Cleveland State vs. Oakland prediction: Oakland favored to win men's college basketball matchup [1/9/2026]

Oakland and Cleveland State will lock horns in men's college basketball action at Athletics Center O'rena on Friday, with tipoff at 7:00 PM ET.

Based on the latest simulations, Dimers' proven college basketball model projects Oakland as the most likely winner of the Cleveland State vs. Oakland game.

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

Cleveland State vs. Oakland prediction: Who will win and cover?

Using trusted machine learning and data analysis, we have simulated the outcome of Friday's NCAA basketball matchup between Cleveland State and Oakland 10,000 times as part of our men's college basketball predictions coverage.

Our famous predictive model currently gives Oakland an 88% chance of defeating Cleveland State. Our predicted final score has Oakland winning 88-74.

According to our model, Cleveland State (+15.5) has a 53% chance of covering the spread, while the 168.5-point over/under has a 55% chance of staying under.

Cleveland State vs. Oakland 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.

Cleveland State vs. Oakland 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: