Sat, Nov 22, 2025, 3:30 PM ESTWeek 13 · at Notre Dame
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3-7 · Power #92
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Final
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8-2 · Power #3
70
▲ winner
Closing spread
ND -36.5
✓ ND W
Total
50.5
▲ Over · 77 pts
Model before kickoff
SYR 8–44 ND
✓ ND (99%) won
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenND -35.5
CloseND -36.5
Total51.5 → 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 1 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened ND -35.5 · closed ND -36.5 · moved 1 toward NDmodel ND -33.5
Opened 51.5 · closed 50.5 · moved 1 downmodel 52
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Home favorites of 35.5–37.5 since 2023: won 100%, covered 65% (43 games)ⓘ
Lines that moved 1–1.5 pts toward the favorite: that team covered 48% (256 games since 2024)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenND -35.5
CloseND -36.5
Total51.5 → 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 10 games most like ND as a 36.5-point home favorite against SYR, the favorite won 10, covered 6, and 7 went over the total.

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This game: ND won 70–7; the favorite covered, as in 6 of the 10 similar games. 77 points went over 50.5, as in 7 of 10.
Favorite won
10 of 10100%
Normal range · usually 100%
Favorite covered
6 of 1060%
Normal range · usually 55%
Went over
7 of 1070%
Normal range · usually 57%

All three sit in the normal range for favorites of this size, so history shows no clear lean. Average result: favorite by 33.9 against an average line of 35.1; 55.9 points a game (usually 55.9). Of the 6 overs, 3 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›

All 10 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Very close
2024 · Week 7 · very close · similar rest & total
-3441–31 L O53.5
Close
UGA vs GT
2022 · Week 13 · close · similar situation & spread
-36.537–14 L O49
Close
2025 · Week 12 · close · similar season form & total
-3348–10 W O46.5
Close
2025 · Week 7 · close · similar season form & situation
-3324–21 L U58.5
Close
2023 · Week 10 · close · similar situation & spread
-35.559–3 W O55.5
Close
2023 · Week 9 · close · similar team ratings & season form
-3133–24 L O45
Close
2024 · Week 11 · close · similar situation
-37.545–0 W U55.5
Close
UGA vs VAN
2022 · Week 7 · close · similar spread
-37.555–0 W U56.5
Loose
2025 · Week 4 · loose · similar rest & total
-39.555–0 W O51.5
Loose
2023 · Week 7 · loose · similar rest & season form
-33.552–7 W O45.5
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 1 trend and market move behind it
Slight Syracuse 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.

Syracuse 3-1 ATS on the road
Strong against the spread on the road this season. · Backtest 2023–26: 228-230 (50%)
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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
SYR+5.9 →−4.5▼ 10.4#81
ND+21.6 →+23.7▲ 2.1#4
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW12

SYR
Longer bar = better
ND
#113
Offense
ND better ▶
#11
#118
Defense
ND better ▶
#20
−1.0 #132
Turnovers
ND better ▶
+0.9 #11
71 plays #30
Pace
◀ SYR faster
64 plays #107
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When SYR has the ball
Advantage: ND defense
SYR offND defEdge
Points / game 22.3 #107 18.4 #17 ND
Yards / play 5.14 #105 4.88 #22 ND
PPA / play −0.02 #125 −0.03 #17 ND
Success rate 39% #113 38% #23 ND
When ND has the ball
Advantage: ND offense
ND offSYR defEdge
Points / game 38.5 #8 31.5 #118 ND
Yards / play 7.17 #6 6.19 #120 ND
PPA / play +0.27 #14 +0.19 #115 ND
Success rate 49% #16 45% #120 ND

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 136 FBS teams
SYR scoring against the ND defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
SYR scored
4.4
#107
6.4
#103
10.8
#110
3.3
#126
7.5
#51
10.8
#97
ND allowed
2.7
#15
9.8
#111
12.5
#64
3.0
#20
2.9
#3
5.9
#6
ND scoring against the SYR defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
ND scored
8.3
#19
11.7
#14
20.0
#15
10.5
#5
8.0
#39
18.5
#12
SYR allowed
5.3
#68
11.4
#131
16.7
#114
7.9
#122
6.9
#83
14.8
#114

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
ND +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
46° · 6 mph
gusts 13 mph · at kickoff
Rest
SYR14d bye
ND7d
SYR +7 days
Tempo
Average 134 plays
slowavg 134fast
Quarterback
SYR backup QB started
Not the usual starter