New Mexico vs. Air Force prediction: Why New Mexico is favored to win men's college basketball matchup [1/10/2026]

Air Force will take on the favored New Mexico in men's college basketball action at Clune Arena on Saturday, beginning at 3:00 PM ET.

Based on the latest simulations, Dimers' advanced college basketball model predicts New Mexico as the most likely winner of the New Mexico vs. Air Force game.

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

New Mexico vs. Air Force prediction: Who will win and cover?

Using trusted machine learning and statistical analysis, we have simulated the outcome of Saturday's NCAA basketball game between New Mexico and Air Force 10,000 times as part of our men's college basketball predictions coverage.

Our famous predictive model currently gives New Mexico a 95% chance of defeating Air Force. Our predicted final score has New Mexico winning 76-60.

According to our model, Air Force (+17.5) has a 51% chance of covering the spread, while the 138.5-point over/under has a 52% chance of going over.

New Mexico vs. Air Force 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.

New Mexico vs. Air Force 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: