Wake Forest vs. North Carolina State prediction: North Carolina State favored to win men's college basketball matchup [12/31/2025]

North Carolina State will face Wake Forest in men's college basketball action at Lenovo Center on Wednesday, starting at 12:00 PM ET.

Based on updated simulation results, Dimers' advanced college basketball model projects North Carolina State as the most likely winner of the Wake Forest vs. North Carolina State game.

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

Wake Forest vs. North Carolina State prediction: Who will win and cover?

Using powerful machine learning and statistical analysis, we have simulated the outcome of Wednesday's NCAA basketball game between Wake Forest and North Carolina State 10,000 times as part of our men's college basketball predictions coverage.

Our leading predictive model currently gives North Carolina State an 81% chance of defeating Wake Forest. Our predicted final score has North Carolina State winning 82-72.

According to our model, the bookmakers have got it right, and Wake Forest and North Carolina State each have a 50% chance of covering the spread, while the over/under total of 158.5 points has a 53% chance of staying under.

Wake Forest vs. North Carolina 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.

Wake Forest vs. North Carolina State 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: