Cal Poly vs. Cal State Northridge prediction: Why Cal State Northridge is favored to win men's college basketball matchup [1/8/2026]

Men's college basketball action continues on Thursday at 10:00 PM ET as Cal Poly faces off with the favored Cal State Northridge in men's college basketball action at Premier America Credit Union Arena.

Based on updated simulations, Dimers' advanced college basketball model projects Cal State Northridge as the most likely winner of the Cal Poly vs. Cal State Northridge game.

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

Cal Poly vs. Cal State Northridge prediction: Who will win and cover?

Using trusted machine learning and data, we have simulated the result of Thursday's NCAA basketball matchup between Cal Poly and Cal State Northridge 10,000 times as part of our men's college basketball predictions coverage.

Our independent predictive model currently gives Cal State Northridge a 76% chance of beating Cal Poly. Our predicted final score has Cal State Northridge winning 86-77.

According to our model, Cal State Northridge (-6.5) has a 60% chance of covering the spread, while the over/under total of 175.5 points has a 56% chance of staying under.

Cal Poly vs. Cal State Northridge 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.

Cal Poly vs. Cal State Northridge picks and best bet

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