Wk 4 · 2026
Rice Owls at Fresno State Bulldogs — Sat, Sep 26
Sat, Sep 26 ·
Valley Children's Stadium, Fresno, CA
· CW
Weather
No forecast yet. This one is 27 days away. 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.
American · no games yet
at
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no line posted yet
Ratings differential FRES by 15.4
Pac-12 · no games yet
What is at stake
A non-conference game. It moves both overall records but neither conference 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.
Fresno St 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.
Fresno St 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 · 0
These teams share no opponents on the 2026 schedule.
Open these two in the
comparison tool for every shared and unshared opponent.
Series history · 2006–2026
Since 2006, Rice leads 1–0 · Rice won the last one
1 meeting
in 2006–2026 · average margin
24.0 points toward Rice
| Yr | Date | Result | Site | Won |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 2014-12-24 | Fresno St 6 — 30 Rice | neutral | Rice bowl/CFP |
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 |
Fresno St leaders 2025 regular season
| Passing | E.J. Warner QB #13 | 177/255, 1811 YDS, 12 TD, 11 INT |
| Carson Conklin QB #17 | 47/96, 354 YDS, 1 TD, 2 INT | |
| Rushing | Rayshon Luke RB #2 | 107 CAR, 690 YDS, 6 TD |
| Bryson Donelson RB #6 | 134 CAR, 580 YDS, 5 TD | |
| Johnathan Arceneaux RB #0 | 34 CAR, 241 YDS, 2 TD | |
| Receiving | Josiah Freeman WR #5 | 45 REC, 499 YDS, 6 TD |
| Richie Anderson TE #84 | 29 REC, 273 YDS, 2 TD | |
| Rayshon Luke RB #2 | 36 REC, 228 YDS, 2 TD | |
| Ezekiel Avit WR #0 | 25 REC, 226 YDS |
Defense
| Tackles | Jadon Pearson LB #39 | 92 |
| Simeon Harris DB #5 | 49 | |
| Camryn Bracha DB #22 | 45 | |
| Sacks | Finn Claypool DL #19 | 6.5 |
| Korey Foreman DL #0 | 3.5 | |
| Deijon Laffitte DL #0 | 3 | |
| Interceptions | Simeon Harris DB #5 | 5 |
| Al'zillion Hamilton CB #3 | 4 | |
| K'vion Thunderbird LB #10 | 2 |
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.