RICE UPDATE

Wednesday, September 9, 2026

Selected Rice Athletics Events This Week, September 7-13

Thursday (6 pm CT) – Soccer vs. UL-Monroe  ESPN+
Friday-Sunday – M Tennis at Midland Racquet Club Collegiate Invitational
Friday – WXC/MXC at Rice Invitational
Friday (6 pm CT) – Volleyball vs. #6 Louisville  ESPN+
Sat (2:30 pm CT) – Football vs. #3 Notre Dame  Radio l ESPN+ l GN: Rice l ND
Saturday (4 pm CT) – Volleyball vs. UNI  ESPN+
Sunday (12 pm CT) – Soccer at South Alabama
Sunday (2:30 pm CT) – Volleyball vs. #10 Creighton  ESPN+ 

Selected Rice Non-Athletics Events This Week, September 7-13

Until December 19 – Moody Center: Radiant Geometries
Tuesday (2:30 pm) – Moody Center: Natalia Montoya Lecaros
Wednesday (8:20 am CT) – Baker Event: The Age of Depopulation 
Wednesday (12 pm CT) – CAAAS Speaker Series: Dr Bianca Murillo
Wednesday (12 pm CT) – Revisiting the Task Force l Mellon Sawyer Seminar
Wednesday (4 pm CT) – Play That Funky Music, Woodson
Wednesday (7 pm CT) – Rice Alumni September Virtual Book Club: Colin Cotterill
Thursday (1 pm CT) – Transnational Asia Speaker Series: Marta E Hanson
Thursday (6 pm CT) – Books that Shaped My World with Anne Chao ’05  Sold Out
Thursday (6 pm CT) – SCOPE Science Café: Volcanologist Dr Julia Morgan 
Thursday (6:30 pm CT) – Brains in a Bar: Susannah Wright ’18 and Scott McGill
Friday (4:30 pm CT) – Baker Event: A Conversation with Dr Robert George    
Friday (6 pm CT) – Chicago l A Reception with President Reginald DesRoches
Sunday (9 am CT) – Houston l Bills vs Texans Field Experience and Game
Sunday (10 am CT) – Washington DC l Welcome to the NeighborHOOT
Sunday (9 am CT) – Denver l Welcome to the NeighborHOOT

Shepherd School Events This Week, September 7-13

A listing of Shepherd School events can be found here.

Baseball This Week, June 8-14

College Baseball This Week, June 8-14
Friday (June 12) – Sunday/Monday (June 21/22) – College World Series

Football News

September 9, 2026

Rice Football:
Notre Dame presser quotes and depth chart (The Roost)
Rice l Weekly Presss Conference (Notre Dame Athletics)
Rice rushes to Week 1 Home Win (The Rice Thresher)

College Football:
Yesterday, The Athletic re-ranked 138 college football teams for 2026 after week 1, with Rice improving from 114 to 110. Read here (free content).

Professional Baseball News

September 9, 2026

Player Moves:
Yesterday, Garrett Stratton was assigned from AA Binghamton to AAA Syracuse.

Owls in MLB:
Update: September 8 (The Roost)

MLB/MiLB Scoreboard Yesterday:
Dane Myers (.267) singled and scored for the Reds.  Tristan Gray (.238) went 1-for-3 with a run, a RBI and a walk for AAA St Paul.

Complete Owls stats are here.

College Baseball News

August 29, 2026

Rice Baseball:
Pierce Adds 11 to Roster (Rice Owls) 

Other Sports News

September 9, 2026

Rice Volleyball:
Owls open regular season with 5-game winning streak (The Rice Thresher)

Other News

September 9, 2026

Nathan Citino:
25 years later, a historian reflects on 9/11 and its lasting legacy (Rice News)

Kinder Institute:
Study: What gets people to the polls? (Rice News)

The Rice Thresher:
The Rice Thresher published yesterday.  You can check it out here.

Rice Trivia

September 9, 2026

Trivia Answer:
Johnny Unitas attended the University of Louisville (class of 1955) and became the first quarterback in NFL history to eclipse 40,000 career passing yards.  On Friday, the Owls volleyball team hosts the #6 Cardinals at the Rice Invitational II.  (Thanks, Chris Kohnhorst and Mike Ross!)

Way to go, Bev Schorre, Bryant Wilkinson, Andy Williams, Art Gottschalk, Ann Bixby, George Wagner, Ted Richard, Bob Toone, Martha Proctor Gano, Russell Henderson, Anne Eldredge, Arthur Rogers, Robert Gilmer, Dawn Herrington, Jimmy Disch, James Walker, Clarke Anderson, Susan Zimmerman, Joe Quoyeser, John Montana, Guy Rollins, Scott Wise, Neil Bretthauer, Steve Lukingbeal, Dan Hyde, Betty Bixby, Bill Eiland, Paul Reese, Richard Zansitis, Ty Buthod, Randy Schaffer, Chris Kohnhorst, Larry Nettles, Melinda Clark, Don Schaffer, Kirwin Drouet, Boyd Harrison, Mike Ross, Brian Ford, Steve Brown, Sallie Schwall and Brian Lattimer!

Next trivia question tomorrow!

Rice Update by Alan Shelby
A condensed version of the Update is available by email
Corrections, comments and updates welcome

2026 Schedule and Results

Overall: 35-24 (AC: 16-11)

Date  Opponent  Time
2/13 Northwestern (DH1) W, 7-6
2/13 Northwestern (DH2) W, 3-2
2/15 Northwestern L, 17-6
2/17  Louisiana L, 3-0
2/18  Purdue W, 5-2
2/20 USC L, 5-0
2/21 USC L, 4-1
2/22 USC L, 4-2
2/24 HCU L, 11-8
2/27 Harvard W, 11-7
2/28 Harvard W, 2-1
3/01 Harvard W, 9-0
3/04 Lamar W, 4-1
3/06 Abilene Christian W, 5-4
3/07 Abilene Christian W, 8-6
3/08 Abilene Christian L, 4-1
3/10 Houston L, 13-1
3/13 Saint Mary's W, 6-5
3/13 Grand Canyon W, 16-5
3/14 Grand Canyon W, 13-2
3/15 Saint Mary's L, 11-8
3/17 UTRGV W, 7-3
3/20 USF W, 5-4
3/21 USF L, 2-0
3/22 USF L, 7-2
3/25 HCU W, 10-7
3/27 FL Atlantic L, 6-2
3/28 FL Atlantic W, 5-2
3/29 FL Atlantic W, 8-1
3/31 UTRGV W, 6-4
4/02 UTSA W, 3-2
4/03 UTSA L, 8-0
4/04 UTSA L, 13-0
4/07 Texas A&M-CC W, 18-4
4/10 Charlotte W, 7-5
4/11 Charlotte W, 6-2
4/12 Charlotte W, 3-2
4/15 Sam Houston W, 5-3
4/17 Memphis L, 4-1
4/18 Memphis L, 10-6
4/19 Memphis L, 6-5
4/21 Houston L, 4-3
4/24 Wichita St L, 5-1
4/25 Wichita St W, 3-2
4/26 Wichita St L, 13-3
4/28 Lamar W, 6-5
5/02 UAB (DH1) W, 16-9
5/02 UAB (DH2) W, 12-2
5/03 UAB W, 10-3
5/08 East Carolina W, 10-5
5/09 East Carolina W, 5-3
5/10 East Carolina L, 3-0
5/12 Houston L, 14-3
5/14 Tulane W, 12-0
5/15 Tulane W, 10-6
5/16 Tulane W, 6-5
     
5/19-24 AC Championship
5/19    
5/20    
5/21 Wichita St W, 5-4
5/22 East Carolina L, 4-3
5/22 UAB L, 9-6
5/23    
5/24    
     
5/29-6/1 Regionals  
     
6/5-8 Super Regionals  
     
6/12-22 College World Series