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2026 Week 7 Houston Cougars Rankings

Main Poll Voters

User Rank Reason
BosskOnASegway 8 1829.8 -> 1884.8 [+55.0] (#9 -> #8)
samspopguy 8
Noelthemexican 9
digdat0 10 10. Houston — Score: 0.195 | Results: 1.154, SOS Rank: #19, Quality: 0.114, Recency: 0.000 | T10W: 0, T25W: 0, T50W: 2, Off Rk: #11, Def Rk: #21
hythloday1 10
arbadak 11 .814 rating, 5-1, SOS .619 (+5)
ch1l1_ch33s3 11
Drexlore 11
jimbobbypaul 11
ManiacalBlazer 11 80.420, (4-1). Early Oregon State win starting to look good on their resume.
Staind075 11
T-nawtical 11
AJ_CC 12
Bereft13 12 Power: 14, SoR: 14; LW: 21
HieloLuz 12 Close game against Oregon State keeps looking better, but for now is their only quality win. Loss to Texas Tech doesn't hurt much. For now the Iowa win is a bit better than Oregon State, so Ohio State stays ahead
Inkblot9 12
Player_1_has_Joined 12
ShogunAshoka 12
SIMBONEGTP 12
ToeInDigDeep 12 5-1; loss to Texas Tech; win over UCF, Kansas State, Oregon State
velociraptorfarmer 12
BallSoHerd 13
BUSean 13
CommodoreN7 13
CPiGuy2728 13
cvsprinter1 13 1-loss to Undefeated
dabul-master 13
GatorBolt 13
LiptonCB 13
MainPeanut25 13
noahthearc 13
NyquillusDillwad20 13
TaylorLeprechaun 13 +2
The-Gothic-Castle 13
tks231 13
AllHawkeyesGoToHell 14
AlphaH4wk 14
BananaBouquet 14
bladefencer 14 0.851, +4, Pow: 17, Off: 14, Def: 24, SOR: 14
BlueSCar 14
budget_um 14 Only loss is to Texas Tech. Good win over K-State
Conglossian 14 +10
DisraeliEers 14
ewolfy13 14
Helifino 14
Justanother_0 14 Can they get more than 70% capacity in TDECU stadium?
nin478 14
placid_salad 14 LW: #20
Roscoe_Filburn 14
spsellers 14
TheNSAAgent777 14
vanburen1845 14
visor841 14
blahblehblahwhoru 15
BoukenGreen 15
cinciforthewin 15
CRedds19 15
sirgippy 15 GippyRank expected rank: 11.7. Central 80% interval: 4–21. Top-25 probability: 95.0%.
SlaminSammons 15
SufferingfOrLife 15
Terminal_BAS 15
texas2089 15
xX_GIGA_MAN_Xx 15 (+1)
0010MK 16
BuckeyeForLife95 16 4.21
Cars-and-Coffee 16
Casaiir 16
ChemicalOle 16
cyberchaox 16 4-1, loss to #10 Texas Tech, wins over #29 Kansas State and #31 Oregon State
ehoefler 16 79.46 | +7
eSpiritCorpse 16
fshi 16
G-Aardvark 16
IAmAChemicalEngineer 16
infinitempg 16 0.812, +18
Jay_Dubbbs 16
jjjoebox 16
mthompson2320 16 LW: 22
Muffinnnnnnn 16
r0sco 16
Ruhrgebietheld 16
seaotter2 16
StFuzzySlippers 16
strikersteve60 16
w8w8 16
aggiebruin27 17
Bank_Gothic 17
ColombianInIowa24 17 33.30 - I suspect they will show the Cowboys who are the real Big XII contender.
Jerrywelfare 17
justsaynotoreddit 17
Lefunnymaymays4lief 17 (+5) Never noticed how much the Kentucky and Houston logos looked similar until I ranked them right next to each other. Neat! Weigman continues to make A&M look really fuckin stupid, which is also quite neat
manbeardawg 17
MemeLovingLoser 17 Score 73.94 (▲ 3.50) | Place Change: ▲ 5 | Previous Rank: 22nd | Wins Composite Rank: 17th | SoS Composite Rank: 22nd | Margin of Victory Rank: 18th | Penalties Composite Rank: 79th | Yardage Composite Rank: 18th | Turnover Composite Rank: 32nd | 3rd/4th Down Conversion Rank: 1st | Other Stats Rank: 49th
Mr_Brews 17
nw____ 17 Closer than I expected against KSU but really impressed by the QB play they have gotten from Weigman.
owl_man 17
pileatedloon 17
RiffRamBahZoo 17
RJEP22 17
RobertNeyland 17
sirvalkyerie 17
skuhlke 17
thomasosu 17
TimeBroken 17
Tornadohunter24 17 (NEW)
Acm0028 18
bannista7 18
Blazeth 18
Buckeyes2010 18
Doogitywoogity 18 Huge win over k state, this is squad will likely move up the rankings more the next couple of weeks if they can keep it going vs ok st and Utah and Cincinnati. 😮‍💨
Euphoric_Relative_13 18
GeauxTri 18 Five wins including a road win at Kansas State; only loss came narrowly at Texas Tech.
grtgbln 18
ikindalikelemons 18
JBonkies 18
MADBuc49 18 +2
penisthightrap_ 18
Pikachu1989 18
PSUMediaPA 18
ruwisc 18
SearonTrejorek 18 0.73626
shifty1032231 18
srs_house 18
TopGoose 18
Xy13 18
52hoova 19
a_bit_of_a_misnomer_ 19
A_Rolling_Baneling 19
BorisNumber1 19
chweris 19
Daigotsu 19
DavoinShower-handle 19
deadtofall12 19
dschinghiskhan 19
elnino550 19
EpicSchwinn 19
Fmeson 19
fredmerc111 19
frone 19
grey_pilgrim_ 19
hypercube42342 19 Power 24 / Resume 18
IceColdDrPepper_Here 19
JustinMSU21 19
Keener1899 19
kflinderman 19
KJdkaslknv 19
mcdsmaster8824 19
mellolizard 19
noodlethebear 19
Pollaski 19
Pure_Protein_Machine 19
Rcfan0902 19 839.88 (+11)
RegionalBias 19
RheagarTargaryen 19
romulusjsp 19
sgtshenanigans 19 Houston routes Kansas state and a bunch of teams around them fall helping the Cougs jump five spots. Houston has only one very close loss to Texas Tech this season.
sickmemes48 19
smartkeg 19 Good results against UCF and K-St a 2-point road loss to Texas Tech.
soonerfreak 19
SpadeRyker 19
SteemieRayVaughn 19
SwissArmyScythe 19 +1
Texasagsman 19
tomdawg0022 19
True_Ad5324 19 NR
Xtremeloco 19
_fastball 20
ALStark69 20 NR; 4 receiving TDs for a tight end is diabolical
BendrickLamar19 20
brucewaynewins 20
CambodianDrywall 20
Ch-i-ef 20 Biggest game this weekend against OSU, let's see if you are for real
conchobor 20
CptCheese 20
cyclonepsycho 20
dubscurry30 20 NR
e8odie 20
flyingcircusdog 20
galacticdude7 20 Predicted Record: 10-2

Losses: at Texas Tech (26-28), at Utah
GenialGiant 20
hascogrande 20
HelioOne 20
jonstark19 20
luckroy 20
MahjongDaily 20
malowry0124 20
MemeofMemeJTG999999 20 (5-1) (up 9)
W: 35-16 @ Kansas State (3-2)
Next Week: vs #17 Oklahoma State (4-1)
Projected Bowl: Alamo Bowl vs Oregon
nemoran 20
Our-Gardian-Angel 20
PeteyNice 20
plannedsickdays 20
Polarbear1914 20
redwave2505 20
royrules22 20
ryseing 20
TossedRightOut 20
udderlymoovelous 20
WarEagle9 20
Wescat 20
Zloggt 20
12panther 21
AlexanderComet 21
Bill3ffinMurray 21
Blooblod 21
boxbeat 21
bwburke94 21 +6.8661959 (LW: #27)
Cassiyus 21
Cecil_Hardboner 21
ChBass 21 The Cougs flexed a bit in Manhattan, which they will have to do to succeed by leaning on the second best offense in college football. No, really. They have a good test next week with Okie Lite coming to town.
chillmagic420 21
Chris-P-Creme 21
Corgi_Koala 21
corundum9 21
djowen68 21
frumious88 21
grjohnst 21
Hey_Its_Roomie 21
Hobbes_121 21
Jakesnake42 21 Solid road win @ KSU, big date with OkSt next weekend. Last Week: #23
JeromesNiece 21
jmac_21 21
joebob431 21
Klaassy23 21
monkeymatt1836 21
nbingham196 21
RollWarTideEagle 21
Striker743 21 NR
Tarmacked 21 No real change here. Didn’t move my needle much
TDenverFan 21
Techwid 21
Zef_Apollo 21
BearsAreGreat1 22
bernkastel87 22
COLU_BUS 22
DampFrijoles 22
daredassdude 22
DarkLegend64 22
DarthYoda2594 22
diehardcubforever 22
GoBlueScrewOSU7 22
Hugefootballfan44 22 LW: NR
KansasEF5Tornado 22
one98d 22
Pablo49 22 684
Rakarei 22
SCsprinter13 22
sroach91 22
titansfan174 22
ChaseTheFalcon 23
Chipsahoy523 23 NR
Hackasizlak 23
HideNZeke 23
jalexjsmithj 23 22.6
laprasrules 23
NotSoSuperNerd 23 1.360 [9.09-2.91]
Shion314 23
TheReformedBadger 23
bretticus733 24
Colton3690 24
douchebagjack 24 Best 3 Wins: U.C.F., Kansas State, Oregon State.
1 Losses: Texas Tech.
KState domination. Looking like the 3rd best Big XII team behind BYU and Tech, tied with Utah
tier 3b: 1-loss teams with a loss to a top team, but haven't beat anyone good yet. Iowa beat Michigan, most legit win besides oregon, lost to ohio st most legit loss. wake beat louisville, but lost to miami, etc etc
byu + cincy > texas tech + ucf
arizona > houston
ExternalTangents 24 Overall +15.4; offense +10.1 (17th), defense -5.3 (34th)
jrichardh 24
jthomas694 24
OldCoaly 24
owlalwaysloveyew 24
RedBarracuda25 24
spmartin1993 24
tdeff19 24
TheZachster 24
TouchdownHeroes 24
Charlemagne42 25 Adjustment: 36.0%
Lex_Ludorum 25
Maladroit44 25 I promise, I'm not debuting Houston this week because my team plays them next! A dominant road win at Kansas State is way more than I've seen out of the Cougars at any point this season until now, and I'm tentatively ready to call them a Big 12 contender on that basis. Obviously, though, they have to win at least one of the next two against Oklahoma State and Utah, both to prove that status and to stay ever-so-slightly alive in the conference championship race. Surely they can pack the stadium for *this* game, at least. Right?
Pyromania1983 25
Stoneador 25 83 | 8 | 54

