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

Chattanooga will face Samford in men's college basketball action at McKenzie Arena on Saturday, commencing at 4:30 PM ET.

Based on updated simulations, Dimers' advanced college basketball model predicts Chattanooga as the most likely winner of the Samford vs. Chattanooga game.

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

Samford vs. Chattanooga prediction: Who will win and cover?

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

Our leading predictive model gives Chattanooga a 55% chance of defeating Samford. Our predicted final score has Chattanooga winning 76-74.

According to our model, the bookmakers have got it right, and Samford and Chattanooga each have a 50% chance of covering the spread, while the 148.5-point over/under has a 54% chance of going over.

Samford vs. Chattanooga 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.

Samford vs. Chattanooga 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: