Start Time: 6:00 p.m. EST / 5:00 p.m. CST
Location: Rice Stadium, Houston, TX
TV/Streaming: CUSA.tv ($6.95 for 24 hour access)
Live Stats: CBS GameTracker
Betting Line: Rice -7.5, O/U 51.5
Series Record: Rice leads, 4-2
Conference play begins this week, and this particular match up features two under-performing teams with two very different public perceptions.
In this corner, you have Rice, which challenged for the C-USA West title in each of the last three seasons, and in fact won it in 2013— the same year they last lost to North Texas.