BYU vs. Texas Tech prediction: Why Texas Tech is favored to win men's college basketball matchup [1/17/2026]

Texas Tech and BYU will lock horns in men's college basketball action at United Supermarkets Arena on Saturday, starting at 8:00 PM ET.

Based on updated simulations, Dimers' proven college basketball model predicts Texas Tech as the most likely winner of the BYU vs. Texas Tech game.

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

BYU vs. Texas Tech prediction: Who will win and cover?

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

Our leading predictive model gives Texas Tech a 56% chance of defeating BYU. Our predicted final score has Texas Tech winning 81-80.

According to our model, BYU (+3.5) has a 58% chance of covering the spread, while the 162.5-point over/under has a 52% chance of going over.

BYU vs. Texas Tech 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.

BYU vs. Texas Tech 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: