New Mexico vs. San Diego State prediction: San Diego State favored to win men's college basketball matchup [1/17/2026]

Men's college basketball action continues on Saturday at 8:00 PM ET as New Mexico locks horns with San Diego State in men's college basketball action at Viejas Arena.

Based on the latest simulation results, Dimers' advanced college basketball model projects San Diego State as the most likely winner of the New Mexico vs. San Diego State game.

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

New Mexico vs. San Diego State prediction: Who will win and cover?

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

Our independent predictive model currently gives San Diego State a 65% chance of beating New Mexico. Our predicted final score has San Diego State winning 74-70.

According to our model, New Mexico (+3.5) has a 51% chance of covering the spread, while the 145.5-point over/under has a 51% chance of staying under.

New Mexico vs. San Diego State odds

We have sourced 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. San Diego State 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: