Northern Colorado vs. Portland State prediction: Why Portland State is favored to win men's college basketball matchup [1/15/2026]

Men's college basketball action continues on Thursday at 10:00 PM ET as Northern Colorado takes on 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 Colorado vs. Portland State game.

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

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

Using trusted machine learning and data, we have simulated the result of Thursday's NCAA basketball game between Northern Colorado and Portland State 10,000 times as part of our men's college basketball predictions coverage.

Our leading predictive model currently gives Portland State a 62% chance of beating Northern Colorado. Our predicted final score has Portland State winning 78-75.

According to our model, Portland State (-2.5) has a 56% chance of covering the spread, while the over/under total of 155.5 points has a 52% chance of staying under.

Northern Colorado 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 Colorado vs. Portland State 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: