Louisville vs. Stanford prediction: Louisville favored to win men's college basketball matchup [1/2/2026]

Men's college basketball action continues on Friday at 8:00 PM ET as the favored Louisville locks horns with Stanford in men's college basketball action at Maples Pavilion.

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

This article offers an expanded analysis of Friday's matchup, including an expanded look at the predicted score, best bets and picks.

Louisville vs. Stanford prediction: Who will win and cover?

Using trusted machine learning and statistical analysis, we have simulated the result of Friday's NCAA basketball game between Louisville and Stanford 10,000 times as part of our men's college basketball predictions coverage.

Our independent predictive model currently gives Louisville a 75% chance of beating Stanford. Our predicted final score has Louisville winning 81-74.

According to our model, Stanford (+9.5) has a 57% chance of covering the spread, while the over/under total of 157.5 points has a 52% chance of staying under.

Louisville vs. Stanford 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.

Louisville vs. Stanford 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: