North Florida vs. Austin Peay prediction: Why Austin Peay is favored to win men's college basketball matchup [1/1/2026]

Austin Peay and North Florida will meet in men's college basketball action at F&M Bank Arena on New Year's Day, with tipoff at 8:00 PM ET.

Based on the latest simulations, Dimers' advanced college basketball model predicts Austin Peay as the most likely winner of the North Florida vs. Austin Peay game.

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

North Florida vs. Austin Peay prediction: Who will win and cover?

Using innovative machine learning and data analysis, we have simulated the outcome of Thursday's NCAA basketball matchup between North Florida and Austin Peay 10,000 times as part of our men's college basketball predictions coverage.

Our famous predictive model gives Austin Peay a 90% chance of beating North Florida. Our predicted final score has Austin Peay winning 85-70.

According to our model, Austin Peay (-14.5) has a 52% chance of covering the spread, while the over/under total of 162.5 points has a 55% chance of staying under.

North Florida vs. Austin Peay 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.

North Florida vs. Austin Peay 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: