Rice Owls Poll History

Seasons: 112 (1914 to 2025)

Record (W-L-T): 493-667-32

Adjusted Record (W-L-T): 494-666-32

Conferences: American, CUSA, WAC, SWC, Ind

Conf. Championships: 8

Bowl Record: 15 Bowls, 7-8, .467 W-L% (Major Bowls)

Ranked in AP Poll: 3 Times (Preseason), 7 Times (Final), 69 Weeks (Total)

Ranked in CFP Rankings: 0 Times (Final), 0 Weeks (Total)

Stadium: Rice Stadium (cap. 70,000)

Location: Houston, Texas

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AP Polls

AP Polls Table
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
1	1961	2	1961-09-25	7
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
2	1960	6	1960-10-17	20
3	1960	7	1960-10-24	13	20	7
4	1960	8	1960-10-31	10	13	3
5	1960	9	1960-11-07	16	10	6
6	1960	10	1960-11-14	14	16	2
7	1960	11	1960-11-21	12	14	2
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
8	1958	7	1958-10-27	14
9	1958	8	1958-11-03	13	14	1
10	1958	9	1958-11-10	17	13	4
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
11	1957	2	1957-09-23	18
12	1957	4	1957-10-07	15
13	1957	5	1957-10-14	19	15	4
14	1957	6	1957-10-21	13	19	6
15	1957	9	1957-11-11	20
16	1957	10	1957-11-18	13	20	7
17	1957	11	1957-11-25	9	13	4
18	1957	12	Final	8	9	1
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
19	1955	1	Preseason	11	NA	—
20	1955	2	1955-09-19	13	11	2
21	1955	3	1955-09-26	11	13	2
22	1955	5	1955-10-10	15
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
23	1954	1	Preseason	16	NA	—
24	1954	2	1954-09-20	13	16	3
25	1954	3	1954-09-27	16	13	3
26	1954	4	1954-10-04	11	16	5
27	1954	5	1954-10-11	15	11	4
28	1954	7	1954-10-25	19
29	1954	8	1954-11-01	15	19	4
30	1954	12	Final	19
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
31	1953	1	Preseason	12	NA	—
32	1953	2	1953-09-28	14	12	2
33	1953	3	1953-10-05	11	14	3
34	1953	4	1953-10-12	11	11
35	1953	6	1953-10-26	12
36	1953	8	1953-11-09	16
37	1953	9	1953-11-16	10	16	6
38	1953	10	1953-11-23	8	10	2
39	1953	11	Final	6	8	2
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
40	1952	2	1952-09-29	17
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
41	1951	8	1951-11-12	19
42	1951	9	1951-11-19	18	19	1
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
43	1950	3	1950-10-09	15
44	1950	4	1950-10-16	15	15
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
45	1949	3	1949-10-17	9
46	1949	4	1949-10-24	5	9	4
47	1949	5	1949-10-31	8	5	3
48	1949	6	1949-11-07	7	8	1
49	1949	7	1949-11-14	6	7	1
50	1949	8	1949-11-21	7	6	1
51	1949	9	Final	5	7	2
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
52	1947	1	1947-10-06	16	NA	—
53	1947	2	1947-10-13	15	16	1
54	1947	7	1947-11-17	20
55	1947	8	1947-11-24	18	20	2
56	1947	9	1947-12-01	17	18	1
57	1947	10	Final	18	17	1
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
58	1946	2	1946-10-14	16
59	1946	3	1946-10-21	16	16
60	1946	4	1946-10-28	8	16	8
61	1946	5	1946-11-04	5	8	3
62	1946	6	1946-11-11	14	5	9
63	1946	7	1946-11-18	12	14	2
64	1946	8	1946-11-25	13	12	1
65	1946	9	Final	10	13	3
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
66	1941	1	1941-10-13	12	NA	—
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
67	1937	4	1937-11-08	15
68	1937	5	1937-11-15	15	15
69	1937	7	Final	18

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