California Baptist vs. Texas-Arlington prediction: Why California Baptist is favored to win men's college basketball matchup [1/1/2026]

Texas-Arlington will square off with California Baptist in men's college basketball action at College Park Center on New Year's Day, starting at 3:00 PM ET.

Based on updated simulations, Dimers' advanced college basketball model projects California Baptist as the most likely winner of the California Baptist vs. Texas-Arlington game.

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

California Baptist vs. Texas-Arlington prediction: Who will win and cover?

Using powerful machine learning and data, we have simulated the result of Thursday's NCAA basketball matchup between California Baptist and Texas-Arlington 10,000 times as part of our men's college basketball predictions coverage.

Our famous predictive model gives California Baptist a 60% chance of defeating Texas-Arlington. Our predicted final score has California Baptist winning 68-66.

According to our model, Texas-Arlington (+2.5) has a 51% chance of covering the spread, while the over/under total of 134.5 points has an equal 50-50 chance of hitting.

California Baptist vs. Texas-Arlington 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.

California Baptist vs. Texas-Arlington picks and best bet

After matching our predictions 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: