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Football preview: the clash of the Owls

Florida Atlantic and Rice will battle for the chance to avoid being the worst team in the conference, and maybe the country.

FAU redshirt sophomore wide receiver Bobby Mitchell (8) runs for a first down. Mohammed F Emran | Staff Photographer

This season’s battle of the Owls will have a new twist to it as it is also the battle of the two worst teams in the country, according to Massey Ratings College Football Ranking Composite.

Rating Performance Index — a quantity which ranks teams based on record and quality of opponents faced — has Florida Atlantic and Rice University as the worst and sixth worst team respectively.