Rice at Notre Dame Game Prediction
PREDICTED
FINAL SCORE
POINT SPREAD
Notre Dame by 49.74
TOTAL POINTS
55
UPDATED
Sunday, October 25, 2026
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RATINGS
Rice
Notre Dame 
|
62
D-
|
Overall |
96
A
|
|
67
D+
|
Power |
99
A+
|
|
67
D+
|
Offensive |
99
A+
|
|
66
D
|
Defensive |
99
A+
|
|
85
B
|
SoS (Current) |
92
A-
|
|
79
C+
|
SoS (Full Season) |
89
B+
|
|
62
D-
|
SoR (Current) |
96
A
|
|
63
D-
|
SoR (Full Season) |
96
A
|
RANKINGS
Rice
Notre Dame
| 131 #282 overall |
Overall | 10 #10 overall |
| 115 #122 overall |
Power | 1 #1 overall |
| 112 #121 overall |
Offensive | 2 #2 overall |
| 116 #123 overall |
Defensive | 1 #1 overall |
| 49 #49 overall |
SoS (Current) | 24 #24 overall |
| 71 #71 overall |
SoS (Full Season) | 37 #37 overall |
Notre Dame#1099%
Rice#1311%Wk 9 (Oct 25), 2026-27: Notre Dame 99%, Rice 1% at Notre Dame.
Notre Dame's win probability against Rice has held at 99% over the last 6 weeks — this matchup has settled.
Notre Dame's win probability against Rice has held at 99% over the last 6 weeks — this matchup has settled.
Notre Dame's win probability against Rice has held at 99% over the last 6 weeks — this matchup has settled.
Notre Dame favored
Rice favored
Even, 50%
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Week-by-week table
| Week | At Rice | Neutral | At Notre Dame |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pre | 99% | 99% | 99% |
| Wk 1 | 97% | 98% | 98% |
| Wk 2 | 99% | 99% | 99% |
| Wk 3 | 99% | 99% | 99% |
| Wk 4 | 98% | 98% | 99% |
| Wk 5 | 99% | 99% | 99% |
| Wk 6 | 98% | 98% | 99% |
| Wk 7 | 99% | 99% | 99% |
| Wk 8 | 99% | 99% | 99% |
| Wk 9 | 99% | 99% | 99% |
RECORDS
Rice
Notre Dame
|
0-1 (0%) |
Head to Head |
1-0 (100%) |
|
1-7 (12.5%) |
Overall |
6-1 (85.7%) |
|
1-3 (25%) |
Home |
3-0 (100%) |
|
0-4 (0%) |
Away |
2-1 (66.7%) |
|
0-2 (0%) |
Versus FBS Top 25 |
1-1 (50%) |
|
1-6 (14.3%) |
Versus > .500 Teams |
3-1 (75%) |
|
0-1 (0%) |
Versus < .500 Teams |
3-0 (100%) |
|
0-5 (0%) |
Last 5 Games |
4-1 (80%) |
SUPERLATIVES
Rice
Notre Dame
| #256 Houston Christian | Best Win | #25 Wisconsin |
| #176 East Carolina | Worst Loss | #11 Brigham Young |
| 28 pts vs #256 Houston Christian | Largest MOV | 52 pts vs #282 Rice |
| 52 pts vs #10 Notre Dame | Largest MOD | 4 pts vs #11 Brigham Young |
OTHER STATISTICS
Rice
Notre Dame
| 21 | Points per Game | 41.1 |
| 31.8 | Points Against | 13.4 |
| 20.8 | Home PPG | 45.7 |
| 21.3 | Home PA | 5.7 |
| 21.3 | Away PPG | 36.7 |
| 42.3 | Away PA | 21.3 |
| 38-22 | Opponent Record | 25-27 |
| 111.8 | Avg Opponent Rank | 83 |
| L 7 | Longest Streak | W 6 |
| L 7 | Current Streak | L 1 |
RECENT OPPONENTS
Rice
Notre Dame
| Oct 24 | at Florida Atlantic (5-2) | L49-51 | Oct 17 | at #11 Brigham Young (6-1) | L24-28 |
| Oct 17 | vs Tulsa (4-4) | L17-38 | Oct 10 | vs Stanford (4-4) | W58-7 |
| Oct 10 | at East Carolina (3-4) | L12-28 | Oct 3 | at North Carolina (4-3) | W37-26 |
| Oct 3 | vs #21 Texas-San Antonio (7-1) | L14-16 | Sep 26 | at Purdue (3-4) | W49-10 |
| Sep 26 | at Fresno St (4-3) | L24-38 | Sep 19 | vs Michigan St (2-6) | W27-10 |
| Sep 19 | vs Western Michigan (5-3) | L21-28 | Sep 12 | vs Rice (1-7) | W52-0 |
| Sep 12 | at #10 Notre Dame (6-1) | L0-52 | Sep 6 | #25 Wisconsin (5-2) | W41-13 |
| Sep 5 | vs Houston Christian (4-4) | W31-3 |