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Rice vs Louisiana Prediction 8/30/2025 Today’s College Football Picks
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Rice (0-0) vs Louisiana (0-0)
August 30, 2025 at 08:00 PM EDT
The Line: Betting Odds: Louisiana -11.5 — Over/Under: +47.5
In this article, we will formulate a Rice vs Louisiana Prediction for this College Football Week 1 game on Saturday, August 30th at the Cajun Field at Our Lady of Lourdes Stadium. Let’s take a look at the prediction for this College Football matchup.
Louisiana Preview
Louisiana finished last season with a 10-4 overall record and had a 7-1 conference record in the Sun Belt. Offensively last season, the Ragin’ Cajuns scored 30.9 points per game, while allowing 24.1 points per game defensively. Louisiana averaged 166.4 rushing yards and 248.7 passing yards per game. They allowed 154.2 rushing yards per game and 194.2 passing yards per game.
Ben Wooldridge led the Ragin’ Cajuns last season with 188/328 completed passes and 2,906 total passing yards. He also had 17 touchdowns and 6 interceptions. Chandler Fields had 125/217 passes for 1,409 passing yards and 14 touchdowns, while Lance Legendre added 2/2 passes for 42 passing yards and 2 touchdowns. Elijah Davis led the team in rushing yards, with 882 and 10 touchdowns, while Robert Williams had a team-high 50 caught passes for 836 receiving yards, and had 6 touchdowns. Jacob Bernard caught 48 passes for 689 yards, and 4 touchdowns.
Defensively, K.C. Ossai had a team-high 115 total tackles, 57 of them solo, while Cameron Whitfield had a team-high 6 total sacks, and both Tyrone Lewis Jr. and Tyree Skipper had a team-high 4 interceptions.
Rice Preview
Rice finished last season with a 6-7 overall record and had a 4-4 conference record in the American Athletic Conference. Offensively last season, the Owls scored 26.5 points per game, while allowing 28.3 points per game defensively. Rice averaged 126.5 rushing yards and 276.4 passing yards per game. They allowed 178.3 rushing yards per game and 246.4 passing yards per game.
AJ Padgett led the Owls last season with 174/298 completed passes and 2,572 total passing yards. He also had 17 touchdowns and 9 interceptions. Chase Jenkins had 42/68 passes for 594 passing yards and 5 touchdowns, while Shawqi Itraish added 1/1 passes for 21 passing yards and 1 touchdown. Dean Connors led the team in rushing yards, with 778 and 5 touchdowns, while Luke McCaffrey had a team-high 71 caught passes for 992 receiving yards, and had 11 touchdowns. Rawson MacNeill caught 48 passes for 622 yards, and 5 touchdowns.
Defensively, Myron Morrison had a team-high 103 total tackles, 43 of them solo, while Coleman Coco had a team-high 6.5 total sacks, and Gabriel Taylor had a team-high 3 interceptions.
Rice vs Louisiana Prediction
Rice has won their only meeting against Louisiana back in 2022 by 33-21 at home. Rice managed to cover the -13-point spread, as the game went over the point total.
In this Rice vs Louisiana Prediction, Louisiana is coming -12-point home favorites. Louisiana is coming off a strong campaign last season, and they are facing a Rice team that was winless on the road. The Ragin’ Cajuns were superior both offensively and defensively, but Rice’s passing attack gives them some upset potential, but I don’t think they will pull off an upset in this game. Take the better team, playing their season opener in front of their home crowd to win and cover the spread. Take Louisiana by -11.5 points in this one.
