The Texas-San Antonio Road Runners (2-3) will journey to Houston to face off with the Rice Owls (0-5) in a cross-state rivalry contest within Conference USA play. The last meeting between the two in 2015 took place in San Antonio where the Road Runners beat the Owls 34-24. The game will be televised on locally on Bein Sports at 7:00 PM EDT.
Texas-San Antonio Road Runners at Rice Owls Overview
The Road Runners come in off a 55-32 drudging of conference heavyweight Southern Miss at home last week. Overall, the Road Runners are 2-3 on the season and have endured most notably a bitter loss to Arizona State in San Antonio just a few weeks before.
Rice (0-5) enters with a win registered on the season. The Owls have fallen prey to the likes of Western Kentucky, Baylor, Southern Mississippi, North Texas and Army so far this season.
Texas-San Antonio at Rice Betting Trends
- Rice is 3-1 SU in this rivalry series.
- Rice has lost last 5 contests overall.
- Rice is 2-3 ATS in last 5 fixtures.
- Rice has won the last 2 games at home in this series.
Public Money Consensus
Almost all are UTSA against the spread, spotting the road points to the Owls as an incredulous 98% of the public are in on the Road Runners, apparently moving this market 3.5 points from the open as a Pick-Em for both squads. In Over/Under markets, we see the Total Line currently sitting at 57 despite opening at 56.5 in the initial offering.