Fresh off a win over Penn State one week ago, Pitt now will play hosts to the Rice Owls this evening, at The Pete. The game will tip at 7PM and Vegas has installed Pitt as a favorite by 8.5 points. That could surprise some that it is not bigger, but Rice has the same record as the Panthers, at 8-2.
A closer look at the Rice record shows that have not exactly played a murderous schedule so far. They have lost to Texas Tech and Texas Southern. One of the teams they were victorious over so far this season was Incarnate Word.