Portland vs. Pepperdine prediction: Why Portland is favored to win men's college basketball matchup [1/14/2026]

Pepperdine will take on Portland in men's college basketball action at Firestone Fieldhouse on Wednesday, beginning at 9:00 PM ET.

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

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

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

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

Our leading predictive model currently gives Portland a 58% chance of defeating Pepperdine. Our predicted final score has Portland winning 73-71.

According to our model, Portland (-2.5) has a 51% chance of covering the spread, while the 145.5-point over/under has a 52% chance of staying under.

Portland vs. Pepperdine 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.

Portland vs. Pepperdine 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: