Bradley vs. Illinois State prediction: Why Illinois State is favored to win men's college basketball matchup [1/17/2026]

Illinois State and Bradley will lock horns in men's college basketball action at CEFCU Arena on Saturday, with tipoff at 2:00 PM ET.

Based on updated simulation results, Dimers' proven college basketball model predicts Illinois State as the most likely winner of the Bradley vs. Illinois State game.

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

Bradley vs. Illinois State prediction: Who will win and cover?

Using trusted machine learning and data, we have simulated the outcome of Saturday's NCAA basketball matchup between Bradley and Illinois State 10,000 times as part of our men's college basketball predictions coverage.

Our leading predictive model gives Illinois State a 74% chance of defeating Bradley. Our predicted final score has Illinois State winning 76-69.

According to our model, Illinois State (-6.5) has a 51% chance of covering the spread, while the over/under total of 148.5 points has a 53% chance of staying under.

Bradley vs. Illinois State odds

We have researched 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.

Bradley vs. Illinois State 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: