Lowell Narcisse found Zakhari Franklin behind his coverage for an 8-yard touchdown pass with just over five minutes left to lift Texas-San Antonio to a 31-27 win over Rice in a Conference USA clash on Saturday night.
The West Coast isn't the best coast for college football this week, landing in the No 5 spot.
Tyler Johnston III passed for 282 yards and 3 touchdowns, Lucious Stanley ran for two scores, and UAB beat Rice 35-20 on Saturday night.
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J'Mar Smith ran for a touchdown in overtime that made the difference as Louisiana Tech edged Rice 23-20 on Saturday night.
Even in a bad week for Arkansas, Utah and Washington State, the Wolverines stand out, landing the Coveted No. 5 spot.
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Charlie Brewer threw for 303 yards and a touchdown, Denzel Mims caught six passes for 102 yards and Baylor held on to beat Rice 21-13 on Saturday night.
Kicking off with a conference game that wasn't a conference game, it was a bad week along the Atlantic coast.
Sam Ehlinger threw for 279 yards and three touchdowns, Jake Smith caught six passes for 75 yards and two touchdowns and No. 12 Texas rebounded from its first loss of the season with a 48-13 rout of Rice on Saturday night.
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Jamie Newman was 21 of 27 for 312 yards and three touchdowns, Scotty Washington had seven catches for 158 yards and two touchdowns and Wake Forest beat the Rice Owls 41-21 on Friday night.
Rice quarterback Wiley Green is out of the hospital after he took a hit to the head from Wake Forest's Justin Strnad on Friday and was carted off the field in the first quarter.
Kelvin Hopkins Jr. hit Kell Walker with a 17-yard touchdown pass late in the fourth quarter, and Army held off Rice 14-7 on Friday night at Michie Stadium.
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Juma Otoviano busted up the middle for an 80-yard tie-breaking touchdown run and added another breakaway in the fourth quarter as Rice rallied past Old Dominion 27-13 in a Conference USA finale on Saturday.
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Joe Burrow passed for a career-high 307 yards and two touchdowns in less than three quarters, and No. 10 LSU rolled to a 42-10 victory over struggling Rice on Saturday night.
| EAST | CONF | OVR |
|---|---|---|
| Western Kentucky | 4-0 | 5-2 |
| Marshall | 2-1 | 4-3 |
| Florida Atlantic | 2-1 | 4-3 |
| Florida International | 2-2 | 4-3 |
| Middle Tennessee | 1-2 | 2-5 |
| Charlotte | 0-3 | 2-5 |
| Old Dominion | 0-3 | 1-6 |
| WEST | CONF | OVR |
| Louisiana Tech | 3-0 | 6-1 |
| UAB | 3-1 | 6-1 |
| Southern Mississippi | 2-1 | 4-3 |
| North Texas | 2-1 | 3-4 |
| UTSA | 2-2 | 3-4 |
| UTEP | 0-3 | 1-5 |
| Rice | 0-3 | 0-7 |
| NAME | POS | STATUS | GRADE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sean Fresch | ATH | Committed | 74 |
| Plae Wyatt | CB | Committed | 73 |
| Braedon Nutter | OC | Committed | 73 |
| Devin Gunter | ATH | Committed | 73 |
| Jalen Reeves | DE | Committed | 72 |
