UNC vs. Stanford prediction: North Carolina favored to win men's college basketball matchup [1/14/2026]

Stanford and UNC will lock horns in men's college basketball action at Maples Pavilion on Wednesday, with tipoff at 9:00 PM ET.

Based on the latest simulation results, Dimers' proven college basketball model predicts North Carolina as the most likely winner of the UNC vs. Stanford game.

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

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

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

Our famous predictive model gives North Carolina a 60% chance of defeating Stanford. Our predicted final score has North Carolina winning 74-72.

According to our model, Stanford (+3.5) has a 56% chance of covering the spread, while the over/under total of 144.5 points has a 54% chance of going over.

UNC 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.

UNC vs. Stanford picks and best bet

After matching our probabilities against the best available odds, we can reveal our picks for each of the major markets. Plus, find our best bet for the game below: