Wichita State vs. Northern Iowa prediction: Northern Iowa favored to win men's college basketball matchup [12/6/2025]

Northern Iowa will square off with Wichita State, in what is expected to be a close Men's College Basketball game, at McLeod Center on Saturday, starting at 8:00PM ET.

Based on the latest simulations, Dimers' advanced college basketball model gives Northern Iowa a slight edge with a 54% win probability over Wichita State.

This article offers an expanded analysis of Saturday's Wichita State vs. Northern Iowa matchup, including an expanded look at the predicted score, best bets and picks.

Wichita State vs. Northern Iowa prediction: Who will win and cover?

Using innovative machine learning and statistical analysis, we have simulated the outcome of Saturday's NCAA basketball matchup between Wichita State and Northern Iowa 10,000 times as part of our men's college basketball predictions coverage.

Our independent predictive model gives Northern Iowa a 54% chance of beating Wichita State. Our predicted final score has Northern Iowa winning 66-65.

According to our model, Wichita State (+2.5) has a 58% chance of covering the spread, while the 131.5-point over/under has a 54% chance of going over.

Wichita State vs. Northern Iowa 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.

Wichita State vs. Northern Iowa 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: