Jacksonville vs. Central Arkansas prediction: Why Central Arkansas is favored to win men's college basketball matchup [1/15/2026]

Central Arkansas will face Jacksonville in men's college basketball action at Farris Center on Thursday, starting at 7:30 PM ET.

Based on updated simulations, Dimers' proven college basketball model predicts Central Arkansas as the most likely winner of the Jacksonville vs. Central Arkansas game.

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

Jacksonville vs. Central Arkansas prediction: Who will win and cover?

Using trusted machine learning and data analysis, we have simulated the result of Thursday's NCAA basketball game between Jacksonville and Central Arkansas 10,000 times as part of our men's college basketball predictions coverage.

Our leading predictive model currently gives Central Arkansas an 82% chance of beating Jacksonville. Our predicted final score has Central Arkansas winning 73-64.

According to our model, Jacksonville (+9.5) has a 51% chance of covering the spread, while the 135.5-point over/under has a 54% chance of going over.

Jacksonville vs. Central Arkansas 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.

Jacksonville vs. Central Arkansas 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: