2022 LendingTree Bowl Odds and Picks
Rice Owls and Southern Miss Golden Eagles were Conference USA members from 2005-2021. Southern Mississippi, Marshall and Old Dominion left C-USA for the Sun Belt Conference.
The LendingTree Bowl is being broadcast on ESPN on Saturday, December 17 at 5:45 pm ET. The weather forecast is calling for rain, 2 mph wind and a temperature of 49 degrees.
Southern Miss and Rice are playing in the LendingTree Bowl. Southern Miss is 11-10 all-time in bowl games. The over has hit in four of the last five Southern Mississippi games and in 12 of Rice’s last 16 games, and nine of last 12 meetings between the Golden Eagles and Owls went over.
Rice finished 5-7 this season. The APR of .994 out of a possible 1,000 was the highest among the 5 and 7 teams. This is Rice's first bowl game since 2014. They are on a three-game losing skid.
Southern Miss is going to the LendingTree Bowl. The Golden Eagles are 2-0 SU in the Mobile, Alabama-based bowl games. Southern Miss’s signature win this season is a 27-24 victory over the American Athletic Conference champion Tulane Green Wave on September 24.
Rice and Southern Miss meet in the LendingTree Bowl. The series is 6-6. Rice is 4-2 ATS in their last six games against Southern Mississippi.
