Alabama vs. Oklahoma prediction: Alabama favored to win men's college basketball matchup [1/17/2026]

Oklahoma and Alabama are scheduled to meet in men's college basketball action at Lloyd Noble Center on Saturday, with tipoff at 1:00 PM ET.

Based on updated simulations, Dimers' advanced college basketball model predicts Alabama as the most likely winner of the Alabama vs. Oklahoma game.

This article offers further insights into Saturday's matchup, including an expanded look at the predicted score, best bets and picks.

Alabama vs. Oklahoma prediction: Who will win and cover?

Using trusted machine learning and data analysis, we have simulated the outcome of Saturday's NCAA basketball game between Alabama and Oklahoma 10,000 times as part of our men's college basketball predictions coverage.

Our famous predictive model currently gives Alabama a 64% chance of beating Oklahoma. Our predicted final score has Alabama winning 82-78.

According to our model, Oklahoma (+5.5) has a 58% chance of covering the spread, while the 175.5-point over/under has a 57% chance of staying under.

Alabama vs. Oklahoma odds

We have sourced the best men's college basketball odds in America for this game, which are listed here:

All odds are correct at the time of publication and are subject to change.

Alabama vs. Oklahoma picks and best bet

After matching our predictions against the best current odds, we can reveal our picks for each of the major markets. Plus, find our best bet for the game below: