FORT WORTH, Texas — Josh Rahman and the Rice football team were about 8,500 miles from their Houston campus, in a time zone 15 hours ahead, when they started to hear about a tropical storm in ...

Against the spread LEAN RICE +28.5 (-110). Rice has covered ATS in 2 of its last 3 meetings with Houston and has covered as a double-digit underdog vs. the Cougars in 3 of the last 6 meetings.

Houston will try to put a dent in the win column when it hosts Rice in a nonconference game on Saturday night. Houston (0-2) opened the season with a 27-7 home loss to UNLV and fell at No. 15 ...

Rice quarterback E.J. Warner completed 12 of 21 passes for just 50 yards with an interception. Sneed scored on a 65-yard touchdown run to give Houston a 7-0 lead with 5:30 left in the first quarter.

About Rice: Located on a 300-acre forested campus in Houston, Rice University is consistently ranked among the nation’s top 20 universities by U.S. News & World Report.

About Rice:Located on a 300-acre forested campus in Houston, Rice University is consistently ranked among the nation’s top 20 universities by U.S. News & World Report.