We are all moving onward to the 2026 college football season, and in the dead of winter, that means we are looking at early point spreads. The Notre Dame Fighting Irish open the season with a Shamrock Series game inside the home of the Green Bay Packers, Lambeau Field, to take on the Wisconsin Badgers. The Badgers are having a tough couple of years under head coach Luke Fickell, while the Irish are currently the betting odds favorite to win the national championship next season at +650. Currently the Irish are -16.5 against Wisconsin, but opened at -19.5. That nearly 20 point spread was destined to drop quickly, and it did, but there’s still a long way to go from here to week one of the college football season.

Source: New York Times January 30, 2026 01:10 UTC