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2026 Week 5 Houston Cougars Rankings

Main Poll Voters

User	Rank	Reason
cinciforthewin	13
Drexlore	13
Tarmacked	14	Georgia Southern really loved kicking around your defense after I stuck my neck out for you, huh? Come on Big 12, clean it up.
ch1l1_ch33s3	15
nemoran	15
Staind075	15
joebob431	16
Laschoni	16
MrTheSpork	16
spsellers	16
BananaBouquet	17
Cassiyus	17
diehardcubforever	17
EpicSchwinn	17
flyingcircusdog	17
PeteyNice	17
SlaminSammons	17
BallSoHerd	18
Corgi_Koala	18
cornholesurfer	18
ewolfy13	18
hascogrande	18
Helifino	18
Justanother_0	18
KJdkaslknv	18
nbingham196	18
soonerfreak	18
SufferingfOrLife	18
T-nawtical	18
TaylorLeprechaun	18	+4
tjstanley	18
Xtremeloco	18
Acm0028	19
Buckeyes2010	19
BUSean	19
ChemicalOle	19
chweris	19
DarthYoda2594	19
dschinghiskhan	19
elnino550	19
JBonkies	19
jjjoebox	19
jrich960608	19	Beat a nobody but I still believe in them even after the Tech loss. I want a rematch neutral field!
MainPeanut25	19
Muffinnnnnnn	19
noodlethebear	19
pileatedloon	19
Pure_Protein_Machine	19
redrumsoxLoL	19	The Cougars looked strong on offense against Georgia Southern but you may have hoped for more from their defense in that match up. Still this is a very fun team to watch if you love textbook football.
romulusjsp	19
seaotter2	19
shifty1032231	19
SwissArmyScythe	19	--
texas2089	19
a_bit_of_a_misnomer_	20
BorisNumber1	20
brucewaynewins	20
budget_um	20	Moved up for reasons unrelated to Georgia Southern
Corporal_Hicks	20
deadtofall12	20
e8odie	20
fourpinz8	20
galacticdude7	20	Predicted Record: 10-2 Losses: @Texas Tech (26-28), @Utah
GatorBolt	20	Well on their way to having another sneaky good year.
grey_pilgrim_	20
grtgbln	20
IceColdDrPepper_Here	20
jonstark19	20
jrluhn	20
JustinMSU21	20
MADBuc49	20	+2
one98d	20
Polarbear1914	20
redwave2505	20
RollWarTideEagle	20
scronko	20
StFuzzySlippers	20
strikersteve60	20
TDenverFan	20
Techwid	20
the_neverdoctor	20
thomasosu	20
tomdawg0022	20
TossedRightOut	20
Wescat	20
blahblehblahwhoru	21
boxbeat	21
CambodianDrywall	21
Casaiir	21
conchobor	21
frone	21
GeauxTri	21
GoBlueScrewOSU7	21
mellolizard	21
ryseing	21
SCsprinter13	21
SteemieRayVaughn	21
TheNSAAgent777	21
TimeBroken	21
Zef_Apollo	21
Zloggt	21
Aidanj927	22
Bereft13	22	Power: 22, SoR: 31; LW: 23
Blazeth	22
DampFrijoles	22
DavoinShower-handle	22
Euphoric_Relative_13	22
HelioOne	22
IAmAChemicalEngineer	22
jalexjsmithj	22
Lefunnymaymays4lief	22	(-) Boxscore watchers beware: Clay Helton doesn’t get wins, but boy does he ever backdoor cover. Offensively still look potent, Weigman was quite the successful reclamation project for Fritz
malowry0124	22
nin478	22
Pikachu1989	22
Rakarei	22
RegionalBias	22
samspopguy	22
sgtshenanigans	22	Houston only has one loss and it was a close one to Texas Tech. While it's hard to tell if Texas Tech is as good as their current ranking I have to give them the benefit of the doubt at this point and Houston kept the game close.
Texasagsman	22
titansfan174	22
xX_GIGA_MAN_Xx	22	(-1)
AJ_CC	23
Bank_Gothic	23	I like the Coogs. The win over Oregon State will continue to age well and the close loss to Tech on the road doesn't hurt them much. Letting Georgia Southern score 28 points actually gives me more pause than anything. Houston has some good tests coming up (UCF, OSU, and Utah) and I will happily move them up as they rack up wins. I think this team has a top-15 feel to it, with a top-10 ceiling, but I need to see more to confirm.
bannista7	23
BuckeyeForLife95	23	(0.75+0.44) X (44.5/20.5) X (505.75/325.75) = 4.00
ChaseTheFalcon	23
DarkLegend64	23
digdat0	23	23. Houston — Score: 0.127 | Results: 0.851, SOS Rank: #40, Quality: 0.059, Recency: 0.000 | T10W: 0, T25W: 0, T50W: 1, Off Rk: #6, Def Rk: #67
Doogitywoogity	23	Fine win over Ga So. TTU still isn’t a penalty at this point.
G-Aardvark	23
jmac_21	23
laprasrules	23
Luigiatl	23
RedBarracuda25	23
RheagarTargaryen	23
RiffRamBahZoo	23
royrules22	23
sickmemes48	23
SIMBONEGTP	23
sirgippy	23	GippyRank expected rank: 20.2. Central 80% interval: 6–41. Top-25 probability: 74%.
sirvalkyerie	23
sroach91	23
tks231	23
TopGoose	23
WarEagle9	23
_fastball	24
aggiebruin27	24
AlexanderComet	24
AlphaH4wk	24
daredassdude	24
djowen68	24
fredmerc111	24
fshi	24
ikindalikelemons	24
Jakesnake42	24	Not exactly a great bounceback performance this week against GaSo...might be a good time to have their bye. Last Week: #25
monkeymatt1836	24
Our-Gardian-Angel	24
Terminal_BAS	24
TheUltimate721	24
udderlymoovelous	24
BendrickLamar19	25
bretticus733	25
KansasEF5Tornado	25
MahjongDaily	25
Pollaski	25
r0sco	25
Roscoe_Filburn	25
TheReformedBadger	25

