The Notre Dame Fighting Irish (4-3) and the No. 16 Syracuse Orange (6-1) play Saturday at JMA Wireless Dome. Kickoff is scheduled for noon ET (ABC). Below, we analyze Tipico Sportsbook’s lines around the Notre Dame vs. Syracuse odds, and make our expert college football picks and predictions.
The Fighting Irish picked up the 44-21 win over UNLV last weekend at home, bouncing back from an embarrassing 16-14 setback against Stanford as a 16.5-point favorite. While Notre Dame is 4-1 SU in the last 5 games, it is just 2-4 ATS over the previous 6 outings.
The Orange looked like they had it in the bag last week against Clemson in a showdown of unbeatens. Syracuse led 21-10 heading to the 4th quarter, but' outscored by Clemson 17-0 in the final 15 minutes.
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