Ohio State vs. Illinois prediction: Why Illinois is favored to win women's college basketball matchup [1/7/2026]

Illinois and Ohio State are scheduled to meet in the women's college basketball at State Farm Center on Wednesday, with tipoff at 7:00 PM ET.

Based on the latest simulations, Dimers' new women's basketball model gives Illinois a slight edge with a 54% win probability over Ohio State.

This article offers further insights into Wednesday's Ohio State vs. Illinois matchup, including best bets and picks.

Ohio State vs. Illinois prediction: Who will win?

Using trusted machine learning and data, we have simulated the result of Wednesday's women's basketball game between Ohio State and Illinois 10,000 times as part of our women's college basketball predictions coverage.

Our famous predictive model gives Illinois a 54% chance of beating Ohio State.

According to our model, the over/under total of 150.5 points has a 65% chance of staying under.

Ohio State vs. Illinois odds

We have researched the best women'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.

Ohio State vs. Illinois picks and best bet

After matching our predictions against the best current odds, we can reveal our picks for each of the major markets. Plus, find our best bet for the game below: