South Carolina vs. Arkansas prediction: Why Arkansas is favored to win men's college basketball matchup [1/14/2026]

Arkansas and South Carolina will lock horns in men's college basketball action at Bud Walton Arena on Wednesday, starting at 9:00 PM ET.

Based on the latest simulations, Dimers' advanced college basketball model projects Arkansas as the most likely winner of the South Carolina vs. Arkansas game.

This article offers a closer look at Wednesday's matchup, including an expanded look at the predicted score, best bets and picks.

South Carolina vs. Arkansas prediction: Who will win and cover?

Using innovative machine learning and data, we have simulated the result of Wednesday's NCAA basketball game between South Carolina and Arkansas 10,000 times as part of our men's college basketball predictions coverage.

Our leading predictive model currently gives Arkansas an 82% chance of defeating South Carolina. Our predicted final score has Arkansas winning 83-73.

According to our model, the bookmakers have got it right, and South Carolina and Arkansas each have a 50% chance of covering the spread, while the over/under total of 156.5 points has a 52% chance of going over.

South Carolina vs. Arkansas 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.

South Carolina vs. Arkansas 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: