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Rice Football 2022 Season Preview: Extended Schedule

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2022 Rice Football Extended Schedule

A favorite from the digital magazine editions of the season preview, this Rice football extended schedule includes series breakdowns, updated coaching information/records and more for each of the Owls’ 2022 opponents.

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This piece is part of our 2022 Rice Football Season Preview. Get access to it, as well as all other preview posts such as positional breakdowns, depth chart and schedule analysis and more when you subscribe on Patreon today. New subscribers get our Conference USA Football Season Preview for FREE! 

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Full Schedule

DATETEAMTIMETVLOCATION
Aug. 30@ Louisiana7:00 PMESPN+Lafayette, LA
Sep. 6Houston6:00 PMESPN+Houston, TX
Sep. 13PVAMU6:00 PMESPN+Houston, TX
Sep. 18 (Thr)@ Charlotte6:30 PMESPNCharlotte, NC
Sep. 27@ Navy2:30 pmCBS Sports NetworkAnnapolis, MD
Oct. 4FAUTBAESPN NetworksHouston, TX
Oct. 11@ UTSATBAESPN NetworksSan Antonio, TX
Oct. 25UConnTBAESPN NetworksHouston, TX
Oct. 31 (Fri)Memphis6:00 PMESPN2Houston, TX
Nov. 8UABTBAESPN NetworksHouston, TX
Nov. 22North TexasTBAESPN NetworksHouston, TX
Nov. 29@ USFTBAESPN NetworksTampa, FL
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Rice Football 2022 Roster Tracker

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The Rice football roster is ever-evolving. From the Transfer portal to high school signees, stay tuned here for updates.

Roster churn has become a part of college sports as we know and Rice football is not immune to the ebb and flow of players coming in and out. With the 2021 season in the books, this page will serve as a running tracker regarding the roster for the upcoming season as it currently stands. The last official roster is available here.

Looking for the latest recruiting changes such as offers and new commitments? Subscribers can access the recruiting tracker here. Not a subscriber yet? Join here. Feel free to bookmark it and refer back to it from time to time as players announce their intentions throughout the offseason.

All roster changes are up to date as of July 11, 2022.

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Rice Football Recruiting: LB Austin Harnetiaux commits to Owls

Posted: January 23, 2026

Another veteran defender has joined the 2026 Rice Football Recruiting class. Former Nevada linebacker Austin Harnetiaux has committed to the Owls. The 2026 Rice Football recruiting class is winding down as the flurry of Transfer Portal additions slows and spring ball is just around the corner. The number of roster spots remaining continues to dwindle. […]

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Rice Football Recruiting: WR Barry Jackson commits to Owls

Posted: January 21, 2026

The 2026 Rice Football Recruiting class just added a pass catching threat on the outside. Former Cincinnati wide receiver Barry Jackson has committed to the Owls. A year ago, it was Aaron Turner who transferred from Cincinnati to South Main. Now the 2026 Rice Football recruiting class hopes to replicate that level of newfound production […]

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Rice Football Recruiting: SLOT Davis Lane commits to Owls

Posted: January 20, 2026

Perhaps the most versatile new face to join the 2026 Rice Football Recruiting class, former Virginia running back Davis Lane has committed to the Owls. Stockpiling talent has been the name of the game as the 2026 Rice Football recruiting class continues to take shape. Rice is after playmakers, knowing the staff will find the […]

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Rice Football Recruiting: SLOT Michael Sifford commits to Owls

Posted: January 16, 2026

An option-offense product is joining the 2026 Rice Football Recruiting class. Former Army slot Michael Sifford has committed to the Owls. There aren’t many places in the country that produce transfer portal players with experience running an option offense. The 2026 Rice football recruiting class picked up one such newcomer this week from West Point. […]

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The Roost’s 2025 Rice Football Season Superlatives

Posted: January 16, 2026

The Roost’s 2025 Rice Football Season Superlatives exist to honor exceptional Owls who made a difference on the field this season. Here’s the complete list. There were many individual performances worth recognizing in the 2025 Rice Football season. In addition to the more traditional awards below, stay tuned for The Roosties, our seventh annual award […]

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Rice Football 2022 Season Preview: Corners

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As part of our 2022 Rice Football Preseason Preview series, this week we’ll dive into the corner position and discuss the Owls’ plans for that group this season.

