Draftkings NCAA Football Picks: Texas A&M vs. Notre Dame 9/13/25
Texas A&M vs. Notre Dame
September 13, 2025 7:30 pm EDT
The NCAA presents Draftkings football fans with a regular season matchup featuring the Texas A&M Aggies and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. Let’s take a look at this game from a DFS perspective.
Before we dive into the Texas A&M Aggies vs. Notre Dame Fighting Irish game let’s review the rules for the Draftkings single game showdown contest.
Draftkings Single Game Showdown Contest Rules
You have $50,000 to utilize on five players from either team. However, one of those players will be designated as your team captain. The captain accumulates 1.5 times the standard fantasy points. Additionally, the captain is 1.5 times the standard cost of the flex position.
The remaining four players in your lineup will receive the standard fantasy points. Having stated that, it is highly important for you to identify the correct player for your captain position if you hope to win a large field DFS GPP (guaranteed prize pool) showdown contest.
If you have additional questions regarding the rules for the single game showdown contest, I recommend that you check out the Draftkings website for more details.
*I recommend that all readers review the starting lineups for both teams prior to setting your DFS lineup for this one game slate.
Here are my Draftkings picks for tonight’s Texas A&M vs. Notre Dame matchup.
Draftkings NCAA Football Showdown Picks
Jeremiyah Love, Running Back, Notre Dame $12,000
Junior running back Jeremiyah Love was a standout performer for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish last season. Having stated that, how did Love perform from a statistical perspective? Let’s review the talented running back’s relevant key player game data from the 2024 NCAA season to answer that question.
In the 16 games that running back Jeremiyah Love played for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish in the 2024 NCAA season, Love amassed 1,125 rushing yards, 17 rushing touchdowns, 28 receptions, 237 receiving yards and two receiving touchdowns.
Looking closer at the data just presented, in the 16 games that running back Jeremiyah Love played for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish in 2024, Love averaged a robust 18.4 Draftkings points a game.
Last week, Love was limited to just three carries in the Miami Hurricanes defeat of the Fighting Irish in the first half. However, Love was given more of an opportunity in the second half and showed glimpses of what he can do effectively on the football field. Love finished last week’s game with ten carries, 33 rushing yards, four receptions and 26 receiving yards.
I also like Love’s matchup this week. Why? The Fighting Irish draw a Texas A&M team that just allowed University of Texas at San Antonio running back Robert Henry to amass 177 rushing yards. What did we learn from the data just presented? Clearly, the Texas A&M Aggies had significant issues defending the running back position last week. Having stated that, I fully expect that trend to continue in Notre Dame’s regular season matchup with the Texas A&M Aggies later today.
As I noted in the rules section above, selecting the correct player at the captain position for a Draftkings NCAA Football showdown lineup is absolutely vital if you hope to win a large field GPP (guaranteed prize pool) DFS contest. Keep that in mind as you construct your lineups.
In my view, Jeremiyah Love is the most likely player to post the most Draftkings points in this NCAA regular season game. For that specific reason, I am rolling with Notre Dame Fighting Irish running back Jeremiyah Love at the captain position for this one game NCAA Football DFS slate.
Flex plays I like to play well in this NCAA regular season contest (Draftkings price noted): CJ Carr, Quarterback (Notre Dame Fighting Irish) $8,400: Marcel Reed, Starting Quarterback (Texas A&M Aggies) $10,800: Jordan Faison, Wide Receiver (Notre Dame Fighting Irish) $3,000.
