North Carolina State vs. Clemson prediction: Why Clemson is favored to win men's college basketball matchup [1/20/2026]

Clemson and North Carolina State will lock horns in men's college basketball action at Littlejohn Coliseum on Tuesday, starting at 7:00 PM ET.

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

This article offers further insights into Tuesday's matchup, including an expanded look at the predicted score, best bets and picks.

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

Using trusted machine learning and data, we have simulated the result of Tuesday's NCAA basketball game between North Carolina State and Clemson 10,000 times as part of our men's college basketball predictions coverage.

Our independent predictive model gives Clemson a 62% chance of defeating North Carolina State. Our predicted final score has Clemson winning 74-70.

According to our model, Clemson (-2.5) has a 56% chance of covering the spread, while the 141.5-point over/under has a 55% chance of going over.

North Carolina State vs. Clemson odds

We have researched 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.

North Carolina State vs. Clemson 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: