UC Irvine vs. UC Davis prediction: UC Irvine favored to win men's college basketball matchup [1/17/2026]

Men's college basketball action continues on Saturday at 5:00 PM ET as UC Irvine squares off with UC Davis in men's college basketball action at University Credit Union Center.

Based on the latest simulation results, Dimers' advanced college basketball model gives UC Irvine a slight edge with a 54% win probability over UC Davis.

This article offers an expanded analysis of Saturday's UC Irvine vs. UC Davis matchup, including an expanded look at the predicted score, best bets and picks.

UC Irvine vs. UC Davis 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 UC Irvine and UC Davis 10,000 times as part of our men's college basketball predictions coverage.

Our leading predictive model gives UC Irvine a 54% chance of beating UC Davis. Our predicted final score has UC Irvine winning 74-73.

According to our model, UC Davis (+2.5) has a 53% chance of covering the spread, while the 146.5-point over/under has a 52% chance of going over.

UC Irvine vs. UC Davis 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.

UC Irvine vs. UC Davis 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: