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

Rutgers will face Pennsylvania in men's college basketball action at Jersey Mike's Arena on Saturday, beginning at 8:00 PM ET.

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

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

Pennsylvania vs. Rutgers prediction: Who will win and cover?

Using trusted machine learning and data, we have simulated the result of Saturday's NCAA basketball matchup between Pennsylvania and Rutgers 10,000 times as part of our men's college basketball predictions coverage.

Our independent predictive model currently gives Rutgers an 84% chance of defeating Pennsylvania. Our predicted final score has Rutgers winning 78-67.

According to our model, Pennsylvania (+11.5) has a 54% chance of covering the spread, while the over/under total of 145.5 points has an equal 50-50 chance of hitting.

Pennsylvania vs. Rutgers 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.

Pennsylvania vs. Rutgers 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: