Notre Dame at Howard

This is a potential look-ahead spot for Notre Dame with a trip to Louisville on deck. Notre Dame has not been a good road team (2-4) and is on a 3-7 ATS run away from home, plus 4-9 ATS as a favorite. The Irish were an 18-point favorite over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi and won just 83-73 along with a 9-point win over High Point as 21-point chalk. Notre Dame is also 52-82 ATS off a road loss and faces a Howard squad that is 13-5 ATS after playing a home game. Howard won at Bradley as a 12-point dog, covered at Villanova, and hung in against Georgetown. And this one means more to the big home dog than the visitors. Play Howard.