Chicago State vs. Fairleigh Dickinson prediction: Fairleigh Dickinson favored to win men's college basketball matchup [1/8/2026]

Fairleigh Dickinson and Chicago State will lock horns in men's college basketball action at Bogota Savings Bank Center on Thursday, with tipoff at 5:00 PM ET.

Based on updated simulation results, Dimers' advanced college basketball model predicts Fairleigh Dickinson as the most likely winner of the Chicago State vs. Fairleigh Dickinson game.

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

Chicago State vs. Fairleigh Dickinson prediction: Who will win and cover?

Using trusted machine learning and data, we have simulated the result of Thursday's NCAA basketball game between Chicago State and Fairleigh Dickinson 10,000 times as part of our men's college basketball predictions coverage.

Our leading predictive model currently gives Fairleigh Dickinson a 65% chance of defeating Chicago State. Our predicted final score has Fairleigh Dickinson winning 73-69.

According to our model, Fairleigh Dickinson (-4.5) has a 51% chance of covering the spread, while the over/under total of 143.5 points has a 53% chance of staying under.

Chicago State vs. Fairleigh Dickinson 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.

Chicago State vs. Fairleigh Dickinson 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: