Oklahoma vs. Tennessee prediction: Why Tennessee is favored to win men's college basketball matchup [2/18/2026]

Men's college basketball action continues on Wednesday at 7:00 PM ET as Oklahoma takes on the favored Tennessee in men's college basketball action at Thompson-Boling Arena.

Based on updated simulation results, Dimers' proven college basketball model predicts Tennessee as the most likely winner of the Oklahoma vs. Tennessee game.

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

Oklahoma vs. Tennessee prediction: Who will win and cover?

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

Our famous predictive model gives Tennessee an 88% chance of defeating Oklahoma. Our predicted final score has Tennessee winning 82-69.

According to our model, Tennessee (-11.5) has a 56% chance of covering the spread, while the 149.5-point over/under has a 54% chance of going over.

Oklahoma vs. Tennessee 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.

Oklahoma vs. Tennessee 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: