Notre Dame at BYU College Football Prediction and Free Pick

Notre Dame vs BYU predictions, picks and odds

College football is halfway through its season, and Doug Upstone from Vegas Pro Insiders Daily is giving OSGA fans, friends and members an edge every week of the 2026 NCAA Football season. Doug fires up a prediction for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish at BYU Cougars game with odds from Bookmaker.eu.

Current Odds for Fighting Irish at Cougars

#2 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (-11)
#8 BYU Cougars (+11)
Total: 47

Notre Dame vs BYU Time and How to Watch

Start time: 7:30 p.m. EDT
TV Channel: ABC 
Livestream: ESPN, Hulu, YouTube TV, Direct TV, Fubo

Doug's Free Pick

At first glance, this spread seems enormous, knowing BYU has covered seven straight at home vs. ranked foes, 11 straight vs. non-conference foes, and is 7-1 ATS L/8 as a home underdog with SIX outright upsets! However, if you have watched the Cougars offense the last two weeks, they have scored 17 points against TCU and 24 vs Iowa State, neither who are not close to elite. QB Bear Bachmeier is scuffling to throw the ball down the field, and the Cougars won’t have their top RB in Martin. Notre Dame has the best defense in the country. The Irish are #1 in total defense and #4 in PA, but don’t sell short BYU, as they are #7 and #8, respectively, in those categories. The Notre Dame O-Line is good, not great at this time, so I can see BYU mucking things up. With the Cougars 5-0 UNDER vs. defensive teams that give up 14 or fewer points a game and 5-0 UNDER vs. offensive teams scoring 34 or more points a game.

I’ll take the Irish UNDER 27-17

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