Austin Peay vs. North Florida prediction: Austin Peay favored to win men's college basketball matchup [2/19/2026]

North Florida will face the favored Austin Peay in men's college basketball action at UNF Arena on Thursday, starting at 7:00 PM ET.

Based on updated simulations, Dimers' proven college basketball model projects Austin Peay as the most likely winner of the Austin Peay vs. North Florida game.

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

Austin Peay vs. North Florida prediction: Who will win and cover?

Using trusted machine learning and data analysis, we have simulated the outcome of Thursday's NCAA basketball game between Austin Peay and North Florida 10,000 times as part of our men's college basketball predictions coverage.

Our leading predictive model currently gives Austin Peay an 83% chance of beating North Florida. Our predicted final score has Austin Peay winning 86-75.

According to our model, North Florida (+11.5) has a 51% chance of covering the spread, while the over/under total of 164.5 points has a 53% chance of staying under.

Austin Peay vs. North Florida 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.

Austin Peay vs. North Florida 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: