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

Pepperdine will square off with Rice in men's college basketball action at Firestone Fieldhouse on Saturday, commencing at 9:00 PM ET.

Based on the latest simulations, Dimers' proven college basketball model predicts Rice as the most likely winner of the Rice vs. Pepperdine game.

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

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

Using innovative machine learning and statistical analysis, we have simulated the result of Saturday's NCAA basketball matchup between Rice and Pepperdine 10,000 times as part of our men's college basketball predictions coverage.

Our independent predictive model currently gives Rice a 58% chance of beating Pepperdine. Our predicted final score has Rice winning 72-70.

According to our model, Rice (-1.5) has a 55% chance of covering the spread, while the over/under total of 140.5 points has a 54% chance of going over.

Rice 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.

Rice vs. Pepperdine picks and best bet

After matching our predictions 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: