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CORRECTION: Rice is Division I in all sports (Conference USA)
Rice University
William Marsh Rice University is located in Houston, Texas. The Rice Owls are a NCAA Division 1 football team that competes in the Western Division. Football games can be seen during the standard college football season that begins in August.
Clemson University is a member of the NCAA Division I as well as a member in the Atlantic Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference.
Rice University was created in 1891.
Presbyterian College (Clinton, SC) is the smallest Division I FCS (Football Championship Subdivision, formerly Division I-AA) school, with 1200 undergraduates. The smallest Division I FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision, formerly Division I-A) school is the University of Tulsa, with 2756 undergraduates. Rice University is the second smallest, with 3054, and Wake Forest University is the third smallest, with 4412.
The University of Dayton (Ohio) Flyers are Division I in basketball, and Division III in football.
Rice University Press was created in 2006.
Luther Rice University was created in 1962.
Baylor University in Waco, Texas and Rice University in Houston, Texas were members of the college athletic conference called the Southwest Conference until it disbanded in 1996. Both private schools in the state of Texas with high academic standards, Baylor and Rice have continued to compete. Baylor is a member of the Big XII South Division while Rice is part of Conference USA.
The University of Dubuque is Division III
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Rice University School of Architecture was created in 1912.