The Clemson Tigers (7-0, 6-0 ACC) and Notre Dame Fighting Irish (6-0, 5-0) meet in South Bend, Ind. for a 7:30 p.m. ET kickoff Saturday. Below, we give you five college football prop bet predictions for Clemson-Notre Dame from the BetMGM game menu.
Clemson at Notre Dame prop bet predictions
Odds via BetMGM; access USA TODAY Sports’ betting odds for a full list. Lines last updated at 8:40 a.m. ET.
Clemson Under 28.5 points (-134)
The Tigers play their second consecutive game without QB Trevor Lawrence (COVID-19) under center, so true freshman D.J. Uiagalelei makes another start. He started off a bit slow last week, helping the Tigers to just 13 points in the first two quarters, and they trailed 28-13 at halftime at home against Boston College.
Eventually, things straightened out, and the Tigers totaled 34 points against BC for the game; however, Notre Dame’s defense is much more stout. The Irish are allowing just 10.3 PPG to rank fourth in the nation, and they’ll give the frosh fits.
Notre Dame 1st half money line (+155)
As mentioned above, the Tigers were trailing by 15 points at home against B.C. last week. How will Uiagalelei fare under the lights in his first collegiate road game against a marquee opponent? Confidence isn’t high that he is going to light things up, especially against a stout defense which has allowed just 10 total points in the first half across the past three outings.
As a result, the Irish are a tremendous money line play in the first half on their home turf.
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Notre Dame 1st quarter money line (+130)
I am just not trusting the Tigers to fire out of the chute in this game. I’m expecting a lower-scoring performance by Clemson, perhaps one of the lowest scoring we’ve seen from the Tigers in some time. The Fighting Irish are outscoring their opponents 20-3 in the first quarter of the past three games.
While Clemson is a huge upgrade in terms of quality over Louisville, Pittsburgh and Georgia Tech, the Irish are still facing a QB making his first-ever collegiate start on the road.
Notre Dame alternate line +7.5 (-167)
The Irish catching seven and a hook at home seems like a slam-dunk play, and the juice isn’t all that high.
Alternate total line Under 54.5 (-182)
The Tigers have rolled up 46.1 points per game this season, but that’s mostly with the Heisman favorite Lawrence under center. Their defense is yielding just 15.6 PPG to rank 13th, and as mentioned, the Irish are allowing only 10.3 PPG. This should be a defensive battle, but buy a little insurance against the regular line of 49.5.
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