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Notre Dame Fighting Irish (8-0) at Northwestern Wildcats (5-3)

College Football: Saturday, November 3, 2018 at 7:15 pm (Ryan Field)

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The Notre Dame Fighting Irish and Northwestern Wildcats meet Saturday in college football action at Ryan Field.

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish look to build on their 8-0 record to remain in the thick of the college football playoff conversation. The Notre Dame Fighting Irish have won five of their last seven road games. Ian Book is completing 76.5 percent of his passes for 1,481 yards, 13 touchdowns and four interceptions. Book has two or more touchdown passes in each of his last five games. Miles Boykin and Chris Finke have combined for 908 receiving yards and seven touchdowns while Chase Claypool has 28 receptions. The Notre Dame Fighting Irish ground game is averaging 188.5 yards per contest, and Dexter Williams leads the way with 512 yards and seven touchdowns. Defensively, Notre Dame is allowing 19.1 points and 341.3 yards per game. Te'von Coney leads the Notre Dame Fighting Irish with 70 tackles, Jerry Tillery has seven sacks and Jalen Elliott has three interceptions.

The Northwestern Wildcats hope to add to their four-game winning streak to become bowl eligible for a fourth straight season. The Northwestern Wildcats have won six of their last nine home games. Clayton Thorson is completing 60.7 percent of his passes for 2,072 yards, 10 touchdowns and 10 interceptions. Thorson has one or less touchdown passes in seven of his last 10 games. Flynn Nagel and Bennett Skowronek have combined for 1,121 receiving yards and three touchdowns while Cameron Green has 36 receptions. The Northwestern Wildcats ground game is averaging 91.1 yards per contest, and Jeremy Larkin leads the way with 346 yards and five touchdowns. Defensively, Northwestern is allowing 23.6 points and 366.8 yards per game. Blake Gallagher leads the Northwestern Wildcats with 78 tackles, Joe Gaziano has 4.5 sacks and JR Pace has three interceptions.

The Fighting Irish are 4-0 ATS in their last 4 road games, 4-1 ATS in their last 5 non-conference games and 4-1 ATS in their last 5 games overall. The Wildcats are 5-0 ATS in their last 5 games in November, 1-5 ATS in their last 6 non-conference games and 3-1-1 ATS in their last 5 games overall. The under is 40-12-1 in Wildcats last 53 home games and the over is 4-1 in Fighting Irish last 5 games overall.

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish are fresh off a solid 22-point win over Navy, but four of their eight wins have come by single digits. The Northwestern Wildcats are finally putting together consistent ball during this four-game winning streak, which includes two wins over ranked teams. The Notre Dame Fighting Irish have failed to cover each of their last six games as a favorite of at least seven points. The Northwestern Wildcats have covered five of their last six games as an underdog of at least seven points. Northwestern has been a tough team for me to track given the ups and downs, but they're an extremely well coached team and don't get blown out often. Northwestern also has a lot to play for with a trip to the Big Ten title game possibly within reach. This is likely going to be a very phyiscal game and one that comes down to the fourth quarter. I want points in my pocket.

Auburn (6-4) will face off against Northwestern (6-2) in the Citrus Bowl on New Year’s Day. As of right now Northwestern is favored by 3.5 points, but ESPN’s Football Power Index gives Auburn a 60% chance to win. Here’s what the experts are predicting.

College Football News

Pete Fiutak: Northwestern 23 Auburn 20

What he says:

“Auburn will seem like it’s always on the verge of dominating this. It’ll go up early, Bo Nix will throw a touchdown pass, there will be a field goal, and it’ll seem like the SEC talent will be too much for the Wildcats. And then it’ll be the third quarter and Auburn won’t have the game put away.

There will be a mistake of some sort, Northwestern will score, and then all of a sudden, Auburn will realize that for all the drives and all of the chances, there aren’t enough points.

Northwestern will go up on one late scoring drive, Auburn will have a shot in the final minutes to pull it off, and everything will stall just past midfield.”

247Sports

John Del Bianco: Northwestern 28 Auburn 20

What he says:

“Auburn’s without its head coach with an offense that has been erratic all year. Northwestern has a defense you don’t want to mess with. Give me the Big Ten team in this matchup.”

Hale McGranahan: Auburn 17 Northwestern 10

What he says:

“If you turn this game on the main TV, be prepared to fall asleep on the couch. In fact, get in a recliner if you can, and enjoy the defensive slugfest from that view.”

John Whittle: Northwestern 17 Auburn 15

What he says:

“No team allows fewer points in Big Ten play than Northwestern, which gave up only 15.5 points on average over their eight games played. Auburn can’t score much, but maybe Kevin Steele will throw caution to the wind and just let Bo Nix run around and have a good ole time.”

Chris Hummer: Auburn 28 Northwestern 27

What he says:

“This game is nearly impossible to predict. The Tigers have experienced coaching upheaval over the last few weeks, working through the wildest coaching searches in recent memory in which their interim coach, Kevin Steele, was a major part of the process. Still, I have a difficult time placing much faith in a Northwestern team that struggles to move the football. I’m cautiously leaning toward Auburn.”

Brad Crawford: Northwestern 27 Auburn 24

What he says:

“I’m the on the opposite side here. Northwestern and Pat Fitzgerald have own three straight times during bowl season and I think the Wildcats will be the more motivated team given Auburn’s distractions this month with a coaching search and hire of Bryan Harsin following Gus Malzahn’s firing. I will take the points, though.”

CBS Sports

Tom Fornelli: Northwestern 21 Auburn 17

What he says:

“When it comes to handicapping a bowl game, you have to consider a team’s motivation for playing in the game. I have absolutely no doubt in my mind that Northwestern will show up ready to play in this game; that’s the way Pat Fitzgerald runs his program and how his teams treat bowl preparation. There’s also the added motivation of it being Hankwitz’s final game as defensive coordinator. I can’t say I’m confident Auburn will be all that motivated. As mentioned above, it’s a team coming off a disappointing season playing under an interim coach who wanted the full-time job and didn’t get it. Northwestern’s offense isn’t good enough to make me believe the Wildcats can run away with this game, and letting Auburn hang around could be all the motivation it needs. I do think the Wildcats cover in the end, however.”

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Dennis Dodd: Northwestern

Chip Patterson: Northwestern

Barrett Sallee: Northwestern

Ben Kercheval: Northwestern

Jerry Palm: Northwestern

David Cobb: Northwestern

Ouch, not a single pick for Auburn from the CBS experts over here. Moving on.

Sporting News

Bill Bender: Auburn 27 Northwestern 23

What he says:

“Northwestern lost the Big Ten championship game, but they can still close the season with a bowl victory against Auburn, which is looking for a new coach. The Tigers take advantage of a few Wildcats’ turnovers to win a bowl game this time.”

Athlon Sports

Steven Lassan: Northwestern

Mark Ross: Northwestern

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Ben Weinrib: Auburn

Thank you Mr. Weinrib for giving Auburn the benefit of the doubt here.

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Sports Illustrated

Pat Forde: Northwestern 24 Auburn 19

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What he says:

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“We know the Tigers will have an interim coach; we’ll see whether the NFL will be in hot pursuit of the Wildcats’ Pat Fitzgerald. Given Northwestern’s ability to fluster Justin Fields in the Big Ten championship game, Bo Nix could be in for a long afternoon of his own. But the Wildcats will have to do better tackling Tank Bigsby than they did Trey Sermon.”

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It’s worth noting here that the majority of experts cited in their predictions that this game will be a defensive matchup. Both teams have struggled to gain momentum on offense this season and while Northwestern’s defense has shined Auburn’s has sputtered, especially on third down. After several weeks of upheaval, will the Tigers be ready to put 2020 behind them and begin 2021 with a victory? Fingers crossed.