Santa Clara vs. Washington State prediction: Why Santa Clara is favored to win men's college basketball matchup [2/7/2026]

Washington State will take on the favored Santa Clara in men's college basketball action at Beasley Coliseum on Saturday, commencing at 6:00 PM ET.

Based on the latest simulation results, Dimers' advanced college basketball model predicts Santa Clara as the most likely winner of the Santa Clara vs. Washington State game.

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

Santa Clara vs. Washington State prediction: Who will win and cover?

Using trusted machine learning and statistical analysis, we have simulated the outcome of Saturday's NCAA basketball game between Santa Clara and Washington State 10,000 times as part of our men's college basketball predictions coverage.

Our famous predictive model gives Santa Clara a 72% chance of beating Washington State. Our predicted final score has Santa Clara winning 82-75.

According to our model, Washington State (+8.5) has a 57% chance of covering the spread, while the over/under total of 160.5 points has a 53% chance of staying under.

Santa Clara vs. Washington 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.

Santa Clara vs. Washington State picks and best bet

After matching our probabilities 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: