Illinois vs. Washington prediction: Why Washington is favored to win women's college basketball matchup [2/1/2026]

Washington and Illinois will lock horns in the women's college basketball at Alaska Airlines Arena at Hec Edmundson Pavilion on Sunday, with tipoff at 6:00 PM ET.

Based on updated simulations, Dimers' new women's basketball model predicts Washington as the most likely winner of the Illinois vs. Washington game.

This article offers an expanded analysis of Sunday's matchup, including best bets and picks.

Illinois vs. Washington prediction: Who will win?

Using innovative machine learning and data, we have simulated the result of Sunday's women's basketball game between Illinois and Washington 10,000 times as part of our women's college basketball predictions coverage.

Our independent predictive model gives Washington a 70% chance of beating Illinois.

According to our model, the 135.5-point over/under has a 55% chance of staying under.

Illinois vs. Washington odds

We have sourced the best women'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 vs. Washington 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: