This is too many points for a Notre Dame team that has to travel across the country to play in a game that doesn’t decide anything for them, nor does it mean anything to them. Stanford has played well at home this season, keeping a lot of their games close in score, especially against better teams in the league like Washington State, Arizona, and Washington. They managed to keep the score under 10 points in all those games. Head to head, Stanford has played Notre Dame well, only losing by more than this spread twice in their last ten games over the years. Stanford will get up for this game so take the points.

Notre Dame is 11-24 ATS as a favorite of 21.5 to 31 points since 1992. Stanford is 3-1 ATS this season after failing to cover the spread in 2 out of their last 3 games. The Cardinals are 4-1 ATS this season off a home loss.

Best bet: take the points with Stanford.