Samford vs. Virginia Military prediction: Samford favored to win men's college basketball matchup [1/1/2026]

Virginia Military will square off with the favored Samford in men's college basketball action at Cameron Hall on New Year's Day, commencing at 1:00 PM ET.

Based on the latest simulation results, Dimers' proven college basketball model predicts Samford as the most likely winner of the Samford vs. Virginia Military game.

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

Samford vs. Virginia Military prediction: Who will win and cover?

Using powerful machine learning and data analysis, we have simulated the outcome of Thursday's NCAA basketball game between Samford and Virginia Military 10,000 times as part of our men's college basketball predictions coverage.

Our independent predictive model gives Samford a 69% chance of defeating Virginia Military. Our predicted final score has Samford winning 78-72.

According to our model, Virginia Military (+5.5) has a 53% chance of covering the spread, while the over/under total of 150.5 points has a 52% chance of staying under.

Samford vs. Virginia Military 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. Virginia Military picks and best bet

After matching our probabilities 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: