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Rice

2024 Season Performance

#107
Rank
4-8
Record
-27.1
Points
0.568
SOS

Current Form

W1 streak
Last 3 1-2
Last 5 2-3

Key Games

Best W vs #35 Navy 24-10
Worst L @ #123 UAB 14-40

Record Splits

Home 4-2
Away 0-6
Conference 3-5
Non-Conf 1-3
Close (7 pts or less) 2-3
FCS Opponents 1

Rank Progression

#99
#110
#121
#132
#144
Pre
#104
W3
#126
W6
#125
W9
#121
W12
#107
W15
#107

Season Breakdown

Hover Wk 15 pts for details
Week
Game
Score
Wk 15
1
08/31
L
NR vs #116 Sam Houston
14-34
-11.4
Point Breakdown
Base Points
-8.0 -8.0
Location Modifiers
-2.4 -10.4
Loss Opp Modifier
-0.1 -10.5
Loss Record Modifier
+0.7 -9.8
Margin Scaling
-1.6 -11.4
Total -11.4 pts
2
09/07
W
#134 vs #62 Texas Southern
69-7
+0.0
Point Breakdown
FCS Opponent - 0 pts
3
09/15
L
#109 @ #118 Houston
7-33
-8.2
Point Breakdown
Base Points
-8.0 -8.0
Location Modifiers
+2.0 -6.0
Loss Opp Modifier
+0.5 -5.5
Loss Record Modifier
-0.4 -5.9
Margin Scaling
-2.2 -8.2
Total -8.2 pts
4
09/21
L
#126 @ #55 Army
14-37
-6.7
Point Breakdown
Base Points
-8.0 -8.0
Location Modifiers
+2.0 -6.0
Loss Opp Modifier
+0.6 -5.4
Loss Record Modifier
+1.0 -4.4
Margin Scaling
-2.3 -6.7
Total -6.7 pts
5
09/28
L
#127 vs #120 Charlotte
20-21
-11.9
Point Breakdown
Base Points
-8.0 -8.0
Location Modifiers
-2.4 -10.4
Loss Opp Modifier
-0.5 -10.9
Loss Record Modifier
-0.8 -11.7
Margin Scaling
-0.2 -11.9
Total -11.9 pts
7
10/12
W
#125 vs #106 UTSA
29-27
+9.2
Point Breakdown
Base Points
+10.0 10.0
Location Modifiers
-1.0 9.0
Win Opp Modifier
-0.7 8.3
Margin Scaling
+0.9 9.2
Total 9.2 pts
8
10/19
L
#113 @ #52 Tulane
10-24
-6.3
Point Breakdown
Base Points
-8.0 -8.0
Location Modifiers
+2.0 -6.0
Loss Opp Modifier
+0.5 -5.5
Loss Record Modifier
+0.5 -5.0
Margin Scaling
-1.2 -6.3
Total -6.3 pts
9
10/26
L
#118 @ #81 UConn
10-17
-6.4
Point Breakdown
Base Points
-8.0 -8.0
Location Modifiers
+2.0 -6.0
Loss Opp Modifier
+1.2 -4.8
Loss Record Modifier
+0.3 -4.6
Margin Scaling
-0.8 -5.4
Recency Weighting
-1.0 -6.4
Total -6.4 pts
10
11/02
W
#121 vs #35 Navy
24-10
+13.7
Point Breakdown
Base Points
+10.0 10.0
Location Modifiers
-1.0 9.0
Win Opp Modifier
+2.3 11.3
Margin Scaling
+2.5 13.7
Total 13.7 pts
11
11/09
L
#108 @ #46 Memphis
20-27
-5.5
Point Breakdown
Base Points
-8.0 -8.0
Location Modifiers
+2.0 -6.0
Loss Opp Modifier
+0.5 -5.5
Loss Record Modifier
+0.8 -4.8
Margin Scaling
-0.8 -5.5
Total -5.5 pts
13
11/23
L
#107 @ #123 UAB
14-40
-9.4
Point Breakdown
Base Points
-8.0 -8.0
Location Modifiers
+2.0 -6.0
Loss Opp Modifier
-0.5 -6.5
Loss Record Modifier
-1.1 -7.6
Margin Scaling
-1.9 -9.4
Total -9.4 pts
14
11/30
W
#114 vs #84 South Florida
35-28
+9.7
Point Breakdown
Base Points
+10.0 10.0
Location Modifiers
-1.0 9.0
Win Opp Modifier
-0.6 8.4
Margin Scaling
+1.3 9.7
Total 9.7 pts
Total
4-8 Record
-33.1

All-Time Summary (2016-2026)

11
Seasons
36-84
Record
30%
Win Rate
#110
Avg Rank
#11
Best Rank
0.499
Avg SOS

Final Rank by Season

#1
#34
#67
#100
#134
2016
#123
2017
#127
2018
#127
2019
#116
2020
#83
2021
#102
2022
#105
2023
#88
2024
#107
2025
#99
2026
#129

Season-by-Season Breakdown

Year Conference Record Final Rank Best Rank Points SOS Champion
2026 American Athletic 1-5 (17%) #129 #55 -36.4 0.542 -
2025 American Athletic 5-7 (42%) #99 #11 -17.9 0.536 -
2024 American Athletic 4-8 (33%) #107 #107 -27.1 0.568 -
2023 American Athletic 6-6 (50%) #88 #29 -0.8 0.552 -
2022 Conference USA 5-7 (42%) #105 #51 -24.7 0.416 -
2021 Conference USA 4-8 (33%) #102 #87 -36.5 0.539 -
2020 Conference USA 2-3 (40%) #83 #53 0.4 0.414 -
2019 Conference USA 3-9 (25%) #116 #92 -53.6 0.514 -
2018 Conference USA 2-11 (15%) #127 #109 -93.9 0.479 -
2017 Conference USA 1-11 (8%) #127 #64 -94.0 0.484 -
2016 Conference USA 3-9 (25%) #123 #111 -69.6 0.445 -