Hokies, Dawgs take on all comers

Which teams are taking the nonconference hard road this season? Which ones have a soft landing? Mark Schlabach examines the schedules.

...TX - SEPTEMBER 20: Defensive end Brian Orakpo #98 of the Texas Longhorns celebrates after sacking quarterback Chase Clement #16 of the Rice Owls in the fourth quarter on September 20, 2008 at Darrell K...

Rice rolls Western Michigan for first bowl win since '54

Chase Clement threw three touchdown passes, ran for a score and caught a TD pass from Jarett Dillard to lead the Owls to a 38-14 win over the Broncos at Reliant Stadium on Tuesday night.

Dec 30, 2008; Houston, TX, USA; Rice Owls quarterback Chase Clement (16) celebrates after scoring a touchdown against the Western Michigan Broncos in the first quarter of...

W. Michigan-Rice Preview

W. Michigan-Rice Preview

Noles, Ducks, Yellow Jackets look like bowl winners

Bruce Feldman rolls out his second set of bowl predictions.

College Bowl Mania: Game-by-game picks

Will Harris provides his picks and confidence points for the Bowl Mania contest.

Best (or worst) in show: Ranking all 34 bowls

Bowl season has arrived, but not every game is created equal. See how Mark Schlabach ranks all 34 bowl games.

Rice 56, Houston 42

Rice 56, Houston 42

...end Brian Orakpo #98 and defensive tackle Roy Miller #99 of the Texas Longhorns sack quarterback Chase Clement #16 of the Rice Owls in the fourth quarter on September 20, 2008 at Darrell K...

Rice 35, Marshall 10

Rice 35, Marshall 10

Clement sets C-USA TD mark as Rice rolls Army

Chase Clement threw three touchdown passes, breaking the Conference USA record to lead Rice to a 38-31 win over Army on Saturday.

Rice 49, UTEP 44

Rice 49, UTEP 44

Rice 42, Tulane 17

Rice 42, Tulane 17

On The Mark: Sizing up conference races

Conference Races The first BCS standings were released Sunday and, as expected, Texas, Alabama and Penn State grabbed the top three spots. But if tw...