Week 5
Rice Stadium

UTSA @ Rice , Week 5, Oct 3, 2026

0-0 American Power rating: 1.4
0-0 American Power rating: -15.3

Is there value in the UTSA vs Rice line?

Market line
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PM Implied
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Blue Chip model
UTSA -13.8
Edge
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◂ favors UTSAfavors RICE ▸
‹ 16.7 UTSA
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1 UTSA1 RICE2 UTSA2 RICE3 UTSA3 RICEModel: UTSA -13.8

UTSA (power rating: 1.4) carries a 16.7-point advantage over Rice (-15.3) on a neutral field per Blue Chip Analytics. Rice's home field (Blue Chip HFA: 2.7) narrows that gap at Rice Stadium. Beyond home field, the model reads only a slight effect from the warm conditions. The weather component is provisional until the game-time reading is confirmed. Adjust the factors in the tool above to test your own numbers.

Does weather affect UTSA vs Rice at Rice Stadium?

The latest reading for Rice Stadium shows Partly Cloudy, 80°F, heat index 85°F with winds of 4 mph. Weather is not expected to be a meaningful factor in this game. It was taken before the ~10-day forecast window opened, so it describes the furthest hour the forecast reached rather than kickoff itself, and it is replaced once the game comes inside the window. Weather data is sourced from WeatherAPI.com.

How do UTSA and Rice compare on power ratings?

Blue Chip Analytics power ratings favor UTSA (1.4) over Rice (-15.3) by 16.7 points on a neutral field. Despite playing at home, Rice faces a power rating deficit. Check whether the market spread accounts for this gap. Rice brings a meaningful home field advantage to this matchup (Blue Chip HFA: 2.7). Add this to the neutral-site differential to arrive at a venue-adjusted line.

Blue Chip Analytics power ratings represent expected point margin against an average FBS opponent on a neutral field, calculated from game data sourced via CollegeFootballData.com (CFBD). They are one input: cross-reference with the travel, rest, and weather data above before drawing conclusions.

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Weather

Blue Chip makes this UTSA -13.8. No market line is posted yet for comparison.

Conditions

as of August 22, 2026 Preliminary

Partly Cloudy

80°F

Rain15%
Precip0.00"
Humidity77%
Wind4 mph W
Gusts5 mph
Heat index85°F
Wind map for UTSA at Rice: aerial view of Rice Stadium, wind from the W at 3.6 mph, gusting to 5.4 mph

Quick facts

Week
Week 5
Kickoff (local)
11:00 PM CDT
Venue
Rice Stadium
Capacity
47,000
Elevation
66 ft
Surface
Artificial Turf

Travel and rest

Measure UTSAAway RiceHome
This week186 miles0 miles
Last weekHome game2,974 miles
Season total429 miles4,920 miles
Body clock23:0023:00
Rest7 days6 days

UTSA travels 186 miles to this game, a short road trip. The trip crosses none of the distance or time-zone thresholds that have measured a price, so travel is not a factor here.