Illinois-Chicago vs. Illinois State prediction: Why Illinois State is favored to win men's college basketball matchup [1/10/2026]

Illinois State and Illinois-Chicago will lock horns in men's college basketball action at CEFCU Arena on Saturday, starting at 5:00 PM ET.

Based on updated simulation results, Dimers' proven college basketball model predicts Illinois State as the most likely winner of the Illinois-Chicago vs. Illinois State game.

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

Illinois-Chicago vs. Illinois State prediction: Who will win and cover?

Using powerful machine learning and data, we have simulated the result of Saturday's NCAA basketball game between Illinois-Chicago and Illinois State 10,000 times as part of our men's college basketball predictions coverage.

Our famous predictive model gives Illinois State an 85% chance of beating Illinois-Chicago. Our predicted final score has Illinois State winning 78-67.

According to our model, Illinois State (-10.5) has a 52% chance of covering the spread, while the over/under total of 141.5 points has a 56% chance of going over.

Illinois-Chicago vs. Illinois State 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.

Illinois-Chicago vs. Illinois State 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: