Sacramento State vs. Portland State prediction: Why Portland State is favored to win men's college basketball matchup [1/10/2026]

Portland State will take on Sacramento State in men's college basketball action at Viking Pavilion on Saturday, beginning at 5:00 PM ET.

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

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

Sacramento State vs. Portland State prediction: Who will win and cover?

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

Our famous predictive model gives Portland State an 84% chance of beating Sacramento State. Our predicted final score has Portland State winning 83-72.

According to our model, Portland State (-9.5) has a 54% chance of covering the spread, while the 160.5-point over/under has a 54% chance of staying under.

Sacramento State vs. Portland State odds

We have sourced 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.

Sacramento State vs. Portland State 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: