Pepperdine vs. San Diego prediction: San Diego favored to win men's college basketball matchup [1/8/2026]

San Diego will square off with Pepperdine in men's college basketball action at Jenny Craig Pavilion on Thursday, commencing at 9:30 PM ET.

Based on the latest simulation results, Dimers' advanced college basketball model projects San Diego as the most likely winner of the Pepperdine vs. San Diego game.

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

Pepperdine vs. San Diego prediction: Who will win and cover?

Using trusted machine learning and statistical analysis, we have simulated the outcome of Thursday's NCAA basketball matchup between Pepperdine and San Diego 10,000 times as part of our men's college basketball predictions coverage.

Our leading predictive model gives San Diego a 57% chance of defeating Pepperdine. Our predicted final score has San Diego winning 76-74.

According to our model, Pepperdine (+4.5) has a 61% chance of covering the spread, while the over/under total of 149.5 points has a 53% chance of going over.

Pepperdine vs. San Diego 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.

Pepperdine vs. San Diego 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: