Iowa vs. Indiana prediction: Why Indiana is favored to win men's college basketball matchup [1/17/2026]

Indiana and Iowa will lock horns in men's college basketball action at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall on Saturday, with tipoff at 2:00 PM ET.

Based on updated simulations, Dimers' proven college basketball model projects Indiana as the most likely winner of the Iowa vs. Indiana game.

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

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

Using powerful machine learning and statistical analysis, we have simulated the result of Saturday's NCAA basketball game between Iowa and Indiana 10,000 times as part of our men's college basketball predictions coverage.

Our leading predictive model currently gives Indiana a 57% chance of defeating Iowa. Our predicted final score has Indiana winning 74-72.

According to our model, Iowa (+2.5) has a 56% chance of covering the spread, while the 143.5-point over/under has a 55% chance of going over.

Iowa vs. Indiana 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.

Iowa vs. Indiana 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: