Pacific vs. Portland prediction: Why Pacific is favored to win men's college basketball matchup [1/8/2026]

Portland will square off with Pacific in men's college basketball action at Chiles Center on Thursday, starting at 10:00 PM ET.

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

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

Pacific vs. Portland prediction: Who will win and cover?

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

Our independent predictive model currently gives Pacific a 62% chance of defeating Portland. Our predicted final score has Pacific winning 74-71.

According to our model, Pacific (-2.5) has a 53% chance of covering the spread, while the 144.5-point over/under has a 54% chance of going over.

Pacific vs. Portland odds

We have researched 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.

Pacific vs. Portland 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: