Oakland vs. Northern Kentucky prediction: Northern Kentucky favored to win men's college basketball matchup [12/17/2025]

Northern Kentucky and Oakland will meet in men's college basketball action at Truist Arena on Wednesday, with tipoff at 7:00 PM ET.

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

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

Oakland vs. Northern Kentucky prediction: Who will win and cover?

Using innovative machine learning and data, we have simulated the result of Wednesday's NCAA basketball game between Oakland and Northern Kentucky 10,000 times as part of our men's college basketball predictions coverage.

Our famous predictive model currently gives Northern Kentucky a 61% chance of defeating Oakland. Our predicted final score has Northern Kentucky winning 81-78.

According to our model, Northern Kentucky (-1.5) has a 58% chance of covering the spread, while the 163.5-point over/under has a 53% chance of staying under.

Oakland vs. Northern Kentucky 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. Northern Kentucky 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: