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2026 Week 3 Houston Cougars Rankings

Main Poll Voters

User Rank Reason
SIMBONEGTP 9
Noelthemexican 10
Terminal_BAS 10
GeauxTri 11
RiffRamBahZoo 11
Casaiir 12
CommodoreN7 12
MainPeanut25 12
MrTheSpork 12
owl_man 12
Staind075 12
Bank_Gothic 13
Justanother_0 13 (!!!) In the mix for the Big XII race. Should they come out of Lubbock as winners, they’re in the drivers seat to Arlington.
Ruhrgebietheld 13
aggiebruin27 14
BUSean 14
EpicSchwinn 14
frumious88 14
Pikachu1989 14
T-nawtical 14
ch1l1_ch33s3 15
cyberchaox 15
mcdsmaster8824 15
plannedsickdays 15
SufferingfOrLife 15 ↑2

Result: (W) 77-6 Southern
Ch-i-ef 16
CptCheese 16
cvsprinter1 16
JustAManAndHisLaptop 16
Striker743 16
SwissArmyScythe 16 +3
thescottula 16
xX_GIGA_MAN_Xx 16 (+4) There was a brief period in 2024 when they hired Willie Fritz and they were bad and I thought that he was a bust. Just so you know how much value to put in these rankings
AJ_CC 17
AllHawkeyesGoToHell 17
Corgi_Koala 17
jrich960608 17
jrluhn 17
Pyromania1983 17 I'm buying tons of stock in Houston this year. The offense was ROLLING in Week 2 and the team's mostly favorable schedule will allow them to be a contender for Big 12 champion by season's end. Looking forward to seeing them more this season.
Rakarei 17
romulusjsp 17
samspopguy 17
Shion314 17
sickmemes48 17
SlaminSammons 17
TDenverFan 17
the_neverdoctor 17
tomdawg0022 17
_fastball 18
BallSoHerd 18
BananaBouquet 18
Doogitywoogity 18 Beating up on Southern didn’t tell me too much but it was the domination I said they’d need. I am still unimpressed by the Oregon State game. Tech gives them a chance to prove it.
HelioOne 18
KansasEF5Tornado 18
Muffinnnnnnn 18
redwave2505 18
SCsprinter13 18
sgtshenanigans 18
strikersteve60 18
TaylorLeprechaun 18 NR
texas2089 18
Blazeth 19
Conn3er 19
Corporal_Hicks 19
DarthYoda2594 19
Drexlore 19
Dropbackandpunt 19
elnino550 19
grjohnst 19
hascogrande 19
Helifino 19
IAmAChemicalEngineer 19
monkeymatt1836 19
shifty1032231 19
sirvalkyerie 19
spmartin1993 19
TheNSAAgent777 19
Zloggt 19
BearsAreGreat1 20
Bereft13 20 Power: 21, SoR: 16; LW: NR (31)
chillmagic420 20
Euphoric_Relative_13 20
ewolfy13 20
grey_pilgrim_ 20
HideNZeke 20
Jakesnake42 20 MASSIVE game @ Texas Tech coming up this week. Last Week: #23
nemoran 20
OldCoaly 20
PSUMediaPA 20
RollWarTideEagle 20
soonerfreak 20
StFuzzySlippers 20
tks231 20
w8w8 20
WarEagle9 20
Xy13 20
12panther 21
Aidanj927 21
ALStark69 21 0; BTA

Biggest riser: Tennessee (NR->14)
bannista7 21
BuckeyeForLife95 21 (1+0) X (55/13) X (562/261.5) = 9.09
CambodianDrywall 21
Cassiyus 21
Cecil_Hardboner 21
ChaseTheFalcon 21
DarkLegend64 21
deadtofall12 21
diehardcubforever 21
djowen68 21
jmac_21 21
malowry0124 21
MemeofMemeJTG999999 21 (2-0) (up 2)
W: 77-6 vs Southern (1-2)
Next Week: @ #12 Texas Tech (2-0) (JTGOTW)
Projected Bowl: Pop-Tarts Bowl vs Virginia
one98d 21
Pure_Protein_Machine 21
RegionalBias 21
seaotter2 21
Sometimeswelose 21
sroach91 21
Techwid 21
Blooblod 22
brucewaynewins 22
dschinghiskhan 22
flyingcircusdog 22 Two good wins against really easy competition
Jerrywelfare 22
jonstark19 22
ManiacalBlazer 22
scronko 22
SteemieRayVaughn 22
True_Ad5324 22
Versigot 22
DavoinShower-handle 23
dukemetoo 23
galacticdude7 23
JBonkies 23
JustinMSU21 23
laprasrules 23
Luigiatl 23
PeteyNice 23
TheReformedBadger 23
titansfan174 23
TolkienFan71 23
Acm0028 24
daredassdude 24
Mr_Brews 24
owlalwaysloveyew 24
Roscoe_Filburn 24
SpadeRyker 24
ToeInDigDeep 24 Oregon State has played two top-25 teams very close and are a tougher opponent and therefore a more impressive win than they're being given credit for. Drubbing of Southern keeps 'em rolling. Real test coming up this Friday night.
ya111101 24
cornholesurfer 25
IceColdDrPepper_Here 25
kflinderman 25

Provisional Poll Voters

User Rank Reason
Star_Wars_Sith 10
beckett929 12
Devintheroaster 13 783.38
DillyDillySzn 13
thehornedlamb 13
BlueRFR3100 14
isrealball 14
jtchr33 14 Jump on the Houston train while you still can. Houston/BYU big 12 champ would be interesting
LeCowboySolitaire 14
Pure-Shirt-5831 14
ChiTrojan2 15
Perryapsis 15
samtaylor92 15
bigred91224 16
Crelc3 16
DirectTop8624 16
EL-YEO 16
Ethanol-Muffins 16
geordieColt88 16
KansasChaser2021 16
LightningDusty 16 ↑3
LonghornInNebraska 16
MyAngelMiraidon 16 Houston feels good still but mortal. Also they won against Oregon State by 13 where as Tech was by 11.
Nervous_Metal_9445 16
ValarMorghulis_17 16
_THE__BOULDER_ 17 Solid 77-6 win over a cupcake match up in Southern University. They play TTech next week, let's see what happens.
Kareem89086 17
Living_Human 17 71.28
myworld3 17
SomerandomIDFBfan 17
SportsCat4 17
39_Ringo 18
Impossible-Still-349 18 (+1)
logace444444444 18
RJTrey 18
The_Good_General 18
TyRoland06 18
70277027 19
AoA_nB1 19 Fully expect them to beat TTU this Friday
Blazemaster77 19
buccaneerboy22 19
Esb5415 19
fm22fnam 19
josh55134 19
kevinsdomain 19
meristematic 19
Repulsive_Rub6443 19
S3G 19
SpectralHydra 19
TomorrowFinal6642 19
bruhstevenson 20
DesignerClub1887 20
DwayneBaconStan 20
jis024 20 A high-quality win against Ore State and an offensive and defensive showcase against Southern has me feeling great about Houston in the T-20.
Josh_historybuff 20 77-6 vs FCS
jwrtf 20
mr_longfellow_deeds 20
Neither_Call2913 20 Houston has in recent years shown they’re not bad at football. I believe they have a chance at doing well this year.
Noahsince2002 20
Rishik01 20
Salmon-Dude 20
Select-Edge-3262 20 +6
tbraptors 20
Tch267702 20
ab317 21
gonshpreds1 21
NoOutdoorSoup 21
requiemsux 21
Sflabuckeye13 21
ted1995 21
The_Stratman 21
UnableToBelieveIt 21
_Junk_Rat_ 22
Aggravating-Steak-69 22
dee3Poh 22 .150
GrimmacingGrinny 22
JackWK_Gaming 22
meta_irl 22
Protoco2 22
SaguaroCactus19 22
saquad69 22
Small_Company_5697 22
Spazzatack 22
Tortillero96 22 W (2-0) H +71 vs Southern U (unranked)
W (1-0) H +13 vs Oregon State (unranked)
divey043 23
Flaky_Bit6733 23
geauxsaints777 23
Klightgrove 23
loneSTAR_06 23
Midnight-Mustang 23
MisguidedPassion 23
Original_Profile8600 23
SignificanceFirm2398 23
WBLwiffleball 23
JJones927 24
Ok_Significance_3803 24
hiiightide 25
JCNoles 25
NA_Faker 25
newSomberMan 25 Considered: Washington, Missouri, Kansas State, Tulsa, Oklahoma State
Piptit 25
PrideSax711 25
WRSpill 25 (NR) Next 5: Duke, Virginia Tech, Mississippi State, NDSU, Nebraska
Blue = Human
Red = Computer
Green = Hybrid

Bold = before the AP poll was published
Normal = after the AP poll was published

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