North Florida vs. Central Arkansas prediction: Why Central Arkansas is favored to win men's college basketball matchup [1/17/2026]

Central Arkansas and North Florida will lock horns in men's college basketball action at Farris Center on Saturday, with tipoff at 2:00 PM ET.

Based on updated simulation results, Dimers' advanced college basketball model predicts Central Arkansas as the most likely winner of the North Florida vs. Central Arkansas game.

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

North Florida vs. Central Arkansas prediction: Who will win and cover?

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

Our leading predictive model gives Central Arkansas an 84% chance of defeating North Florida. Our predicted final score has Central Arkansas winning 84-73.

According to our model, the bookmakers have got it right, and North Florida and Central Arkansas each have a 50% chance of covering the spread, while the over/under total of 164.5 points has a 55% chance of staying under.

North Florida vs. Central Arkansas 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.

North Florida vs. Central Arkansas picks and best bet

After matching our probabilities 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: