2026 Rice Strength of Schedule
How tough Rice’s schedule has been, and what’s still ahead.
Updated Oct 22, 2026, 4:33 AM ET
Schedule strength
Measured by the average power rank of the opponents.
- Played
- Remaining
Toughest stretch · Weeks 10–13
- Wk 10@ UNT#56
- Wk 11TULN#52
- Wk 12@ TEM#121
- Wk 13ARMY#60
Average opponent rank 72.3
Record by opponent strength
Opponents by their current place in our power rankings.
- vs Top third (1–46)
- 0-1
- Road 0-1
- vs Middle (47–92)
- 0-4
- 3 left · 1 on road
- vs Bottom (93–138)
- 0-1
- 2 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 | ||||
 Navy2-4 | 103 | 85.6 | 70 | 75.5 |
 Rice1-6 | 58 | 63.5 | 71 | 76.8 |
 Tulsa4-3 | 105 | 86.7 | 72 | 77.2 |
 South Florida5-2 | 126 | 98.7 | tied for 74 | 79.2 |
 Florida Atlantic4-2 | 100 | 85.2 | 76 | 80.8 |
 UTSA6-1 | 92 | 81.3 | 77 | 81.2 |
 Memphis5-2 | 91 | 81.2 | 78 | 82.4 |
 UAB4-3 | 95 | 82.5 | 82 | 84.0 |
 Charlotte1-6 | 75 | 71.5 | 83 | 84.4 |
 North Texas4-2 | 85 | 76.4 | 84 | 84.7 |
 Tulane3-3 | tied for 76 | 72.0 | 92 | 89.2 |
 East Carolina3-3 | 107 | 87.4 | 93 | 90.3 |
 Army4-2 | tied for 96 | 83.8 | 94 | 92.7 |
 Temple2-5 | 82 | 75.0 | 95 | 93.0 |
- SoS Rk
- Strength of schedule rank, league-wide (1 = hardest)
- Opp Rk
- Average Opponent Rank