Next up in our 2026 Rice Football Season Preview: special teams. Here’s our breakdown of the Owls’ plans for the group this season. The Rice football offense was under the most scrutiny last season as the Owls installed their new gun-choice scheme, but that wasn’t the only side of the ball to show growth in … Read more
Rice football has a new QB1 and lots of new weapons at the skill positions. Here’s a deep dive on what we learned from the offense in the spring. When Rice football head coach Scott Abell arrived on campus, he elected not to flush the existing roster and reboot everything overnight. Instead, he did his … Read more
The 2026 Rice Football Recruiting class includes several hand-picked impact players on defense and special teams. Here’s how those sides of the ball stacks up. The 2026 Rice football recruiting class began with 18 signees during the Early Signing Period, the second recruiting haul for new head coach Scott Abell. Of those players, 16 are … Read more