2021 Week 7 Preview: Rice Owls @ UTSA Roadrunners

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Time and Date: Saturday, October 16 at 6:00 p.m. ET

Location: Alamodome — San Antonio, TX

Spread: UTSA (-18.5)

ESPN FPI: UTSA has 93.5% chance to win

All-time series: UTSA leads, 5-3

Last meeting: UTSA 31, Rice 27 — October 19, 2019

Setting the scene

A spotless résumé remains in the works for the UTSA Roadrunners. While many unbeaten teams took a hit last Saturday, UTSA staved off an explosive WKU offense to preserve its unbeaten record and jump to 2-0 in C-USA competition. The Roadrunners won’t be the only Texas-based team entering the Alamodome with a perfect conference record this Saturday. An upset-minded Rice team is coming off a…