Sat, Oct 10, 2026, 3:30 PM EDTWeek 6 · at Notre Dame
Weather at kickoff77°F8 mphgusts 17DryWeather watch ›
2-3 · Power #97
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5-0 · Power #1
58
▲ winner
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.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
5 pts toward Notre Dame
Total
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
Opened 55.5 · unchangedmodel 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
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Loose
2023 · Week 2 · loose · similar rest & total
-4245–3 P U52.5
Loose
2023 · Week 4 · loose · similar rest & situation
-4149–21 L O56
Loose
2025 · Week 13 · loose · similar situation & total
-36.570–7 W O51
Loose
2025 · Week 5 · loose · similar situation & season form
-44.542–6 L U57
Loose
2024 · Week 11 · loose · similar rest & season form
-37.545–0 W U55.5
Loose
2025 · Week 12 · loose · similar situation
-41.542–9 L U60
Loose
2025 · Week 9 · loose · similar rest & total
-37.542–0 W U56.5
Loose
2024 · Week 13 · loose · similar total & situation
-41.556–0 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%)
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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

STAN
Longer bar = better
ND
#106
Offense
ND better ▶
#17
#132
Defense
ND better ▶
#7
+0.8 #31
Turnovers
ND better ▶
+2.0 #2
67 plays #63
Pace
◀ STAN faster
65 plays #83
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When STAN has the ball
Advantage: ND defense
STAN offND defEdge
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
When ND has the ball
Advantage: ND offense
ND offSTAN defEdge
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
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
STAN scored
3.4
#108
4.6
#124
8.0
#129
5.2
#87
4.2
#118
9.4
#113
ND allowed
2.0
#15
4.8
#32
6.8
#12
2.4
#25
2.6
#6
5.0
#5
ND scoring against the STAN defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
ND scored
12.4
#7
13.2
#21
25.6
#9
6.6
#68
9.0
#30
15.6
#45
STAN allowed
7.8
#123
11.8
#128
19.6
#132
8.4
#125
10.2
#129
18.6
#130

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
ND +2.5
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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