Our power rankings have North Texas -4. Going with road teams off a 15-point or more loss, in a clash of two teams that are middling on defense (allowing 67-74 points per game) is a fantastic 633-507.

Rice lives off the three-point shot and North Texas defends it well holding teams to 1.4 percent below their normal season average. North Texas has a conference road win at Marshall. NT also claimed a 61-41 victory at Texas A&M earlier this season, with a 3-4 straight up overall mark in road games. That is actually rock solid as they play at a bad team tonight.