2026 Rice Owls Football Schedule, Results & ATS Record

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The 2026 Rice Owls went 1-7 (0-4 in the American Athletic). They scored 21.0 and allowed 31.8 points per game. Against the closing spread they went 4-4-0; games went 4-4-0 on the total. SP+ rated them No. 122 nationally.

Team details

  • Conference: American Athletic
  • Record: 1-7
  • Conference record: 0-4
  • Against the spread: 4-4-0
  • Over/under: 4-4-0
  • SP+ rank: No. 122

2026 schedule and results

WkOpponentDateResultScoreSpreadATSO/U
1Houston Christian2026-09-05W31-3-23WU 47.5
2at Notre Dame2026-09-12L0-52+45LU 54.5
3Western Michigan2026-09-19L21-28+8.5WO 43.5
4at Fresno State2026-09-27L24-38+12LO 43.5
5UTSA2026-10-03L14-16+12WU 56
6at East Carolina2026-10-10L12-28+10LU 46
7Tulsa2026-10-17L17-38+4LO 47
8at Florida Atlantic2026-10-24L49-51+9.5WO 55
10at North Texas2026-11-07+17None 64.5
11Tulane2026-11-14
12at Temple2026-11-20
13Army2026-11-28

Rushing leaders

PlayerGAttYdsTD
Jacurri Brown71186686
Tyvonn Byars8974652
Gael Ochoa4252785
DAndre Hardeman Jr.7742572
Max Mosey7201631

Receiving leaders

PlayerGRecYdsTD
Jordan Clark8202570
Braylen Walker561111
Barry Jackson Jr.471021
Payton Matthews43410

Defensive leaders

PlayerGTacklesTFLSacksINTPD
AJ Brown860503
Austin Harnetiaux853213
Stone Combs852400
Koa Akui844814
Jamir Benjamin8392.502

Data provided by CollegeFootballData.com