Wk 2 · 2026
Rice Owls at Notre Dame Fighting Irish — Sat, Sep 12
Sat, Sep 12 ·
Notre Dame Stadium, Notre Dame
· NBC
American · no games yet
at
3:30pET
no line posted yet
FBS Indep. · no games yet
What is at stake
A non-conference game. It moves both overall records but neither conference race. Notre Dame is ranked #4 (AP Top 25 ยท 2026-08-17).
Efficiency · 2025 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 2025 final numbers. Bars share a scale within each row; the
brighter side is the better of the two, and a longer bar is always the better number
— including the rows where a lower figure is the good one.
Team stats · 2025 per game
Points / game
Points allowed
Yards / game
Yards allowed
Pass yds allowed
Rush yds allowed
Turnovers / game
From completed 2025 box scores;
defensive yardage covers the regular season and conference championships.
Rice form
L 3-52at USFL 24-56vs UNTW 24-17vs UABL 14-38vs MEMW 37-34vs CONN
2025 season
Notre Dame form
W 49-20at STANW 70-7vs SYRW 37-15at PITTW 49-10vs NAVYW 25-10at BC
2025 season
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.
Notre Dame 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 when the game goes final. There is no line archive before this season, so these records begin with 2026 Week 1.
Common opponents · 0
These teams share no opponents on the 2026 schedule.
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Series history · 2006–2026
Notre Dame leads the series 1–0 · Notre Dame won the last one
1 meeting
in 2006–2026 · average margin
31.0 points toward Notre Dame
| Yr | Date | Result | Site | Won |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 2014-08-30 | Rice 17 — 48 Notre Dame | at ND | Notre Dame |
Rice leaders 2025 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 |
Notre Dame leaders 2025 season
| Passing | CJ Carr QB #13 | 195/293, 2741 YDS, 24 TD, 6 INT |
| Kenny Minchey QB #3 | 20/26, 196 YDS | |
| Rushing | Jeremiyah Love RB #4 | 199 CAR, 1372 YDS, 18 TD |
| Jadarian Price RB #24 | 113 CAR, 674 YDS, 11 TD | |
| Aneyas Williams RB #22 | 24 CAR, 224 YDS, 5 TD | |
| Receiving | Jordan Faison WR #6 | 49 REC, 640 YDS, 4 TD |
| Malachi Fields WR #0 | 36 REC, 630 YDS, 5 TD | |
| Eli Raridon TE #9 | 32 REC, 482 YDS | |
| Will Pauling WR #2 | 26 REC, 381 YDS, 6 TD |
Defense
| Tackles | Drayk Bowen LB #34 | 67 |
| Adon Shuler S #8 | 53 | |
| Jaiden Ausberry LB #4 | 51 | |
| Sacks | Boubacar Traore DL #5 | 7.5 |
| Drayk Bowen LB #34 | 3.5 | |
| Josh Burnham DL #8 | 3 | |
| Interceptions | Leonard Moore CB #15 | 5 |
| Brauntae Johnson S #9 | 4 | |
| Luke Talich S #28 | 3 |
Player production is per game from the
2025 season, for players on the current roster.