8 mph
gusts 17 mph · at kickoff
Rest
STAN7d
ND7d
Even
Tempo
Average 132 plays
slowavg 133fast
Travel
STAN 1,922 mi
3 time zones
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