UTEP vs Rice Odds, Picks & Predictions

UTEP Miners travel to Rice Owls on Thursday, November 3. The Minters are 4-5 and are fighting for a postseason position. Rice is 4.4 and coming off an embarrassing defeat.

UTEP lost 24-13 to Middle Tennessee on Saturday. The Miners are 4-5 on the season and need two wins in their final three games to become bowl eligible. Rice is also struggling and lost to Charlotte last week. The game is on a neutral field. It's a game of two teams with poor records. UTEP's running game has a better chance to win this game. They ran for 101 yards against Middle Tennesse. In the previous game, they ran the ball for 116 yards. Their running backs ran 32 times for 32 yards and 197 yards in the win over FAU.

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Rice is a 3.5-point favorite against UTEP. Rice has lost just once at home this season. UTE has won three of its last five games. The Miners have covered the spread in just four of the last 18 games against Rice. The favorite in the series has covered four out of last 5 times.

UTEP has scored fewer than 25 points in four of its five defeats this season. Rice has held its opponents to 21 or fewer points three times in three of four wins. The total has gone over 48 points over 17 of UTEP's last 21 games in November. The Over is 6-0 in Rice’s last six home games and 4-1 in its last four November games.

Rice is 0-6 ATS in their last six Thursday night games.

UTEP vs Rice is a college football game.