Northern Illinois vs. Ohio prediction: Ohio favored to win men's college basketball matchup [1/20/2026]

Men's college basketball action continues on Tuesday at 7:00 PM ET as Northern Illinois squares off with Ohio in men's college basketball action at Convocation Center Ohio.

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

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

Northern Illinois vs. Ohio prediction: Who will win and cover?

Using innovative machine learning and statistical analysis, we have simulated the result of Tuesday's NCAA basketball matchup between Northern Illinois and Ohio 10,000 times as part of our men's college basketball predictions coverage.

Our independent predictive model gives Ohio an 86% chance of beating Northern Illinois. Our predicted final score has Ohio winning 83-71.

According to our model, Northern Illinois (+12.5) has a 54% chance of covering the spread, while the 154.5-point over/under has an equal 50-50 chance of hitting.

Northern Illinois vs. Ohio 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.

Northern Illinois vs. Ohio picks and best bet

After matching our probabilities 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: