Wk 3 · 2026
Western Michigan Broncos at Rice Owls — Sat, Sep 19
Sat, Sep 19 ·
Rice Stadium, Houston
· ESPN+
MAC · no games yet
at
7:00pET
no line posted yet
American · no games yet
What is at stake
A non-conference game. It moves both overall records but neither conference race.
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.
W Michigan form
W 23-13vs M-OHW 31-21at EMUW 35-19at NIUW 17-13vs OHIOW 24-21vs CMU
2025 season
Rice form
L 3-52at USFL 24-56vs UNTW 24-17vs UABL 14-38vs MEMW 37-34vs CONN
2025 season
W Michigan 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.
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.
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
Rice leads the series 1–0 · Rice won the last one
1 meeting
in 2006–2026 · average margin
24.0 points toward Rice
| Yr | Date | Result | Site | Won |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 2008-12-30 | W Michigan 14 — 38 Rice | neutral | Rice bowl/CFP |
W Michigan leaders 2025 season
| Passing | Broc Lowry QB #12 | 154/243, 1683 YDS, 7 TD, 2 INT |
| Brady Jones QB #10 | 19/40, 136 YDS, 1 TD, 3 INT | |
| Rushing | Broc Lowry QB #12 | 197 CAR, 940 YDS, 14 TD |
| Jalen Buckley RB #6 | 171 CAR, 829 YDS, 8 TD | |
| Devin Miles RB #5 | 80 CAR, 357 YDS, 2 TD | |
| Receiving | Talique Williams WR #0 | 35 REC, 478 YDS, 2 TD |
| Baylin Brooks WR #7 | 25 REC, 356 YDS | |
| Aveion Chenault WR #2 | 22 REC, 271 YDS, 2 TD | |
| Blake Bosma TE #86 | 21 REC, 201 YDS |
Defense
| Tackles | James Camden LB #9 | 74 |
| Sefa Saipaia Jr. LB #10 | 70 | |
| Tate Hallock S #3 | 59 | |
| Sacks | Nadame Tucker EDGE #11 | 14.5 |
| Rodney McGraw DL #99 | 4.5 | |
| Kershawn Fisher DE #20 | 3 | |
| Interceptions | Tate Hallock S #3 | 2 |
| Joey Pope S #6 | 2 | |
| Aaron Wofford S #5 | 1 |
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 |
These are 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.