Rice vs. UTSA Dunkel Predictions & Vegas Odds - Jan. 14

The Rice Owls (7-10, 1-3 AAC) visit the UTSA Roadrunners (4-12, 0-4 AAC) at UTSA Convocation Center, beginning at 8 p.m. ET on Wednesday, January 14, 2026. The Roadrunners are 5.5-point underdogs in the game. The matchup's point total is set at 145.5.

In its most recent matchup on Sunday, Rice suffered a 74-73 loss to Charlotte. Nick Anderson scored a team-high 23 points for Rice in the loss. UTSA is coming off of an 85-52 loss to Tulane in its last outing on Saturday. Austin Nunez scored 12 points in UTSA's loss, leading the team.

Rice vs. UTSA Odds and Game Time

• When: Wednesday, January 14, 2026 at 8 p.m. ET
• Where: UTSA Convocation Center in San Antonio, Texas
• Spread favorite: Rice -5.5
• Moneyline favorite: Rice -225
• Moneyline underdog: UTSA +185
• Over/Under: 145.5 points

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Betting the Over/Under: Rice vs. UTSA

• This season, Rice and its opponents have combined to outscore Wednesday's over/under of 145.5 points nine times.
• In UTSA's 14 games this season, six finished with more combined points than Wednesday's total of 145.5.
• Together, the two teams combine for 141.7 points per game, 3.8 fewer points than the over/under of 145.5 for this matchup.
• The 151.1 points per game these two teams allow their opponents to score combined this season are 5.6 more than the 145.5-point over/under in this contest.
• This season, the average over/under for Rice's games is 146.9 points, 1.4 more than the total of 145.5 points set for this contest.
• UTSA's games have an average over/under of 145.8 points this season, 0.3 more points than the over/under for this game.

Betting the Spread: Rice vs. UTSA

• Rice is 8-7-0 against the spread this season.
• This season, the Owls have one ATS win in two games as a favorite of 5.5 points or more.
• UTSA has played 14 games, with three wins against the spread.
• This season, the Roadrunners have just one ATS win in eight games as an underdog of 5.5 points or more.
• UTSA has one win against the spread, and is 0-5 overall, at home this year.
• UTSA is winless ATS (0-1) as a 5.5-point underdog or more at home.
• Rice is 3-3 against the spread, and 1-5 overall, in away games.

Betting the Moneyline: Rice vs. UTSA

• This season, Rice has been moneyline favorites six times and won three of those games.
• The Owls have played as a favorite of -225 or more twice this season and won both games.
• Rice has a 69.2% chance to win this game based on the implied probability of the moneyline.
• UTSA has been chosen as moneyline underdogs in 12 games this year and has walked away with the win two times (16.7%) in those games.
• This season, the Roadrunners have been a moneyline underdog of -225 or more six times, losing every contest.
• UTSA has an implied victory probability of 35.1% according to the moneyline set for this matchup.