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