Mercer vs. UCF prediction: UCF favored to win men's college basketball matchup [12/17/2025]

UCF will face Mercer in men's college basketball action at Addition Financial Arena on Wednesday, starting at 7:00 PM ET.

Based on updated simulation results, Dimers' proven college basketball model predicts UCF as the most likely winner of the Mercer vs. UCF game.

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

Mercer vs. UCF prediction: Who will win and cover?

Using trusted machine learning and data, we have simulated the outcome of Wednesday's NCAA basketball game between Mercer and UCF 10,000 times as part of our men's college basketball predictions coverage.

Our famous predictive model currently gives UCF a 92% chance of beating Mercer. Our predicted final score has UCF winning 88-71.

According to our model, UCF (-15.5) has a 54% chance of covering the spread, while the 162.5-point over/under has a 53% chance of staying under.

Mercer vs. UCF 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.

Mercer vs. UCF 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: