Northern Illinois Huskies

Northern Illinois Huskies

Sep 7, 2024

Notre Dame Fighting Irish

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Northern Illinois vs Notre Dame Betting Pick & Preview – 9/7/2024

The Northern Illinois Huskies are set to take on the Notre Dame Fighting Irish on September 7, 2024, at 3:30 pm ET. According to the opening betting odds from DraftKings Sportsbook, the Fighting Irish are favored by 28 points. Meanwhile, the total for this game is set at 44.5 points. Here, we give you our breakdown and best bet for this Northern Illinois vs Notre Dame contest.

Can Northern Illinois Breach Irish Defense?

The Northern Illinois Huskies started their 2024 season with a win over the Western Illinois Leathernecks out of the FCS last week. In that 54-15 thrashing over a fellow Illinois directional school, the Huskies racked up an impressive 706 yards of total offense. But offense could be much harder to come by for the Huskies in this game, as they get set to tangle with a Notre Dame team that looked great defensively in their season opener last weekend.

Pressure on Northern Illinois quarterback Ethan Hampton could be the norm in this game, something he did not see much of last week. Hampton threw for 328 yards and five touchdowns a week ago, throwing just two incompletions along the way. How he responds to a much tougher defense this time around will go a long way in determining how competitive Northern Illinois can be in what could be a very difficult afternoon for them.

Notre Dame Heavy Favorites to Start 2-0

Notre Dame had one of the most impressive wins of the weekend in Week 1 of the college football season. They locked down the Texas A&M Aggies at Kyle Field, with the stellar defense of the Fighting Irish leading them to a 23-13 win on the road. Notre Dame is ranked fifth in the country after that performance and they will look to prove that it was no fluke this week at home against Northern Illinois.

We should expect a lot better out of Irish quarterback Riley Leonard this week than we saw last week against Texas A&M. Leonard had just 158 passing yards against a tough A&M defense that was coached by Leonard's former head coach at Duke in Mike Elko. With worse players and no opposing coach familiarity to worry about this week, we should see Leonard air it out more successfully in front of a home crowd.

Northern Illinois vs Notre Dame Best Bet

Notre Dame appears to be the real deal after the way their defense bent Texas A&M to its will a week ago. We will lay the points with Notre Dame here and bank on their offense waking up against a lesser opponent out of the MAC, even if Northern Illinois is by no means a bad program in their conference.

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Consensus

Spread Pick Consensus

+28.0/-112
40% NILL
-28.0/-108
60% ND

Moneyline Pick Consensus

+1957
2% NILL
-6249
98% ND

Total Pick Consensus

47.5/-112
12% UN
47.5/-108
88% OV

Stats

  • Team Stats
  • Passing
  • Rushing
  • Special Teams

Offense/Defense

NILL
Team Stats
ND
9
GM
9
25.4
PPG
11.1
72.1
PLAYS-PG
63.8
398.7
YDS/G
274.6
5.5
YPP
4.3
22.2
1st DPG
15.3
9.1
1st DPass
6.7
11.1
1st DRush
7.1
2.0
1st Pen
1.6
4.2
Pen-Gm
5.7
42.6
Pen-Yds
50.4
0.9
FUM-G
0.9
0.7
INT-G
1.3

Defense/Offense

NILL
Team Stats
ND
9
GM
9
18.8
PPG
38.3
60.4
PLAYS-PG
63.9
287.7
YDS/G
412.1
4.8
YPP
6.5
16.1
1st DPG
20.7
7.1
1st DPass
9.3
7.2
1st DRush
9.6
1.8
1st Pen
1.8
4.8
Pen-Gm
5.9
45.7
Pen-Yds
51.9
0.3
FUM-G
0.6
0.7
INT-G
0.3

Offense/Defense

NILL
Rushing
ND
43.4
ATT
36.3
211.3
Y/G
126.0
4.9
Y/A
3.5
1.8
TD/G
0.6

Defense/Offense

NILL
Rushing
ND
33.6
ATT
35.9
121.3
Y/G
214.8
3.6
Y/A
6.0
0.8
TD/G
3.3

Offense/Defense

NILL
Passing
ND
16.8
CMP
13.1
28.7
ATT
27.4
58.5
CMP%
47.8
187.3
Y/G
148.6
6.5
Y/A
5.4
1.2
TD/G
0.7

Defense/Offense

NILL
Passing
ND
15
CMP
17.9
26.9
ATT
28
55.8
CMP%
63.9
166.3
Y/G
197.3
6.2
Y/A
7
1.1
TD/G
1.3

NILL
Special Teams
ND
3.3
Punts-GM
3.3
37.9
Punt Avg
40.4
1.3
Kick Ret GM
1.0
29.3
Kick Ret Avg
18.1
1.0
Punt Ret GM
1.7
7.9
Punt Ret Avg
6.1

Odds

  • Spread
  • MoneyLine
  • Over/Under
Open
Current
Book
NILL ND
NILL ND
Consensus
+29.5 (-112)
-29.5 (-110)
+28.0 (-112)
-28.0 (-109)
+31.0 (-112)
-31.0 (-110)
+28.0 (-112)
-28.0 (-108)
+25.5 (-104)
-25.5 (-110)
+27.5 (-104)
-27.5 (-118)
+29.5 (-113)
-29.5 (-112)
+28.0 (-113)
-28.0 (-108)
+28.5 (-110)
-28.5 (-110)
+28.0 (-110)
-28.0 (-110)
+29.5 (-110)
-29.5 (-115)
+28.0 (-110)
-28.0 (-110)
Open
Current
Book
NILL ND
NILL ND
Consensus
+2000
-5000
+1957
-6249
+2000
-6500
+2000
-6500
+1600
-4500
+2000
-4500
+1800
-7000
+1800
-7000
+2000
-10000
+2000
-10000
Open
Current
Book
Over Under
Over Under
Consensus
45.5 (-110)
45.5 (-110)
47.5 (-110)
47.5 (-110)
46.0 (-110)
46.0 (-110)
47.5 (-108)
47.5 (-112)
47.5 (-108)
47.5 (-112)
45.5 (-118)
45.5 (-104)
45.5 (-114)
45.5 (-107)
46.0 (-112)
46.0 (-109)
45.5 (-110)
45.5 (-110)
47.5 (-110)
47.5 (-110)
46.5 (-110)
46.5 (-110)
47.5 (-105)
47.5 (-115)