Northern Illinois vs. Elon prediction: Why Elon is favored to win men's college basketball matchup [12/13/2025]

Elon and Northern Illinois will meet in men's college basketball action at Schar Center on Saturday, starting at 1:00PM ET.

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

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

Northern Illinois vs. Elon prediction: Who will win and cover?

Using powerful machine learning and data analysis, we have simulated the result of Saturday's NCAA basketball game between Northern Illinois and Elon 10,000 times as part of our men's college basketball predictions coverage.

Our famous predictive model gives Elon an 86% chance of beating Northern Illinois. Our predicted final score has Elon winning 85-72.

According to our model, Elon (-11.5) has a 54% chance of covering the spread, while the over/under total of 158.5 points has an equal 50-50 chance of hitting.

Northern Illinois vs. Elon 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 Illinois vs. Elon 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: