Wk 8 · 2026
Rice Owls at Florida Atlantic Owls — Sat, Oct 24
Sat, Oct 24 ·
Flagler Credit Union Stadium, Boca Raton, FL
Weather
No forecast yet. This one is 54 days away and has no kickoff time yet. Forecasts reach about 16 days ahead, so this fills in nearer the game. A seasonal average printed here would look exactly like a forecast, which is why there is not one.
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Ratings differential FAU by 6.3
American · no games yet
What is at stake
A American game — it counts in the standings that decide that league's championship game. Run the race.
What the ratings imply
The differential above is arithmetic on two published numbers:
The CFB King’s 2026 final efficiency ratings, plus
2.4 points of home field.
It is not a projection, a value, an edge or a lean, and nothing on this site
compares it with the betting line to tell you one is better. Until 2026
games are played it is last season’s measurement of two teams that have
changed.
Efficiency · 2026 ratings
Efficiency margin
Offense (pts/100)
Defense (pts/100)
Pace (plays/g)
Yards / play
Yards / play allowed
Opponent-adjusted ratings from The College
King's 2026 final numbers. Bars share a scale within each row, so
the two lengths are comparable; the brighter side is the better of the two, and a
longer bar is the better number — including the rows where a lower figure is the
good one. Pace is the exception: it is how fast a team plays, not how well, so
neither side is lit and a longer bar there means only more plays.
Team stats · 2026 per game
Points / game
Points allowed
Yards / game
Yards allowed
Pass yds allowed
Rush yds allowed
Turnovers / game
From completed 2026 box scores;
defensive yardage covers the regular season and conference championships.
Rice form
No completed games on record.
FAU form
No completed games on record.
Rice this season
No graded games yet this season. Lines are captured before kickoff and graded when a game goes final, so these records start at Week 1.
FAU this season
No graded games yet this season. Lines are captured before kickoff and graded when a game goes final, so these records start at Week 1.
Lines are captured from ESPN's board before kickoff and locked at kickoff, so an in-play price cannot overwrite the number a game is graded against.
Common opponents · 5
| Opponent | Rice | FAU |
|---|---|---|
| UTSA American | vs Wk 5 · scheduled preview | vs Wk 10 · scheduled preview |
| East Carolina American | at Wk 6 · scheduled preview | at Wk 13 · scheduled preview |
| Tulsa American | vs Wk 7 · scheduled preview | at Wk 11 · scheduled preview |
| North Texas American | at Wk 10 · scheduled preview | at Wk 9 · scheduled preview |
| Army American | vs Wk 13 · scheduled preview | at Wk 7 · scheduled preview |
Open these two in the
comparison tool for every shared and unshared opponent.
Series history · 2006–2026
Since 2006, the series is level at 3–3 · FAU won the last one
6 meetings
in 2006–2026 · average margin
3.0 points toward FAU
| Yr | Date | Result | Site | Won |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2025-10-04 | FAU 27 — 21 Rice | at RICE | FAU |
| 2023 | 2023-11-25 | FAU 21 — 24 Rice | at RICE | Rice |
| 2022 | 2022-10-15 | Rice 14 — 17 FAU | at FAU | FAU |
| 2016 | 2016-11-05 | FAU 42 — 25 Rice | at RICE | FAU |
| 2015 | 2015-10-10 | Rice 27 — 26 FAU | at FAU | Rice |
| 2013 | 2013-09-28 | FAU 14 — 18 Rice | at RICE | Rice |
Rice leaders 2025 regular season
| Passing | Chase Jenkins QB #10 | 119/172, 1025 YDS, 9 TD, 2 INT |
| Drew Devillier QB #18 | 10/21, 123 YDS, 1 TD | |
| Rushing | Quinton Jackson RB #10 | 164 CAR, 811 YDS, 6 TD |
| Chase Jenkins QB #10 | 151 CAR, 531 YDS, 5 TD | |
| Daelen Alexander RB #26 | 74 CAR, 392 YDS, 3 TD | |
| Receiving | Aaron Turner WR #1 | 53 REC, 374 YDS, 3 TD |
| Drayden Dickmann WR #6 | 37 REC, 323 YDS, 3 TD | |
| Tyson Thompson WR #11 | 8 REC, 105 YDS, 2 TD | |
| Quinton Jackson RB #10 | 4 REC, 74 YDS, 1 TD |
Defense
| Tackles | Andrew Awe LB #0 | 99 |
| Ty Morris LB #10 | 82 | |
| Marcus Williams S #15 | 67 | |
| Sacks | Tony Anyanwu DL #26 | 5 |
| Michael Daley DE #1 | 4 | |
| Andrew Awe LB #0 | 2.5 | |
| Interceptions | Plae Wyatt S #41 | 1 |
| Peyton Stevenson S #9 | 1 | |
| Jack Kane S #27 | 1 |
FAU leaders 2025 regular season
| Passing | Caden Veltkamp QB #10 | 346/516, 3648 YDS, 24 TD, 17 INT |
| Zach Gibson QB #7 | 31/53, 323 YDS, 3 TD, 3 INT | |
| Rushing | Gemari Sands RB #22 | 105 CAR, 465 YDS |
| Kaden Shields-Dutton RB #28 | 83 CAR, 460 YDS, 6 TD | |
| Xavier Terrell RB #25 | 54 CAR, 161 YDS, 1 TD | |
| Receiving | Easton Messer WR #8 | 104 REC, 1052 YDS, 6 TD |
| Jayshon Platt WR #1 | 46 REC, 720 YDS, 5 TD | |
| Asaad Waseem WR #19 | 66 REC, 699 YDS, 5 TD | |
| Dominique Henry WR #9 | 40 REC, 575 YDS, 4 TD |
Defense
| Tackles | Leon Hart Jr. LB #6 | 93 |
| Tyler Stolsky LB #14 | 86 | |
| Dillion Williams S #19 | 62 | |
| Sacks | Deshaun Batiste DB #5 | 4 |
| CJ Doggette Jr. DL #1 | 3.5 | |
| Wilky Denaud DL #2 | 3 | |
| Interceptions | Chris Keys Jr. S #20 | 1 |
| Josh Roberts DB #10 | 1 | |
| Terez Reid DB #27 | 1 |
These are regular-season totals for
the season named on each card — the players who led that team that year,
taken from ESPN's team leaders. That list is keyed to the season, not to today's
roster, so a leader who has since transferred or run out of eligibility still
appears against the year he earned it; the
roster
pages and the depth chart on each team page are where the current squad is.
A team switches to this season's numbers once it has played a game. The roster
pages count bowl games too, so a player's two lines can differ by a game.