North Texas vs. Rice

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

1. North Texas’s biggest win2025: North Texas 56, Rice 24by 32 points
2. Rice’s biggest win2008: Rice 77, North Texas 20by 57 points
3. Upset2021: North Texas 30, Rice 24North Texas had a 30% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
4. Upset2019: Rice 20, North Texas 14Rice had a 34% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from North Texas’s side (McCarney 1–⁠2 against Bailiff). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.

Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on).

Viewers: Nielsen, as compiled by nschultz7’s ratings tracker.

Every game is listed as played on the field.

• North Texas vs. SMU43 meetings, North Texas 6–⁠36–⁠1
• North Texas vs. New Mexico State33 meetings, North Texas 22–⁠9–⁠2
• North Texas vs. UTEP31 meetings, North Texas 20–⁠8–⁠3
• North Texas vs. Tulsa27 meetings, North Texas 10–⁠17
• Rice vs. Texas97 meetings, Rice 21–⁠75–⁠1
• Rice vs. SMU91 meetings, Rice 41–⁠49–⁠1
• Rice vs. Baylor82 meetings, Rice 30–⁠50–⁠2
• Rice vs. Texas A&M82 meetings, Rice 27–⁠52–⁠3