Newsstand: What is the spread for the Purdue vs. Notre Dame game?

Oddsmakers are not letting Notre Dame football’s 0-2 start from predicting a big Week 4 win over Purdue.
According to BetMGM, the Irish are a 26.5-point favorite at home against the Boilermakers (2-1) on Saturday. The over/under points total is 52.5.
Like its win-loss record, Notre Dame has also had a rough start against the spread. The Irish are 0-2 ATS by losing outright as a favorite to Miami Week 1 and Texas A&M Week 3. The points total has also gone over in both games.
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Meanwhile, Purdue is 2-1 ATS this season. All three of its games have gone under.
Last season, Notre Dame covered a 7.5-point spread against Purdue by beating the Boilermakers 66-7. The point total also went over by 26 points.
Saturday’s game kicks off at 3:30 p.m. ET. NBC will have television coverage.
Notre Dame Posts of the Weekend
Former Irish safety Xavier Watts notched his first NFL interception on Sunday night.
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Notre Dame Quote of the Weekend
“I don’t care. Everyone loses. What? Everyone loses. I mean, it’s all good. Look, losses happen.”
— 2027 class five-star edge rusher David Jacobs Jr. out of Roswell (Ga.) Blessed Trinity Catholic on whether the Irish losing to Texas A&M alters his view of his Notre Dame recruitment.
Notre Dame Headlines of the Weekend
- 2027 4-star DL Brayden Parks sees the fit at ND after visit
- Behind The Ballot: Why defense matters to ND and others on the field and in the polls
- Loss doesn’t shake five-star EDGE David Jacobs Jr.’s view of ND football
- Snap counts, run-pass splits: ND defense in loss to Texas A&M
- Breaking down PFF game grades for ND football defense in loss to Texas A&M
- Breaking down PFF game grades for ND football offense in loss to Texas A&M
- Snap counts, run-pass splits: ND offense in loss to Texas A&M
- What they’re saying about ND’s 41-40 loss against Texas A&M
- 2027 5-star CB Joshua Dobson: ‘First time at ND was special’
- Where does ND football rank in the Week 4 AP Poll?
- Everything Texas A&M coach Mike Elko said after beating ND football
- Fighting Irish commits react to ND’s 0-2 start: ‘No matter what, I’m locked in’
- ‘I just think it is the step that we had to take to move forward’ — Mike Elko on the win over ND
- How ND let win slip away in final minutes vs. Texas A&M
- Five Thoughts: Chris Ash isn’t clearing the bar for ND
- Three observations from ND’s 41-40 loss to Texas A&M
- How it happened: ND loses to Texas A&M in heartbreaking fashion
- By the numbers: A closer look at what defined ND’s loss to Texas A&M
- After loss to Texas A&M, CFP conversation is irrelevant until ND fixes its defense
- ‘A lot of greatness’: How ND QB CJ Carr excelled even in another Irish loss