Notre Dame vs. California prediction: Why California is favored to win men's college basketball matchup [1/2/2026]

California and Notre Dame are scheduled to meet in men's college basketball action at Haas Pavilion on Friday, with tipoff at 11:00 PM ET.

Based on the latest simulations, Dimers' advanced college basketball model predicts California as the most likely winner of the Notre Dame vs. California game.

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

Notre Dame vs. California prediction: Who will win and cover?

Using powerful machine learning and data, we have simulated the outcome of Friday's NCAA basketball matchup between Notre Dame and California 10,000 times as part of our men's college basketball predictions coverage.

Our leading predictive model gives California a 66% chance of beating Notre Dame. Our predicted final score has California winning 73-69.

According to our model, Notre Dame (+4.5) has a 55% chance of covering the spread, while the 138.5-point over/under has a 57% chance of going over.

Notre Dame vs. California odds

We have sourced 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.

Notre Dame vs. California 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: