This Saturday, both teams will be competing at the Rim Rock Classic hosted by Kansas.
The men's 8K race is scheduled for 9:00 a.m., with the women's 6K race to follow at 10:00 a.m.
Rice women, in spite of their victory last weekend, dropped from #3 to #4 in the latest NCAA South Central poll, due to the impressive effort by SMU at Virginia. At that race, SMU was 2nd, ahead of two ranked teams, Virginia and Syracuse. As a result, SMU jumped to #21 in the national poll.
Women's South Central Poll (September 26, 2016)
1. Arkansas [#10 Nationally]
2. SMU [#21 Nationally]
3. Texas
4.
RICE
5. Baylor
6. Texas A&M
7. Stephen F. Austin
8. Tulane
9. North Texas
10. TCU
Rice won't have much of a chance to impress voters, in that the Kansas field is weak in comparison to a strong field at Notre Dame. Host Kansas (#2 in the Midwest Region) and Indiana (#8 in the Great Lakes Region) will be the toughest teams.
Rice men did not race last weekend, but still moved up one spot to #12 in the latest South Central poll.
Men's South Central Poll (September 26, 2016)
1. Arkansas [#5 (tie) Nationally]
2. Texas [#30 (tie) Nationally]
3. Texas A&M
4. Baylor
5. UT Arlington
6. Lamar
7. North Texas
8. Stephen F. Austin
9. Texas State
10. McNeese State
11. Texas A&M - Corpus Christi
12.
RICE
Results from Kansas will be
HERE about 30 minutes after the races.