{"id":584307,"date":"2026-02-05T15:44:16","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T15:44:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/584307\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T15:44:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T15:44:16","slug":"michigan-vs-penn-state-prediction-odds-time-2026-college-basketball-picks-from-proven-model","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/584307\/","title":{"rendered":"Michigan vs. Penn State prediction, odds, time: 2026 college basketball picks from proven model"},"content":{"rendered":"

The second-ranked Michigan Wolverines<\/a> take on the Penn State Nittany Lions<\/a> in Big Ten Conference action on Thursday night. Penn State is coming off a 77-75 win over Minnesota<\/a> on Sunday, while Michigan defeated Michigan State 83-71 on Friday. The Nittany Lions (10-12, 1-10 Big Ten), who are 0-4 against ranked opponents this season, are 1-5 on the road. The Wolverines (20-1, 10-1 Big Ten), who are 15-1 against unranked foes, are 10-1 on their home court.<\/p>\n

Tip-off from Crisler Center in Ann Arbor, Mich., is set for 6:30 p.m. ET. Michigan leads the all-time series 41-17, including a 74-72 win at Penn State on Jan. 6. The Wolverines are 24.5-point favorites in the latest Penn State vs. Michigan odds from DraftKings Sportsbook, while the over\/under for total points scored is 161.5. Before making any Michigan vs. Penn State picks,\u00a0check out the men’s college basketball predictions and betting advice from the SportsLine Projection Model<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The SportsLine Projection Model simulates every college basketball game 10,000 times and it enters Week 14 on a sizzling 10-1 run on its top-rated over\/under\u00a0college basketball<\/a>\u00a0picks<\/a>\u00a0dating back to last season, and is on an 8-1 run on top-rated CBB side picks. Anyone following its\u00a0college basketball<\/a>\u00a0betting<\/a>\u00a0advice at\u00a0sportsbooks<\/a>\u00a0and on\u00a0betting apps<\/a>\u00a0could have seen strong returns.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Now, the model has simulated Penn State vs. Michigan<\/a>\u00a010,000 times and just revealed its coveted men’s college basketball picks and betting predictions. You can head to SportsLine now to see the model’s picks<\/a>. Here are several men’s college basketball odds<\/a> and men’s college basketball betting lines for Michigan vs. Penn State:<\/p>\n

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Michigan -24.5 at DraftKings Sportsbook<\/p>\n

Penn State vs. Michigan over\/under:\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

161.5 points<\/p>\n

Penn State vs. Michigan money line:\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Penn State +2400, Michigan -9091<\/p>\n

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See picks at SportsLine<\/a><\/p>\n

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How to make Penn State vs. Michigan picks<\/p>\n

SportsLine’s model is going Under on the total (161.5 points). The Under has hit in each of the last four head-to-head meetings between the schools. The Under has also hit in seven of the past nine Michigan games. The Nittany Lions are 5-5 against the spread in their last 10 games, while the Wolverines are 3-7 ATS in their last 10.<\/p>\n

The model projects the Nittany Lions to have two players register 12.7 points or more, including Freddie Dilione V’s<\/a> projected 12.8 points. The Wolverines, meanwhile, are projected to have five players score 10.1 or more points, led by Yaxel Lendeborg<\/a>, who is projected to score 16.9 points. The model projects a combined total of 159 points as the Under clears in well over 60% of simulations.<\/p>\n

The model also says one side of the spread hits over 70% of the time.\u00a0You can only see that pick at SportsLine<\/a>.<\/p>\n

So who wins Michigan vs. Penn State, and which side of the spread hits over 70% of the time?\u00a0Visit SportsLine now to see which side of the Penn State vs. Michigan spread to back, all from the advanced model that has simulated this game 10,000 times<\/a>, and find out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The second-ranked Michigan Wolverines take on the Penn State Nittany Lions in Big Ten Conference action on Thursday…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":584308,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3723],"tags":[7,217,59401,59378,78638,78637,1043,231,772,1544,78634,78636,78635,8628],"class_list":{"0":"post-584307","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-basketball","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-college-basketball","10":"tag-college-basketball-odds","11":"tag-college-basketball-picks","12":"tag-michigan-penn-state-picks","13":"tag-michigan-penn-state-prediction","14":"tag-michigan-wolverines","15":"tag-ncaa","16":"tag-ncaa-basketball","17":"tag-ncaab","18":"tag-penn-state-michigan-odds","19":"tag-penn-state-michigan-picks","20":"tag-penn-state-michigan-prediction","21":"tag-penn-state-nittany-lions"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116018797854864503","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/584307","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=584307"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/584307\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/584308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=584307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=584307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=584307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}