Provisional Poll Voters

User	Rank	Reason
Noahsince2002	13
AliceisStoned	14
jtchr33	14
NNul	14
EL-YEO	15
Impossible-Still-349	15	(+3) just like Iowa last week, got here bc no one else could fit in
logace444444444	15
MisguidedPassion	15
Real-Plant-5722	15	I dunno.
_THE__BOULDER_	16	Houston is another team I like but don't necessarily like the fact that I have them ranked this highly. I'm just not sure other teams deserve to be ranked at 16 over Houston. Although GA Southern is not a bad Sun Belt team (2 of their 3 losses are from P4 teams, Clemson and now Houston), they gave up more points to GA Southern than I would have liked. GA Southern managed to tie it up at 14 midway through Q2, but Houston pulled away again before half by going up 28-14, and then even further by going up 35-14 in Q3. As a result, while it got a tad scary, Houston was not in much trouble in this game, but I would like to see a better defensive performance from them going forward. Conner Weigman looked good again, going 17/22 for 4TDs and 240 yards. The Houston O-Line stood pretty strong and managed to prevent any sacks or TFLs, as well as assist in over 200 yards rushing, with Re'Shaun Sanford II going 120 yards on 17 carries. I did not want to necessarily move Houston up from last week (I had them ranked 17th), but they really moved up due to others in front of them moving down. Houston does have some interesting games a few weeks out, with OKST, Utah, and WVU on the schedule, but their next couple games are against UCF and Kansas St, and I think Houston should be able to keep things rolling through those games.
bolts_win_again	16
Crelc3	16
Kyrosiv	16
LightningDusty	16	↓3
LonghornInNebraska	16
myworld3	16
Spazzatack	16
Star_Wars_Sith	16
beckett929	17
buccaneerboy22	17
DillyDillySzn	17
Hastronaut	17
KansasChaser2021	17
loneSTAR_06	17
Nervous_Metal_9445	17	+5
NoOutdoorSoup	17
RJTrey	17
SomerandomIDFBfan	17
AoA_nB1	18	Another team that I don’t know what to make of
ChiTrojan2	18
Milflover69cbb	18	Yeah sure why not
OG_Felwinter	18
dawgfan24348	19
Ethanol-Muffins	19
geordieColt88	19
gonshpreds1	19
Intelligent_Fix_6972	19
JackWK_Gaming	19
KevinDoesSports	19	Besides Texas Tech (who is top 10), they've handled their opponents, top 20.
Key_Solution_4076	19
Klightgrove	19
NC_Pineapple	19
Salmon-Dude	19
samtaylor92	19
SpectralHydra	19
ted1995	19
thehornedlamb	19
Underground_Bread	19
WBLwiffleball	19
BoilerUp28	20
FindGreatness23	20
Flaky_Bit6733	20
FuzzyDunlop911	20
hbh110	20
hiiightide	20
jibberishdhyukl	20
Kareem89086	20
meristematic	20
Mission_Pay_3373	20
PersianGuitarist	20
Repulsive_Rub6443	20
SignificanceFirm2398	20
Small_Company_5697	20
spaceblev11	20
TheBeekman8	20
d1sportsball	21	Struggled at Georgia Southern, as did Tech with Sam Houston
DesignerClub1887	21
HHunko13	21
JJones927	21
jwrtf	21
Lucaball3r	21
newSomberMan	21
Select-Edge-3262	21	-3
SportsCat4	21
Tch267702	21
_Junk_Rat_	22
dee3Poh	22	.120* (Human only)
Floridamanontherun	22
idnttcrisis	22
Isthmus11	22	3-1, another win against a bad team
JKess207	22
mr_longfellow_deeds	22
n8TLfan	22
Ok_Boysenberry716	22
Pure-Shirt-5831	22
Rishik01	22
Esb5415	23
irishspring4521	23
NA_Faker	23
ResearchFlaky5912	23	Houston only beats Georgia Southern by 14. Still, they played #10 pretty evenly for ~most~ of the game. They rise one spot despite a lot of teams falling out that were in front of them.
tbraptors	23
TomorrowFinal6642	23
70277027	24
ArlyntheAwesome	24	my XII bias is strong, this should probably be another ACC team since i've only got 3 of them in here but I just don't like any of the options there as much as I like Houston.
bigian52	24
bigred91224	24
CaptainSpaceYeti	24
divey043	24
GrimmacingGrinny	24
LegionMammal978	24	[T24.] (+15) GS .891, TS −175.
Menktenk	24
MyAngelMiraidon	24	-1 - Beat Georgia Southern, kept in ranklist due to Texas Tech close loss
New_Prior2253	24
noah_divine	24
rt13wx	24
Sflabuckeye13	24
shouldajustsaid_yeah	24
Tortillero96	24	W (3-1) A +14 vs GA Southern (unranked) L (2-1) A -2 vs Texas Tech (12) W (2-0) H +71 vs Southern U (unranked) W (1-0) H +13 vs Oregon State (unranked)
TyRoland06	24
chief_sitass	25
kevinsdomain	25
MotherQuocer	25
Piptit	25
SaguaroCactus19	25
thatoneguyD13	25	Tier 4.
Yelich04	25	- (Wish they won by more this week, but they played Texas Tech real close, they beat an Oregon State team that I think is pretty good, we'll learn more over the next few weeks but at the moment, they are good enough to rank.) SOME NOTES ABOUT TEAMS BELOW Pitt - Undefeated, but unimpressive besides the Miami (OH) game. Wins are wins and beating UCF and Syracuse are wins over P4 teams... but I don't think those are good P4 teams. So 4-0 is 4-0 and I can't take that away, I can't put them in over Houston who looked good vs. Texas Tech. West Virginia - West Virginia looks good! Close game with Oklahoma State, great win over Virginia. They're feisty. Not higher though because their loss is worse than Houston's, and Pitt is undefeated and has decent wins. Virginia - Loss to WVU is rough but they still look good. The Delaware and NC State wins were dominant and I think both of those teams are of a similar quality (solid). Michigan - I am counting them as 1 loss, though I should call them 2 loss. Great half team here and the Oklahoma win is more impressive than most of the wins below this. And their loss to Iowa was as close as close gets. Not higher because they don't deserve it. Missouri - Kansas isn't great, they played Troy close and I don't think Troy is very good. But they played a very good Mississippi State team close on the road. Missouri is a good team. But I need it proven with a good win for me to boost them. Cincinnati - I went to Cincy vs. K State! What a great time! Cincinnati's Miami (OH) first half is still haunting. I don't care if they are 4-0, I don't care I live in Cincinnati now and I root for this team. I don't trust these guys at all. James Madison - They should go 12-0. They're only not higher because I did not like how they played Liberty, but JMU is very good. Boise State - I wanted Western Michigan to win very bad but Boise State is probably the best G5 team. Kentucky - A&M win looks worse now. And they struggled a bit this week with South Alabama. USC - That resume sucks. Fresno State win is good but everything else stinks.

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Green = Hybrid

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