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CFB · 2026 betting profile

Rice Owls

1-5 straight up · 3-3 ATS · 2-4 over-under · #103 of 138 in our ratings

Next gameSat Oct 17, 4:30 PMESPN+
vsTulsa Golden Hurricane
SpreadRice +4.5
Total46.5
Moneyline+160
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Upcoming lines

Open = the line when most books posted it for this week (Sunday night). A dash means we don't have that number.

Against the spread

SplitATSCover %Real or luck?Avg vs spread
All games3-350%Small sample+0.2
Home3-0100%Small sample+5.5
Road0-30%Small sample-5
Favorite1-0100%Small sample+5.5
Underdog2-340%Small sample-0.8
Conference1-150%Small sample+1.8
Non-conference2-250%Small sample-0.5
Last 52-340%Small sample-0.8

6 graded games. Under 20 games, every split here is a small sample. Avg vs spread is the average margin against the closing number.

Over-under

SplitO-UOver %Real or luck?Avg vs total
All games2-433%Small sample-4.2
Home1-233%Small sample-11.5
Road1-233%Small sample+3.2
Conference0-20%Small sample-16.5
Non-conference2-250%Small sample+2
Last 52-340%Small sample-2.3

Game log with closing lines

DateOpponentResultCloseATSTotalO-U
Oct 10at East CarolinaL 12-28+10L -646.5U -6.5
Oct 3vs UTSAL 14-16+11.5W +9.556.5U -26.5
Sep 26at Fresno StateL 24-38+12.5L -1.543.5O +18.5
Sep 19vs Western MichiganL 21-28+8.5W +1.543.5O +5.5
Sep 12at Notre DameL 0-52+44.5L -7.554.5U -2.5
Sep 5vs Houston Christian HuskiesW 31-3-22.5W +5.547.5U -13.5

Close is Rice's spread at kickoff, from ESPN's odds archive (DraftKings). ATS margin is how much they beat or missed the number by.

Season by season

SeasonSUATSCover %Real or luck?O-UOver %Avg vs spread
20261-53-350%Small sample2-433%+0.2
20255-85-838%Small sample7-654%-6.2
20244-86-650%Small sample5-742%-1.6
20236-78-4-167%Small sample7-654%+3.9
20225-87-654%Small sample9-469%-1.4
20214-83-925%Small sample9-375%-7
20202-33-260%Small sample1-420%+10.5
20193-96-5-155%Small sample7-558%+4.8

Regular season and postseason, graded against the closing line. "Could be luck" means a coin flip could have done the same thing.

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