Xavier vs. Villanova prediction: Villanova favored to win women's college basketball matchup [1/8/2026]

Villanova and Xavier will lock horns in the women's college basketball at The William B. Finneran Pavilion on Thursday, with tipoff at 11:30 AM ET.

Based on updated simulation results, Dimers' new women's basketball model predicts Villanova as the most likely winner of the Xavier vs. Villanova game.

This article offers an expanded analysis of Thursday's matchup, including best bets and picks.

Xavier vs. Villanova prediction: Who will win?

Using trusted machine learning and data, we have simulated the outcome of Thursday's women's basketball game between Xavier and Villanova 10,000 times as part of our women's college basketball predictions coverage.

Our independent predictive model gives Villanova a 98% chance of beating Xavier.

According to our model, the 125.5-point over/under has a 59% chance of staying under.

Xavier vs. Villanova odds

We have sourced the best women'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.

Xavier vs. Villanova 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: