Oakland vs. Michigan State prediction: Why Michigan State is favored to win men's college basketball matchup [12/20/2025]

Michigan State and Oakland will lock horns in men's college basketball action at Little Caesars Arena on Saturday, starting at 12:00 PM ET.

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

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

Oakland vs. Michigan State prediction: Who will win and cover?

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

Our leading predictive model gives Michigan State a 97% chance of defeating Oakland. Our predicted final score has Michigan State winning 88-65.

According to our model, Michigan State (-20.5) has a 54% chance of covering the spread, while the over/under total of 154.5 points has a 53% chance of staying under.

Oakland vs. Michigan State 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.

Oakland vs. Michigan 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: