Where Rice Stands Out Football Standouts 2026

1-6 · American Athletic

  1. Passing yards / game

    Extreme · Style

    78.7

    3rd-fewest of 138 teams

    -2.9 SD from the average of 228.8

  2. Points / game

    Outlier · Weakness

    17.0

    8th-fewest of 138 teams

    -1.6 SD from the average of 29.0

  3. Rushing yards / game

    Outlier · Style

    239.9

    7th-most of 138 teams

    +1.5 SD from the average of 165.6

  4. 3rd down conversion

    Notable · Weakness

    30.3%

    6th-lowest of 138 teams

    -1.5 SD from the average of 41.0%

  5. Point margin / game

    Notable · Weakness

    -12.0

    10th-lowest of 138 teams

    -1.5 SD from the average of +5.1

  6. Takeaways / game

    Notable · Weakness

    0.6

    Tied for 7th-fewest of 138 teams

    -1.4 SD from the average of 1.3

  7. Turnover margin / game

    Notable · Weakness

    -0.9

    11th-lowest of 138 teams

    -1.3 SD from the average of +0.1

  8. Yards / game

    Notable · Weakness

    318.6

    15th-fewest of 138 teams

    -1.2 SD from the average of 394.4

  9. Yards / play

    Notable · Weakness

    5.1

    20th-lowest of 138 teams

    -1.1 SD from the average of 5.9

How these are picked: each stat is compared with every team that has it this season and at least 3 games played (and, for a percentage of tries like 4th downs, at least 10 tries). The team's z-score is its distance from those teams' mean in standard deviations (population SD). A stat is listed at 1.0 SD or more, the largest first, up to 10: Notable from 1.0, Outlier from 1.5, Extreme from 2. Ties share a rank. Only stats counted in the box score, and ratios worked out from them - no other source's model numbers, such as EPA. From every game played, postseason included, not adjusted for the opponents faced.