Overview
- No. 9 Notre Dame visits No. 22 Pittsburgh on Saturday at noon ET at Acrisure Stadium, with both teams entering at 7–2 and under an intensified national spotlight.
- Sportsbooks list Notre Dame as roughly a 12.5‑point road favorite with totals near 54–54.5 and moneyline prices strongly tilted toward the Irish.
- SportsLine’s simulation leans to the Over and projects QB C.J. Carr to exceed 250 passing yards and RB Jeremiyah Love to approach 100 rushing yards, with one side of the spread hitting in nearly 70% of runs.
- A separate projection from Dimers, cited by Syracuse.com, calls for Notre Dame 33–20 and favors the Under 53.5 based on tempo control and defensive consistency.
- Analysts frame the matchup as Notre Dame’s high-scoring, balanced attack versus Pitt’s elite run defense allowing 80.9 rushing yards per game, with recent scoring averages near 39 points for each offense and fresh hype content released by Notre Dame.