The Clemson Tigers and Notre Dame Fighting Irish are both undefeated on the season, but one is the clear favorite when they face off in the College Football Playoff’s national Semifinals at the end of this month.
Clemson has been a perennial contender in recent seasons and is once again expected to play for the championship. The Tigers were ranked No. 2 in the country behind Alabama for basically the entire season and everyone is expecting them to match up in the finals. Notre Dame would love to play spoiler and give itself a chance at the national championship.
Clemson has been the more impressive team this year and will be favored to win this game and advance to the title game in NCAA football gambling.
This NCAA football game between the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and Clemson Tigers will be held at AT&T Stadium in Dallas, Texas at 4 p.m ET on December 29th, 2018. The game will be nationally televised on ESPN.
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Odds Analysis
Clemson has been listed as the 11-point favorite to win this game. The Tigers are -430 favorites on the moneyline while Notre Dame is +337 to pull off the upset. The scoring total is listed at 55 points as this one is not expected to be nearly as high-scoring as the matchup between Alabama and Oklahoma on the other side of the bracket.
Clemson’s odds to win the national championship are listed at +263. Notre Dame is an extreme longshot at +1400 in NCAA football gambling.
Player To Watch
Ian Book -- Notre Dame switched quarterbacks early in the season to Book even after an undefeated start. The Fighting Irish was lackadaisical and has since played better with the new signal-caller.
Book finished the regular season with 2,468 passing yards, 19 touchdowns and six interceptions. He threw for 352 yards with two touchdowns and an interception in the season finale as Notre Dame sneaked past USC, 24-17, to clinch its berth in the national semifinals.
Since his team is a big underdog, Book needs to play very well in this one. It won’t be easy against a Clemson defense which is one of the best in the country.
Key Stat
11. That’s how many games Clemson has won by 20 or more points this season, out of 13 total contests. That is the reason why the oddsmakers are feeling so good about them because the ability to blow out opponents consistently says a lot about a team’s skill level.
Clemson had two close games in the regular season. The Tigers knocked off Texas A&M by only two points in their second game of the season and beat Syracuse by four points a few weeks later.
Notre Dame, on the other hand, had six games in the regular season in which it won games by fewer than 20 points. The Fighting Irish was lucky in a sense to not lose any of their close games, because one blemish likely would have kept them out of the College Football Playoff.
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Notre Dame might be undefeated but it is not on Clemson’s level. The Tigers are double-digit favorites and the oddsmakers are on the right track, but this margin isn’t large enough. Notre Dame is not going to be able to keep up.
Clemson is the choice to not only win this game but cover the spread. The “over” is the pick as Clemson’s offense is going to roll in NCAA football odds.
NCAA Football Odds: Clemson Tigers 37, Notre Dame Fighting Irish 23
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