West Virginia vs. Ohio State prediction: Ohio State favored to win men's college basketball matchup [12/13/2025]

Ohio State and West Virginia are scheduled to meet in men's college basketball action at Rocket Arena on Saturday, with tipoff at 8:00PM ET.

Based on updated simulation results, Dimers' advanced college basketball model predicts Ohio State as the most likely winner of the West Virginia vs. Ohio State game.

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

West Virginia vs. Ohio State 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 West Virginia and Ohio State 10,000 times as part of our men's college basketball predictions coverage.

Our independent predictive model currently gives Ohio State a 60% chance of beating West Virginia. Our predicted final score has Ohio State winning 74-71.

According to our model, West Virginia (+3.5) has a 56% chance of covering the spread, while the over/under total of 142.5 points has a 54% chance of going over.

West Virginia vs. Ohio 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.

West Virginia vs. Ohio State 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: