For FAU, the worry is the defense. Army scored touchdowns on its first 7 possessions and ran for 479 yards on 60 carries, with quarterback Cale Hellums alone putting up 195 yards and 5 scores. That's an ugly tape, but it came against the nation's leading ground game and a triple-option look that Rice doesn't run. How much it tells you about this week depends on whether that was a scheme problem or a tackling problem.
Texas Southern66-10
FAU's 4-2 start is a little softer than it looks. The best win is 38-30 over Navy, and the 66-10 result came against FCS Texas Southern. Still, home has been good to Boca this year. They're unbeaten at Flagler Credit Union Stadium, with wins over Navy, Florida International and Texas Southern. Rice's lone win came before this skid started, and the narrowest of the 5 losses was a 16-14 game against UTSA.
Saturday, October 24 is an early-window game in Boca, and the early forecast calls for light drizzle, 79 degrees and wind around 21 mph. That's a week out and will change, but if the wind holds it matters more for a team throwing 48 times a game than for one grinding it out. Either way, FAU has an easy job on paper: get back to slinging it against a defense that just gave up 38 at home and keep the drives short.