.HOUSTON (AP)-- Administrator Connors competed 3 goals, Taji Atkins ran for two more and also Rice swamped FCS-affiliate Texas Southern 69-7 on Saturday.Connors competed 113 yards on 9 transports, an average of 12.6-yards-per carry and composed on pair of 5-yard runs and also a 71-yarder. Atkins possessed 91 backyards on 11 carries and composing runs of 5 and thirty three yards.E.J. Detector threw for 189 backyards, pair of touchdowns and also possessed an interception for Rice (1-1). The Owls outgained the Tigers 533-87 in total yardage as well as counted a pair of touchdowns in the very first, third as well as 4th quarters and also 3 in the second. Rice built a 69-0 lead.Texas Southern (1-1) stayed away from a nothing when Jordan Davis threw a 12-yard composing exchange Kordell Rodgers with 14 few seconds staying. ___ Obtain poll signals as well as updates on the AP Leading 25 throughout the time. Register listed below. AP college regulation football: https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-football-poll and also https://apnews.com/hub/college-football.