Notre Dame vs Stanford Prediction, Game Preview

Notre Dame vs Stanford game preview, prediction, and breakdown for the Week 7 game on Saturday, October 15

Notre Dame vs Stanford prediction, game preview, how to watch. Week 7, Saturday, October 15


Notre Dame vs Stanford How To Watch

Date: Saturday, October 15
Game Time: 7:30 ET
Venue: Notre Dame Stadium, South Bend, IN
How To Watch: NBC/Peacock
Record: Notre Dame (3-2), Stanford (1-4)
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Why Stanford Will Win

The Cardinal were so close to looking like they were finally about to turn the season around.

They had Oregon State in big trouble, it was over, and then a late rally with a miraculous final play ended in disaster for a 1-4 start with four straight Pac-12 defeats and no wins yet over an FBS team.

But they didn’t play all that poorly.

Scoring has been a fight and the running game sputtered against the Beavers, but the turnover problem from the first three games slowed down.

There aren’t any penalties – Stanford leads the nation in fewest sins – and the passing game is just efficient enough to push the Notre Dame D. However …

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Why Notre Dame Will Win

Again, the scoring for Stanford – it’s not there. It’s been a chore for the offense to close out drives with anything meaningful thanks to a line that allows way too many sacks and big plays.

But that’s not the real problem.

The defensive front has been a nightmare against the run allowing 5.6 yards per carry and an average of 211 yards per game. This is the wrong time to be dealing with the Irish.

The 0-2 start is well in the rearview mirror with three straight fun wins – in completely different ways – and it starts with a ground game that found something that works.

The running back combination of Auric Estime and Chris Tyree has been great, and QB Drew Pyne is red hot hitting 75% of his throws over the last three games with eight touchdown passes.

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What’s Going To Happen

Stanford continues to be just good enough to lose tastefully.

It’ll hang around and score enough here and there to make the Irish keep fighting, but it won’t be able to come through in the second half after the run defense starts to struggle.

The Notre Dame win over BYU was the real corner-turner. Hanging on against Cal and beating North Carolina was nice, but BYU is a strong team that couldn’t handle what the Irish were able to do offensively as the game went on.

Stanford won’t be able to, either.

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Notre Dame vs Stanford Prediction, Line

Notre Dame 41, Stanford 20
Line: Notre Dame -17, o/u: 53
ATS Confidence out of 5: 3
Notre Dame vs Stanford Must See Rating (out of 5): 3
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Notre Dame vs Stanford Prediction, Game Preview

Notre Dame vs Stanford prediction, game preview, how to watch, lines, and why each team might – or might not – win this Saturday.

Notre Dame vs Stanford prediction, game preview, how to watch: Saturday, November 27


Notre Dame vs Stanford How To Watch

Date: Saturday, November 27
Game Time: 8:00 ET
Venue: Stanford Stadium, Stanford, CA
How To Watch: FOX
Record: Notre Dame (10-1), Stanford (3-8)
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Why Notre Dame Will Win

Stanford is awful.

How’s this for a season? It starts 3-2, it basically got Clay Helton first with a win over USC, it got to 2-1 in the Pac-12 with a thrilling win over Oregon, and then …

Nothing. Six straight losses, the offense scoring more than 14 just once, and with a shocking inability to do anything defensively. There aren’t any tackles for loss, big takeaways to turn games around, and the run defense just doesn’t work.

On the flip side, Notre Dame is humming.

It’s balanced, it’s ruthless, and it’s picking a wonderful time to play its best football of the year with a six-game winning streak, highlighted by the last three wins by a total of 117-9.

Get up early and Stanford won’t have anything in the arsenal to keep up.

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Why Stanford Will Win

It’s been a shocker of a season with the parts the Cardinal have in place, but there have been a few okay spots during this late losing streak.

The passing game has been okay at times. It’s the last game of year, so here come the big bombs to stretch things out and take a few chances.

The Irish offensive line still allows plenty of plays in the backfield, it’s not like the team has beaten anyone that great since the loss to Cincinnati, and …

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What’s Going To Happen

Notre Dame will run for a bajillion yards if it wants to. Stanford’s defensive front has been a total disaster as the season has rolled on.

Offensively, the Cardinal went from two turnovers in the five five games to 15 in the last six – with two or more in every one of the six, but it’s the run defense that’s the real issue.

Stanford has allowed 200 or more rushing yards in nine of the 11 games. There are at least 250 more about to come from the Irish.

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Notre Dame vs Stanford Prediction, Lines

Notre Dame 44, Stanford 14
Line: Notre Dame -20.5, o/u: 52.5
ATS Confidence out of 5: 4

Must See Rating: 3

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