Houston vs. BYU prediction: Houston favored to win men's college basketball matchup [2/7/2026]

BYU will face Houston, in what is expected to be a tight men's college basketball game, at Marriott Center on Saturday, beginning at 10:30 PM ET.

Based on updated simulations, Dimers' advanced college basketball model gives Houston a slight edge with a 52% win probability over BYU.

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

Houston vs. BYU prediction: Who will win and cover?

Using trusted machine learning and statistical analysis, we have simulated the result of Saturday's NCAA basketball matchup between Houston and BYU 10,000 times as part of our men's college basketball predictions coverage.

Our leading predictive model gives Houston a 52% chance of defeating BYU. Our predicted score is Houston 77-77 BYU.

According to our model, BYU (+1.5) has a 55% chance of covering the spread, while the 149.5-point over/under has a 56% chance of going over.

While there is no way for a men's college basketball game to end in a tie, our prediction of 77-77 is based on each team's average score in the above-mentioned simulations of Houston vs. BYU.

Houston vs. BYU 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.

Houston vs. BYU 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: