Southern Mississippi is coming off a bye, which allowed for an extended celebration of its first season of bowl qualification since 2011. They are well rested for this game and playing with revenge from last years loss to Rice by 18 prs.

Southern Miss has been HOT winning 3-straight games by double-digits and their defense continues to get better and lately outstanding in those 3 wins holding opponents to 11ppg.
Rice has dropped 2-in a row at home and they are not that good.

The favorite in this series is 4-0 ATS and again Southern Miss should win this game by double-digits.

S Miss QB Nick Mullens who has 25 tds and is averaging over 320 yards a game and a solid two-man run attack of senior Jalen Richard and sophomore Ito Smith, they're not only going to be bowling but also have a shot at the West Division title. Rice has lost 2 in a row. At 9.6 yards per attempt, only two other teams in FBS are worse against the pass than Rice. I am expecting a BLOWOUT here Saturday afternoon.