Rice vs. Wichita State prediction: Why Wichita State is favored to win men's college basketball matchup [1/7/2026]

Wichita State and Rice will lock horns in men's college basketball action at Charles Koch Arena on Wednesday, starting at 7:30 PM ET.

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

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

Rice vs. Wichita State prediction: Who will win and cover?

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

Our leading predictive model currently gives Wichita State an 89% chance of defeating Rice. Our predicted final score has Wichita State winning 82-68.

According to our model, Wichita State (-12.5) has a 54% chance of covering the spread, while the over/under total of 145.5 points has a 57% chance of going over.

Rice vs. Wichita State 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. Wichita State 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: