Cal State Bakersfield vs. UC Santa Barbara prediction: UC Santa Barbara favored to win men's college basketball matchup [12/6/2025]

UC Santa Barbara and Cal State Bakersfield are scheduled to meet in men's college basketball action at The Thunderdome on Saturday, starting at 9:00PM ET.

Based on the latest simulations, Dimers' advanced college basketball model predicts UC Santa Barbara as the most likely winner of the Cal State Bakersfield vs. UC Santa Barbara game.

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

Cal State Bakersfield vs. UC Santa Barbara prediction: Who will win and cover?

Using trusted machine learning and data, we have simulated the outcome of Saturday's NCAA basketball game between Cal State Bakersfield and UC Santa Barbara 10,000 times as part of our men's college basketball predictions coverage.

Our independent predictive model gives UC Santa Barbara an 87% chance of defeating Cal State Bakersfield. Our predicted final score has UC Santa Barbara winning 79-67.

According to our model, UC Santa Barbara (-11.5) has a 54% chance of covering the spread, while the over/under total of 146.5 points has a 51% chance of staying under.

Cal State Bakersfield vs. UC Santa Barbara 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.

Cal State Bakersfield vs. UC Santa Barbara 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: