Rice Owls

The Owls covered 13 of 19 games when they were getting points in 2025-26 and only 3 of 10 when they were laying them. Our Rice predictions sit above; the split that matters sits below.

Points given, points taken

As an underdog Rice covered 13 of 19, 68.4%; only 35 of 362 Division I teams with underdog games covered more often. As a favorite the Owls covered 3 of 10, and only 41 teams did worse laying points.

Rice lost at home as favorites to Tarleton State, 74-90 at -210, and to East Carolina, 75-85 at -205. Getting 13.5 at Wichita State on 7 January, they won outright, 66-64, at +675. The two longest spreads of the season were covered as well: 63-67 at Oregon getting 15.5, and 66-91 at Tennessee getting 26.5.

Rice against the spread overall

The record was 13-18 and the cover count 16 of 29 priced games. Two home wins over non-Division I opponents carried no line. Away from home Rice covered 8 of 13, a rate 67 teams beat; at home it was 7 and 7.

Backing the Owls to win

A unit on Rice in all 29 priced games lost 2.32. Split by venue, 14 home games lost 3.4 units, a figure only 62 teams finished below, while 13 road games made 1.65. January turned a profit of 3.35 with a 3-5 record, almost all of it from the Wichita State game; November cost 5.44. The other long price that landed came on 1 March, 80-74 at Temple, +230.

Conference pairs and the total

Charlotte and Tulsa beat Rice twice each; UTSA lost both meetings. North Texas split the two games, and Rice covered both. Seventeen of 29 priced totals went over, a rate 39 teams beat and five matched.

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