Riverside is the much better team on both sides of the ball and their defense will lock down on North Dakota who will struggle to score in this game. The Fightin' Hawks will struggle to score on offense and if they get behind early, this game could get ugly. Riverside is off a close loss to UCLA and will want to get this game to make it right again as they haven't really had a good blowout game yet. Take the better team who are at home.

N Dakota is 2-10 ATS in road games after a loss by 10 points or more over the last 3 seasons. N Dakota is 4-13 ATS in road games after a game where they failed to cover the spread over the last 3 seasons. UC-Riverside is 9-1 ATS in home games after having lost 2 of their last 3 games over the last 3 seasons. North Dakota are 3-12 SU in their last 15 games on the road. North Dakota are 1-5 SU in their last 6 games against an opponent in the Big West conference. UC Riverside are 6-1 SU in their last 7 games at home. UC Riverside are 4-1 ATS in their last 5 games against an opponent in the Summit League conference.

Best bet: lay the points with Cal Riverside.