Stanford vs Notre Dame College Football Predictions: The Cardinals (3-2) on a two game winning streak coming into this game with wins over San Jose State and Washington.  Last week they got it done on the road taking down Washington, 35-28.  Stanford is an improving team that is now better than average on both sides of the ball and is playing with more confidence.  Quarterback Tavita Pritchard had his best game ever last week (222 yards on 24 pass plays).  The sports odds posted by the oddsmakers at LooseLines.com currently list Notre Dame -6.5 favorites to Stanford heading into this matchup.

The Fighting Irish (3-1) got a home win last week, 38-21 over Purdue.

The Fighting Irish put together their most productive third quarter of the season, scoring three touchdowns.  They had never scored in the 3rd quarter all season.  QB Clausen passed for a career-high 275 yards and three touchdowns.  Notre Dame’s 3 wins haven’t actually been very impressive, as they barely out-played a bad San Diego State team, a mediocre Michigan team and a Purdue team who actually out gained the Irish last week per play.  

"Basically I told them, 'This is the most important drive of the season here,"' Weis said of the opening drive of the second half. "Because that game could have gone either way at that point.  The response they had in the third quarter was probably the probably the most significant part of this football game."

College Football Predictions: I believe Notre Dame's D is well lead and put together, they can get better, but will they still dominate the game this Saturday?  The Irish offense did a good job last week in a win over Purdue, and they'll try to keep it going in this one.  The Fighting Irish are 16-6 ATS in their last 22 games in October.  Last year these two teams met with the Irish getting the win on the road, 21-14.  Stanford looks to return the favor.  The online sports betting odds at LooseLines.com has the OVER/UNDER in this Stanford vs Notre Dame game is set at 48 points.

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