After barely edging Rice at home on Saturday, Tech dominated UTSA on Wednesday to move to 8-1 on the season. A loss to Rice would have been devastating, so a win by any margin is a huge sigh of relief. “Survive and advance” is a phrase resurrected every March, but there are also games in December that conjure that same mindset.
Strength of Schedule
Only four of the teams in Tech’s rearview mirror currently have winning records, so this isn’t a strong point on the resume yet. Those records could improve once conference play begins, but strength of schedule is unfortunately still not impressive.