Indiana vs. Maryland prediction: Why Indiana is favored to win men's college basketball matchup [1/7/2026]

Maryland will take on the favored Indiana in men's college basketball action at XFINITY Center on Wednesday, starting at 6:30 PM ET.

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

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

Indiana vs. Maryland prediction: Who will win and cover?

Using powerful machine learning and data, we have simulated the outcome of Wednesday's NCAA basketball matchup between Indiana and Maryland 10,000 times as part of our men's college basketball predictions coverage.

Our independent predictive model currently gives Indiana a 77% chance of defeating Maryland. Our predicted final score has Indiana winning 77-69.

According to our model, Maryland (+8.5) has a 51% chance of covering the spread, while the 147.5-point over/under has an equal 50-50 chance of hitting.

Indiana vs. Maryland 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.

Indiana vs. Maryland picks and best bet

After matching our predictions 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: