Rice Owls
FBS
American Conference · RICE
Team Vitals
+3.0
power · 2026 · #139 D1
-4.4 / +7.4
off / def (higher = better)
1–1
2026 record
103
roster (2026)
Team profile 2025 · vs 136 FBS teams
Percentile against every FBS team, from 2025 play with garbage time excluded. No 2026 game has been played yet, so this describes last season.
- Win rate 29%ile 0.385
- Offense (PPA/play) 10%ile 0.044
- Defense (PPA allowed) 8%ile 0.288
- Offensive success rate 10%ile 0.354
- Defensive success rate allowed 44%ile 0.416
- Explosiveness 60%ile 1.291
- Explosiveness allowed 1%ile 1.548
- Plays per game 21%ile 57.1
median · bars right of it are above the FBS average · pace is a style, not a grade
Upcoming 2026
| Date | Wk | Opponent | Site | Model Lean |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-19 | Wk 3 | Western Michigan FBS | HOME | Western Michigan 74% |
| 2026-09-26 | Wk 4 | Fresno State FBS | AWAY | Fresno State 69% |
| 2026-10-03 | Wk 5 | UTSA FBS | HOME | UTSA 81% |
| 2026-10-10 | Wk 6 | East Carolina FBS | AWAY | East Carolina 71% |
| 2026-10-17 | Wk 7 | Tulsa FBS | HOME | Rice 50% |
| 2026-10-24 | Wk 8 | Florida Atlantic FBS | AWAY | Florida Atlantic 52% |
| 2026-11-07 | Wk 10 | North Texas FBS | AWAY | North Texas 89% |
| 2026-11-14 | Wk 11 | Tulane FBS | HOME | Tulane 69% |
| 2026-11-19 | Wk 12 | Temple FBS | AWAY | Temple 67% |
| 2026-11-28 | Wk 13 | Army FBS | HOME | Army 69% |
Recent Results
| Date | Season | Wk | Opponent | Result | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-12 | 2026 | Wk 2 | Notre Dame @ | L | 0–52 |
| 2026-09-05 | 2026 | Wk 1 | Houston Christian vs | W | 31–3 |
| 2026-01-02 | 2025 | Bowl | Texas State @ | L | 10–41 |
| 2025-11-29 | 2025 | Wk 14 | South Florida @ | L | 3–52 |
| 2025-11-22 | 2025 | Wk 13 | North Texas vs | L | 24–56 |
| 2025-11-08 | 2025 | Wk 11 | UAB vs | W | 24–17 |
| 2025-10-31 | 2025 | Wk 10 | Memphis vs | L | 14–38 |
| 2025-10-25 | 2025 | Wk 9 | UConn vs | W | 37–34 |
| 2025-10-11 | 2025 | Wk 7 | UTSA @ | L | 13–61 |
| 2025-10-04 | 2025 | Wk 6 | Florida Atlantic vs | L | 21–27 |
| 2025-09-27 | 2025 | Wk 5 | Navy @ | L | 13–21 |
| 2025-09-18 | 2025 | Wk 4 | Charlotte @ | W | 28–17 |
Season by Season
| Season | W | L | PF | PA | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 55 | -24 |
| 2025 | 5 | 8 | 248 | 428 | -180 |
| 2024 | 4 | 8 | 266 | 305 | -39 |
| 2023 | 6 | 7 | 384 | 365 | +19 |
| 2022 | 5 | 8 | 328 | 444 | -116 |
| 2021 | 4 | 8 | 258 | 434 | -176 |
| 2020 | 2 | 3 | 117 | 94 | +23 |
| 2019 | 3 | 9 | 215 | 311 | -96 |
| 2018 | 2 | 11 | 246 | 468 | -222 |
| 2017 | 1 | 11 | 195 | 429 | -234 |
| 2016 | 3 | 9 | 303 | 448 | -145 |
| 2015 | 5 | 7 | 313 | 430 | -117 |
Injuries
| Player | Pos | Status | Type | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Braylen Walker | WR | Active | active | Nov 26, 2022 |
Not an injury report. College football has no league-wide mandated one, and the ESPN feed we poll has carried the same three players all season — so an empty table here means nothing has been reported to us, not that the team is healthy. Nothing on this page, and nothing in our model, uses it.
Player grades 2026 season
Box production, opponent-adjusted, ranked within position (50 = positional average). OL rows are team-inferred — college football publishes no individual OL box stats. Full leaderboard →
| Player | Pos | Grade | Pos rank | G | 2026 season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chibby Nwajuaku | DL | 76 | #148 | 2 | 9 tkl · 2.0 sacks · 2.0 TFL |
| AJ Brown | DL | 75 | #157 | 2 | 10 tkl · 0.5 TFL |
| Braden Bays | DL | 69 | #345 | 2 | 7 tkl · 2.0 TFL |
| Quinton Jackson | RB | 64 | #224 | 1 | 61 rush yds · 2 TD · 1 rec |
| Aquantis Clemmons | DL | 64 | #568 | 2 | 7 tkl |
| Cooper King | LB | 64 | #336 | 2 | 13 tkl · 0.5 TFL |
| Jamir Benjamin | DB | 64 | #543 | 2 | 5 tkl · 2 PD |
| Koa Akui | DB | 63 | #585 | 2 | 8 tkl · 1 PD |
| Charlie Durkin | P | 60 | #71 | 2 | 7 punts · 47.0 yd avg |
| Beau Barton | LB | 58 | #579 | 2 | 8 tkl · 0.5 TFL |
| D'Andre Hardeman Jr. | RB | 58 | #411 | 2 | 90 rush yds · 1 TD |
| Tyvonn Byars | RB | 56 | #461 | 2 | 128 rush yds |
| Caden VerMaas | DL | 56 | #1187 | 2 | 5 tkl · 1.0 TFL |
| Kyren Condoll | DB | 54 | #1160 | 2 | 7 tkl |
| Jo Chavez | DL | 54 | #1287 | 2 | 5 tkl |
| Joseph Mutombo | DL | 54 | #1293 | 2 | 4 tkl |
| Jacurri Brown | QB | 54 | #265 | 2 | 75 pass yds · 0 INT · 130 rush yds |
| Tyler Lavallier | DL | 54 | #1327 | 1 | 1 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 1.0 TFL |
| Stone Combs | LB | 54 | #761 | 2 | 8 tkl |
| Michael Amey III | DB | 53 | #1257 | 1 | 1 tkl · 2 PD |
| Christopher Clark-Jolivet | DL | 51 | #1607 | 2 | 3 tkl · 1.0 TFL |
| Enock Gota | K | 49 | #211 | 1 | 1 FG · 4 XP · 7 pts |
| Jerrick Harper | DB | 49 | #1611 | 2 | 1 tkl · 1 INT |
| Gael Ochoa | QB | 49 | #360 | 1 | 17 pass yds · 0 INT · 34 rush yds |
| Carson Morgan | RB | 49 | #711 | 1 | 54 rush yds |
| Ahran Ogbor | DB | 48 | #1702 | 2 | 5 tkl |
| Barry Jackson Jr. | WR | 47 | #1102 | 1 | 1 rec · 30 yds |
| Austin Harnetiaux | LB | 46 | #1134 | 2 | 5 tkl |
| Brock Reddic | DL | 45 | #2076 | 1 | 2 tkl |
| Matthew Aribisala | DL | 45 | #2083 | 1 | 3 tkl |
| Braylen Walker | WR | 45 | #1214 | 1 | 2 rec · 12 yds |
| Dillan Botts | DL | 44 | #2157 | 2 | 2 tkl · 0.5 TFL |
| Zach Cody | DB | 43 | #2083 | 1 | 2 tkl |
| Jordan Clark | WR | 42 | #1362 | 2 | 2 rec · 16 yds |
| Chris Bruce | WR | 42 | #1373 | 2 | 1 rec · 19 yds |
| Robert Rooks | DL | 40 | #2525 | 1 | 1 tkl · 0.5 TFL |
| Davis Lane | WR | 39 | #1467 | 2 | 2 rec · 11 yds |
| Payton Matthews | WR | 38 | #1506 | 1 | 1 rec · 6 yds |
| Tariq May | DB | 38 | #2410 | 2 | 2 tkl |
| Bailey Fletcher | DB | 38 | #2417 | 1 | 2 tkl |