It’s been quite an adventure on the outside for the Rice football defense in recent years. The corner position went through quite the overall over the past two seasons and then was flung into further stress by injuries that forced the team to adjust on the fly. Finally healthy, how will the Owls deploy their assets on the back end of the defense this season? Here’s our 2022 Corner Preview.

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Rice Football: 2022 ESPN FPI projects Rice near C-USA bottom

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The 2022 ESPN FPI projections are out. Where did Rice football come in and how much stock should we put in these projections?

ESPN has released its Football Power Index (FPI) for the 2022 season. FPI is a statistic meant to help predict team performance. Rice football (-14.5 FPI) checked in No. 10 in Conference USA, ahead of only UTEP (-15.0) in the conference. On the opposite end of the spectrum, UAB and Western Kentucky were the frontrunners.

2022 ESPN FPI

  1. UAB, 0.2
  2. WKU, -0.4
  3. UTSA, -2.0
  4. MTSU, -3.9
  5. FAU, -4.4
  6. LA Tech, -5.5
  7. North Texas, -6.2
  8. Charlotte, -7.5
  9. UTEP, -12.1
  10. Rice. -14.5
  11. FIU, -15.0

Looking Closer

Last year, FPI projected Rice to finish with somewhere in the ballpark of five to seven wins. The Owls undershot that mark, winning just four. The numbers don’t project an easier road for the program this season, giving Rice football just a 4.5 percent chance of reaching six wins in 2022. If they were to prove the computers wrong it would mean the first bowl-berth for the program since 2014.

But it’s not all doom and gloom. FPI actually projects the Owls to be better at the onset of 2022 than they finished 2022 (-14.5 vs -18.1). Additionally, the majority of the Owls’ opponents are expected to be below the 0.0 average expected from the metric.

Replacing Elijah Garcia, Naeem Smith, Jordan Myers, Jovaun Woolford and Jake Constantine won’t be easy, but it doesn’t seem that much more challenging than replacing Mike Collins, Austin Trammell and Blaze Alldredge as they had to do last season. Finding a quarterback will be a challenge, but that’s not a new problem at South Main.

Ultimately, FPI projects Conference USA will be a below-average conference in 2022 with the possibility of only a handful of truly good to great teams. That’s who the Owls will have to beat if they want to return to the postseason, and they did topple UAB (the highest rated C-USA team this coming season) in Birmingham last season.

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Rice Football Recruiting: 2023 WR Drayden Dickmann commits to Owls

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More speed is coming to the 2023 Rice Football recruiting class. Wide receiver Drayden Dickmann has committed to the Owls.

The fireworks continue at South Main as Houstonians prepare for the Fourth of July weekend. The latest boom for the 2023 Rice football recruiting front comes in the form of an in-state wideout from Georgetown, TX: Drayden Dickmann has committed to the Owls.

Dickmann had several offers at the time of his commitment to Rice. North Texas had thrown their hat in the ring, as had Navy, Army, Air Force and several Ivy League institutions. For Dickmann, Rice was home. “I loved the feel of it,” he told The Roost. “The campus, the area, the staff, the facilities, the current players. Everything there felt like home for me.”

Beyond the aesthetics and the atmosphere, Dickmann was drawn to the pro-style system. For Dickman, having offensive coordinator Marques Tuiasosopo calling the shots was exciting. Coach Tui hasn’t been afraid to take shots over the top in his time as the Owls’ OC. Dickmann is a burner who can and will run past opposing defensive backs. This pairing should be an exciting one.

Dickmann is the second wideout in the fold so far, following Byron Nelson (TX) receiver Landon Ransom who committed to Rice two weeks before Dickmann arrived at his decision.

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The raw speed jumps out from Dickmann’s highlights as soon as you hit play. He plays at a velocity that just can’t be taught. And at 5-foot-10 and 169 pounds, he won’t be a pushover wherever he lines up relative to the line of scrimmage. Dickmann moves well and has game-changing ability, something the Owls will always welcome to South Main.

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