The 23rd ranked Notre Dame Fighting Irish host the Clemson Tigers in an ACC game that will take place at the Purcell Pavilion in South Bend, Indiana at 3 PM ET. Clemson has won 11 of their first 14 games on the season and they have covered the spread in seven of the 12 games that have had a posted line. Notre Dame has won 13 of their 15 games and they have an ATS record of 5-3-1 in the eight games that have had a posted line.
Clemson is coming off an 89-86 OT loss to a ranked North Carolina team in their last game where they failed to cover the spread as a 2.5-point underdog. The total number of points scored in the game was 155, which was over the closing line of 150.5. Previous to the North Carolina game the Tigers had covered the spread in four straight games. In two of their last three games the total has gone over. Clemson had their nine-game winning streak snapped with their loss to North Carolina.
Notre Dame is coming off a 77-70 win over a ranked Louisville team in their last game where they covered the 1.5-point line. The total number of points scored in the game was 147, which was over the closing line of 139.5. The Fighting Irish have an ATS record of 1-3-1 in their last five games that have had a posted line and in their last four games that have had a line total has gone over three times. Notre Dame has won four in a row since losing back-to-back games against the ranked teams of Villanova and Purdue.
Offensively, Clemson is putting up 78.3 points per game on a 44.9% FG average. On defense the Tigers are allowing 66.1 points per game on a 41.2% FG average.
Notre Dame is putting up 82.8 points per game on a 47.5% FG average. On the defensive side of things the Fighting Irish are allowing 66.5 points per game on a 39.1% FG average.
Last season in the lone meetings between these teams, which was at Clemson, the Fighting Irish beat the Tigers 89-83.
Clemson Tigers vs. Notre Dame Fighting Irish Betting Trends
- Clemson is 5-2 straight up in their last 7 road games.
- The Tigers are 8-15 straight up in their last 23 road games.
- The game total has gone Under in 4 of Clemson’s last 5 road games.
- Notre dame is 13-2 straight up in their last 15 games.
- The Fighting Irish are 5-0 straight up in their last 5 games at home.
Public Money Consensus
In this NCAAB matchup between Clemson and Notre Dame have the public definitively bet on Clemson getting the 4.5 points with over 65%. The over/under bettors believe this game will go over the 147 points with over 70% confidence.
