Pittsburgh vs. East Carolina prediction: Why Pittsburgh is favored to win Military Bowl [2025]

East Carolina will square off with the favored Pittsburgh in the 2025 Military Bowl at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium on Saturday, starting at 11:00 AM ET.

Based on updated simulations, Dimers' advanced college football model predicts Pittsburgh as the most likely winner of the Pittsburgh vs. East Carolina game.

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

Military Bowl prediction: Who will win and cover?

Using trusted machine learning and data analysis, we have simulated the outcome of the 2025 Military Bowl 10,000 times as part of our college football predictions coverage.

Our leading predictive model gives Pittsburgh a 75% chance of beating East Carolina. Our predicted final score has Pittsburgh winning 31-21.

According to our model, the bookies have got it right, and Pittsburgh and East Carolina each have a 50% chance of covering the spread, while the 52.5-point over/under also has an equal 50-50 chance of hitting.

Military Bowl odds

We have sourced the best college football odds in America for this game, which are listed here:

All odds are correct at the time of publication and are subject to change.

Pittsburgh vs. East Carolina picks and best bet

After matching our probabilities 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: