South Carolina vs. Auburn prediction: Why Auburn is favored to win men's college basketball matchup [1/17/2026]

Auburn and South Carolina are scheduled to meet in men's college basketball action at Neville Arena on Saturday, starting at 6:00 PM ET.

Based on the latest simulation results, Dimers' advanced college basketball model predicts Auburn as the most likely winner of the South Carolina vs. Auburn game.

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

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

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

Our famous predictive model gives Auburn an 84% chance of defeating South Carolina. Our predicted final score has Auburn winning 84-72.

According to our model, the bookmakers have got it right, and South Carolina and Auburn each have a 50% chance of covering the spread, while the over/under total of 152.5 points has a 54% chance of going over.

South Carolina vs. Auburn 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.

South Carolina vs. Auburn 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: