Utah vs. Texas Tech prediction: Why Texas Tech is favored to win men's college basketball matchup [1/14/2026]

Texas Tech will face Utah in men's college basketball action at United Supermarkets Arena on Wednesday, starting at 9:00 PM ET.

Based on updated simulation results, Dimers' proven college basketball model projects Texas Tech as the most likely winner of the Utah vs. Texas Tech game.

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

Utah vs. Texas Tech prediction: Who will win and cover?

Using innovative machine learning and data, we have simulated the outcome of Wednesday's NCAA basketball matchup between Utah and Texas Tech 10,000 times as part of our men's college basketball predictions coverage.

Our independent predictive model gives Texas Tech a 91% chance of defeating Utah. Our predicted final score has Texas Tech winning 88-72.

According to our model, Utah (+17.5) has a 54% chance of covering the spread, while the over/under total of 160.5 points has a 51% chance of going over.

Utah vs. Texas Tech 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.

Utah vs. Texas Tech 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: