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Rice Football: Midseason Grades

October 13, 2025 By Matthew Bartlett

Here’s our Rice football report card for every position group at the bye week, seven games in and roughly at the midpoint of the season.

Oh, how much can change in a few short weeks. It wasn’t that long ago that Rice football was riding high at 3-1 with all the momentum in the world. Then came the injuries and with them, regression. All the expected caveats exist, but football is a wins business and the Owls haven’t done that enough lately. They’ll welcome the bye week and a chance to regroup and prepare for a second-half surge.

More: Rice Football Early Non-Conference Grades

From the quarterbacks (yes, plural, unfortunately) to the secondary, here’s our evaluation of where things stand through seven games and one standout at each position who deserves some extra recognition.

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