Syracuse heads to South Bend on Saturday for a daunting Week 13 matchup, taking on a Notre Dame team that enters as one of the largest favorites on the college football board. The latest odds list the Orange as 35.5-point underdogs, with Dimers’ 10,000-simulation model giving Notre Dame a 99% chance of winning at Notre Dame Stadium . The Fighting Irish are projected to control the game on both sides of the ball, with a predicted final score of 41–6 reflecting just how heavily the numbers lean toward a dominant performance from the home team.

Still, the data points to a few angles that could make this matchup more compelling than the spread suggests. Syracuse and Notre Dame are rated as having an equal 50% chance to cover the massive line, and the total of 50.5 carries a slight lean towa

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