Rice University preparing to 'step up' and compete as big move to AAC set for July 1

'It's a step up in competition and in the commitment to athletics the conference requires you to make,' Rice head football coach Mike Bloomgren told ABC13.

Eyewitness Sports gets some insight from the Rice Owls head football coach as the university moves to a new league on July 1.On Saturday, Rice University will change athletic conferences for the first time in nearly two decades.

Effective July 1, the Owls are leaving Conference USA - their home since 2005- to join the American Athletic Conference.Rice Owls' AAC debut season kicks off with chance to snap 15-game losing streak to Texas Longhorns The Owls already have 10 commitments from football recruits in the class of 2024. Six of those 10 are local players from the Greater Houston area.

Rice finished with a record of 5-8 in 2022 - a campaign that included the program's first bowl game since 2014.Rice, North Texas and UT-San Antonio head to AAC as part of the great conference realignment of 2021

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