San Diego vs. San Francisco prediction: San Francisco favored to win men's college basketball matchup [1/2/2026]

San Francisco and San Diego will meet in men's college basketball action at War Memorial at the Sobrato Center on Friday, starting at 10:00 PM ET.

Based on the latest simulations, Dimers' proven college basketball model predicts San Francisco as the most likely winner of the San Diego vs. San Francisco game.

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

San Diego vs. San Francisco prediction: Who will win and cover?

Using innovative machine learning and data, we have simulated the result of Friday's NCAA basketball game between San Diego and San Francisco 10,000 times as part of our men's college basketball predictions coverage.

Our leading predictive model currently gives San Francisco an 86% chance of defeating San Diego. Our predicted final score has San Francisco winning 82-70.

According to our model, San Francisco (-10.5) has a 56% chance of covering the spread, while the 150.5-point over/under has a 54% chance of going over.

San Diego vs. San Francisco 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.

San Diego vs. San Francisco picks and best bet

After matching our predictions 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: