Northern Colorado vs. Colorado prediction: Why Colorado is favored to win men's college basketball matchup [12/28/2025]

Men's college basketball action continues on Sunday at 3:00 PM ET as Northern Colorado faces off with the favored Colorado in men's college basketball action at CU Events Center.

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

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

Northern Colorado vs. Colorado prediction: Who will win and cover?

Using innovative machine learning and data, we have simulated the outcome of Sunday's NCAA basketball matchup between Northern Colorado and Colorado 10,000 times as part of our men's college basketball predictions coverage.

Our leading predictive model currently gives Colorado a 91% chance of beating Northern Colorado. Our predicted final score has Colorado winning 87-71.

According to our model, the bookmakers have got it right, and Northern Colorado and Colorado each have a 50% chance of covering the spread, while the 158.5-point over/under also has an equal 50-50 chance of hitting.

Northern Colorado vs. Colorado 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 Colorado vs. Colorado 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: