Washington at Notre Dame

The Huskies shocked the NCAAF world with a win over the USC Trojans two weeks ago, delivering a blow to the Trojans' BCS Championship hopes. Washington was one of our upset alerts that came through. But as I said last week when fading the same Huskies team, that was more about a USC letdown than the strength of Washington. The Huskies played good in that game for sure, but they aren't really a quality team. I am again fading them this week. The Huskies caught the Trojans napping, which USC seems to do once a year. If you remember, they lost to Oregon State last year as a 24-point favorite and two years ago they lost to Stanford as a 39-point favorite. The Huskies, after their big win, returned to reality as they took to the road for the first time and lost to Stanford by 20. This is still a team that is 2-14 in their last 16 games and 1-10 in their last 11 on the road. The Huskies have dropped their last five on the road by 20, 41, 56, 34 and 34 points for an average margin of 37 points per game to teams with a winning record. The Irish come in one late TD drive at Michigan from being 4-0. They are a bit banged up, but are still head and shoulders better than this Huskies team and won't get caught napping here. The Huskies are just 1-9 ATS after scoring 20 or less and 0-6 ATS in their last six on the road. They have not covered against the Irish in five straight meetings. The Irish get a big win here.