2026-27 Rice Strength of Schedule
How tough Rice’s schedule has been, and what’s still ahead.
Updated Oct 31, 2026, 8:07 PM ET
Schedule strength
Measured by the average power rank of the opponents.
- Remaining
Toughest stretch · Feb 11 – Feb 28
- Feb 11TLSA#75
- Feb 14WICH#80
- Feb 17@ ECU#199
- Feb 20@ CLT#144
- Feb 25UAB#107
- Feb 28FAU#126
Average opponent rank 121.8
Record by opponent strength
Opponents by their current place in our power rankings.
- vs Top third (1–122)
- –
- 8 left · 4 on road
- vs Middle (123–244)
- –
- 16 left · 10 on road
- vs Bottom (245–365)
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- 6 left · 2 on road
American conference schedule comparison
SoS Rk is league-wide, 1 = hardest. Opp Rk is the average power rank of the opponents.
| Played | Remaining | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | ||||
 Memphis0-0 | – | – | 81 | 120.9 |
 Florida Atlantic0-0 | – | – | 94 | 143.5 |
 Wichita State0-0 | – | – | 101 | 145.8 |
 North Texas0-0 | – | – | 109 | 154.4 |
 South Florida0-0 | – | – | 113 | 155.4 |
 Charlotte0-0 | – | – | 123 | 159.3 |
 Temple0-0 | – | – | 124 | 159.6 |
 UAB0-0 | – | – | 127 | 161.5 |
 Tulsa0-0 | – | – | 139 | 165.9 |
 UTSA0-0 | – | – | 145 | 169.4 |
 East Carolina0-0 | – | – | 157 | 175.5 |
 Rice0-0 | – | – | 159 | 176.6 |
 Tulane0-0 | – | – | 179 | 188.5 |
- SoS Rk
- Strength of schedule rank, league-wide (1 = hardest)
- Opp Rk
- Average Opponent Rank