Rider vs. Fairfield prediction: Fairfield favored to win men's college basketball matchup [1/9/2026]

Fairfield and Rider will meet in men's college basketball action at Leo D. Mahoney Arena on Friday, with tipoff at 7:00 PM ET.

Based on the latest simulations, Dimers' advanced college basketball model predicts Fairfield as the most likely winner of the Rider vs. Fairfield game.

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

Rider vs. Fairfield prediction: Who will win and cover?

Using trusted machine learning and statistical analysis, we have simulated the outcome of Friday's NCAA basketball game between Rider and Fairfield 10,000 times as part of our men's college basketball predictions coverage.

Our leading predictive model gives Fairfield a 79% chance of defeating Rider. Our predicted final score has Fairfield winning 78-69.

According to our model, the bookmakers have got it right, and Rider and Fairfield each have a 50% chance of covering the spread, while the 145.5-point over/under has a 55% chance of going over.

Rider vs. Fairfield 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.

Rider vs. Fairfield 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: