Rice Owls at Notre Dame Fighting Irish: Final Score, Closing Line & ATS Result (Sep 12, 2026)

Rice Owls

1-5, 3-3 ATS

2Notre Dame Fighting Irish

6-0, 4-2 ATS

FinalNBCPeacock

Closing number

Spread

RICE +44.5

ND -44.5

Open –

Total

Over 54.5

Under 54.5

Source: DraftKings.

RICE 0, ND 52. ND covered by 7.5, under by 2.5.

Our crowd

Who's on what before kickoff, from the cappers we track and bets logged on our tracker.

Public cappers

Total1 capper on Over

Over 10 Under

Each capper counts once. See their picks

Want sportsbook bets % and money %? DraftKings posts theirs free: DK betting splits. We quote a few big games by hand when we can. Tracker counts are anonymous: no names, and private bets stay private.

Common opponents

No common opponents yet this season.

Last season (2025): 1 common opponent

Opponent	Rice	Notre Dame
Navy	L 13-21 away -8 · +14.5 Covered	W 49-10 home +39 · -30.5 Covered

Against 1 common opponent: Rice lost by 8.0 on average, 1-0 against the spread. Notre Dame won by 39.0 on average, 1-0 against the spread.

What the public cappers like

Spread

No picks

Total

1 Over0 Under

Over 55.51

Big Cat ^*

Rice team over 48.51

Tom Fornelli

Moneyline

No picks

^* price not posted, -110 assumed. Tracked from public posts, not endorsed. All public picks

Betting form, 2026 to date

Rice WLWLWL

	ATS	Totals
All games	3-3 50%Small sample	2-4 33% overSmall sample
Road	0-3 0%Small sample	1-2 33% overSmall sample
As underdog	2-3 40%Small sample
Last 5	2-3 40%Small sample

6 graded games this season. Small sample: read it as a hint, not a trend.

Notre Dame WWLWLW

	ATS	Totals
All games	4-2 67%Small sample	4-2 67% overSmall sample
Home	2-1 67%Small sample	1-2 33% overSmall sample
As favorite	4-2 67%Small sample
Last 5	3-2 60%Small sample

6 graded games this season. Small sample: read it as a hint, not a trend.

CFB (FBS), 2026 so far · regular season only · graded vs the closing spread (ESPN odds archive, DraftKings for 70% of games); over-under vs the closing total

Head to head since 2019

Date	Score	Close	ATS	Total	O-U
Sep 12, 2026	RICE 0, ND 52	ND -44.5	ND covered	54.5	Under

Rice 0-1 ATS in these meetings. 1 meeting is not a trend, and rosters turn over.

CFB (FBS), 2026 so far · regular season only · graded vs the closing spread (ESPN odds archive, DraftKings for 70% of games); totals vs the closing total

Side by side

RICE		ND
1-5	Record	6-0
3-3	Against the spread	4-2
2-4	Over-under	4-2
+0.2	Avg cover margin	+2.5
17.0	Points per game	44.0
27.5	Points allowed	11.0
4.86	Yards per play	6.83
313.2	Yards per game	456.7
4.80	Rush yards per carry	5.10
48.8	Completion %	70.2
29.5	Third down %	44.6
+3	Turnover margin	+14
11	Sacks allowed	2
40.3	Penalty yards per game	27.7

Season to date. Stats from ESPN. Points from final scores. Bold is the better number.