Southern Miss at Rice

Rice still is looking for its first victory while averaging only 17.3 points, which ranks #123 in the country and the Owls are #124 in total yards gained. The Owls tried two quarterbacks in their loss to Texas-San Antonio and Wiley Green and Tom Stewart combined for 20-of-29 for 223 yards and two touchdowns and an interception. Southern Miss had its own problems at the QB position against Louisiana Tech as Jack Abraham was picked off four times. The Golden Eagles managed 110 yards rushing on 3.7 yards per carry and 44 of those yards came from Abraham. Rice has gone UNDER five of its last six following an ATS loss and the Owls are 5-2-2 UNDER their last nine versus teams with winning records dating to last season. Southern Miss is 13-6-1 UNDER its last 20 October games. The Rice offense hasn't shown much all season and it has scored more than 21 points just once. Southern Miss is thin at wide receiver due to injuries. Play this matchup to stay UNDER the total.