[Farm93]

I am going with 45-10.

Notre Dame needs to win big to avoid having others in the CFP race pass them.  They also still use these Stanford/USC games to improve their CA recruiting efforts.   So they may want a few scores to show recruits the type of success they will enjoy at ND.

If ND gets a 28 point lead any final score will still be impressive enough.   At some point Notre Dame will want to play athletes they plan to redshirt or athletes that have had limited playing time as that could help with secure recruits that may have heard counter arguments about going to Notre Dame and/or avoid having certain role players jump into the transfer portal.

While a 28 point margin will be more than enough, I suspect even those role players and freshmen should find ways to score too.

[Farm93]

I am going with 45-10.

Notre Dame needs to win big to avoid having others in the CFP race pass them.  They also still use these Stanford/USC games to improve their CA recruiting efforts.   So they may want a few scores to show recruits the type of success they will enjoy at ND.

If ND gets a 28 point lead any final score will still be impressive enough.   At some point Notre Dame will want to play athletes they plan to redshirt or athletes that have had limited playing time as that could help with secure recruits that may have heard counter arguments about going to Notre Dame and/or avoid having certain role players jump into the transfer portal.

While a 28 point margin will be more than enough, I suspect even those role players and freshmen should find ways to score too.