Rice needed a FG as time expired to escape elimination at the hands of something called Prairie View A&M, the closest any A&M will get to defeating another Texas team for some time, as the College Station version continues to be frightened by offers from Austin.
Elsewhere, travelling teams won the day, as Hawaii came out hot in Fort Collins and held on to eliminate Colorado State, while post-Josh Allen era Wyoming cruised to an easy win in Las Cruces, giving up a score in the last minute to lose the shutout. The Frogs O’ War reader consensus picks on the Guaranteed Elimination games yielded a win and a loss.