East Tennessee State vs. Austin Peay prediction: Why East Tennessee State is favored to win men's college basketball matchup [12/12/2025]

Austin Peay and East Tennessee State will meet in men's college basketball action at F&M Bank Arena on Friday, with tipoff at 8:00PM ET.

Based on updated simulations, Dimers' proven college basketball model projects East Tennessee State as the most likely winner of the East Tennessee State vs. Austin Peay game.

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

East Tennessee State vs. Austin Peay prediction: Who will win and cover?

Using powerful machine learning and data, we have simulated the result of Friday's NCAA basketball game between East Tennessee State and Austin Peay 10,000 times as part of our men's college basketball predictions coverage.

Our independent predictive model currently gives East Tennessee State a 59% chance of defeating Austin Peay. Our predicted final score has East Tennessee State winning 72-69.

According to our model, Austin Peay (+3.5) has a 56% chance of covering the spread, while the over/under total of 142.5 points has a 52% chance of staying under.

East Tennessee State vs. Austin Peay 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.

East Tennessee State vs. Austin Peay 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: