Harvard vs. Columbia prediction: Why Columbia is favored to win men's college basketball matchup [1/10/2026]

Columbia and Harvard will lock horns in men's college basketball action at Francis S. Levien Gymnasium on Saturday, with tipoff at 2:00 PM ET.

Based on updated simulations, Dimers' advanced college basketball model predicts Columbia as the most likely winner of the Harvard vs. Columbia game.

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

Harvard vs. Columbia prediction: Who will win and cover?

Using trusted machine learning and statistical analysis, we have simulated the outcome of Saturday's NCAA basketball game between Harvard and Columbia 10,000 times as part of our men's college basketball predictions coverage.

Our leading predictive model currently gives Columbia a 77% chance of beating Harvard. Our predicted final score has Columbia winning 78-70.

According to our model, Columbia (-6.5) has a 55% chance of covering the spread, while the 145.5-point over/under has a 55% chance of going over.

Harvard vs. Columbia 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.

Harvard vs. Columbia picks and best bet

After matching our probabilities 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: