2020 Rice Owls football team

The 2020 Rice Owls football team represented Rice University in the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Owls played their home games at Rice Stadium in Houston, Texas, and competed in the West Division of Conference USA (C–USA). They were led by third-year head coach Mike Bloomgren.

Award watch lists
Listed in the order that they were released

C-USA media poll
The preseason poll will be released prior to the Conference USA media days sometime during summer 2020 via a virtual conference due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Preseason All–C-USA teams
The Preseason team will be released during the Virtual Media Day to be held in the summer of 2020.

Recruiting class
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Schedule
Rice had games scheduled against Lamar, Louisiana Tech, LSU, UTEP, and UTSA which were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.