Northern Arizona vs. Portland State prediction: Why Portland State is favored to win men's college basketball matchup [1/17/2026]

Men's college basketball action continues on Saturday at 5:00 PM ET as Northern Arizona faces off with the favored Portland State in men's college basketball action at Viking Pavilion.

Based on the latest simulation results, Dimers' advanced college basketball model predicts Portland State as the most likely winner of the Northern Arizona vs. Portland State game.

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

Northern Arizona vs. Portland State prediction: Who will win and cover?

Using innovative machine learning and data, we have simulated the outcome of Saturday's NCAA basketball game between Northern Arizona and Portland State 10,000 times as part of our men's college basketball predictions coverage.

Our independent predictive model currently gives Portland State an 89% chance of beating Northern Arizona. Our predicted final score has Portland State winning 78-65.

According to our model, Portland State (-12.5) has a 56% chance of covering the spread, while the 141.5-point over/under has a 52% chance of going over.

Northern Arizona vs. Portland State 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.

Northern Arizona vs. Portland State picks and best bet

After matching our predictions 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: