No. 3 Notre Dame takes on Rice in Week 2

Rice (1-0) at No. 3 Notre Dame (1-0), Sept. 12 at 3:30 p.m. EDT.

Opening Line: Notre Dame by 44.5. Against the spread: Notre Dame 1-0, Rice 1-0.

How to watch: NBC/Peacock

Key stats

Notre Dame Offense

Overall: 350 yards per game (97th in FBS)

Passing: 239 yards per game (65th)

Rushing: 111 yards per game (106th)

Scoring: 41 points per game (44th)

Notre Dame Defense

Overall: 284 yards per game (59th in FBS)

Passing: 217 yards per game (86th)

Rushing: 67 yards per game (36th)

Scoring: 13 points per game (48th)

Rice Offense

Overall: 493 yards per game (46th in FBS)

Passing: 28 yards per game (136th)

Rushing: 465 yards per game (3rd)

Scoring: 31 points per game (71st)

Rice Defense

Overall: 244 yards per game (46th in FBS)

Passing: 96 yards per game (18th)

Rushing: 148 yards per game (92nd)

Scoring: 3 points per game (10th)

Notre Dame is 80th in defensive third down percentage, allowing opponents to convert 38.5% of the time. Rice ranks 14th on offense, converting on 64.7% of third downs.

Notre Dame ranks 14th in the FBS with a +2 turnover margin.

Rice ranks 18th in the FBS averaging 30 penalty yards per game.

Notre Dame leads the FBS in red zone offense, scoring on 100% of trips.

Rice ranks 9th in the FBS with an average time of possession of 39:32.

Team leaders

Notre Dame

Passing: C.J. Carr, 239 yards, 2 TDs, 0 INTs, 65.5 completion percentage

Rushing: Aneyas Williams, 90 yards on 20 carries, 2 TDs

Receiving: Jordan Faison, 81 yards on 4 catches, 0 TDs

Rice

Passing: Gael Ochoa, 17 yards, 0 TDs, 0 INTs, 40 completion percentage

Rushing: Tyvonn Byars, 104 yards on 16 carries, 0 TDs

Receiving: Jordan Clark, 11 yards on 1 catch, 0 TDs

Last game

Notre Dame defeated Wisconsin 41-13 on Sept. 6. Carr threw for 239 yards on 19-of-29 attempts (65.5%) with two touchdowns and no interceptions. Williams carried the ball 20 times for 90 yards and scored two touchdowns, adding one reception for 11 yards. Faison recorded 81 yards on four catches.

Rice defeated Houston Christian 31-3 on Sept. 5. Ochoa led Rice with 17 yards on 2-of-5 passing (40.0%) for no touchdowns and no interceptions. He also carried the ball four times for 34 yards and one rushing touchdown. Byars had 104 rushing yards on 16 carries. Davis Lane Jr. had two receptions for 11 yards.

Next game

Notre Dame hosts Michigan State on Sept. 19. Rice hosts Western Michigan on Sept. 19.