Provisional Poll Voters

User Rank Reason
ogsmurf826 8
chief_sitass 10
Nervous_Metal_9445 10 TTU > Houston
Scruggerboy 10
grahamca 11 T11ᵗʰ W/L, T11ᵗʰ Predicted Wins, 12ᵗʰ Team Strength, 7ᵗʰ Quality of Wins
Klightgrove 11
logace444444444 11
wittingtarsier 11
fm22fnam 12 +UNR
FrontRunner51 12 (+12) Had been underestimating them a bit.
kennethbring 12
Nath0leon 12 +10. Metrics loved the win against Kansas State. Big boost across the board.
NNul 12
Salmon-Dude 12
Yamiosum 12
BlueRFR3100 13
bocnj 13
Fluid_Theory_6587 13
Spazzatack 13
Star_Wars_Sith 13
ThompsonCreekTiger 13
1Subject 14
_THE__BOULDER_ 14 Houston achieves a good result against a Kansas State team that I kind of like. I wouldn't say Kansas State is great, but I don't think they're bad. Connor Weigman looks good out there - 4TD Passes all to Patrick Overmyer to put up a great offensive showing.
drewscottt 14 +9
jtchr33 14
ninjatown23 14 Move up due to LSU and Oregon losses.
RJTrey 14
bryophyta_insolitam 15
FindGreatness23 15
geordieColt88 15
Hastronaut 15
Impossible-Still-349 15 (-)
jwrtf 15
mathmanhale 15
meristematic 15
Noahsince2002 15
NonZero-Chance 15
NoOutdoorSoup 15
Pyroblockx 15
Sflabuckeye13 15
The_Stratman 15
WBLwiffleball 15
beckett929 16
josh55134 16
LegendParkour 16
Living_Human 16 70.38
myworld3 16
OG_Felwinter 16
owl-bears 16
Piptit 16
samtaylor92 16
SpectralHydra 16
AMETSFAN 17
BigGamesShouldCount 17
DCorNothing 17
DillyDillySzn 17
EL-YEO 17
Intelligent_Fix_6972 17
LightningDusty 17 ↑3
newSomberMan 17
Pure-Shirt-5831 17
ted1995 17
Blazemaster77 18
DownshiftGD 18
Express_Dinner7918 18 Dominant win on the road. Win over Oregon State is aging well.
Flaky_Bit6733 18
JackWK_Gaming 18
jtsmd2 18
KansasChaser2021 18
Lucaball3r 18
mathwrath55 18 The close loss to TTU still looks pretty good, and their win over Oregon State also looks better over time
meta_irl 18
Ok_Significance_3803 18
SignificanceFirm2398 18
SonOfGarry 18
spaceblev11 18
thatoneguyD13 18 Tier 4.
thehornedlamb 18
666PeaceKeepaGirl 19
70277027 19
ArlyntheAwesome 19
BoilerUp28 19
dee3Poh 19 .260
Effective-Lead-6657 19 (NR) Houston had looked strong all season, with their only loss a close one to a very strong Texas Tech team.
gonshpreds1 19
hbh110 19
HHunko13 19
idnttcrisis 19
isrealball 19
jmdinbtr 19
loneSTAR_06 19
Mossed26 19
ResearchFlaky5912 19 Houston's loss to Texas Tech is very forgivable. They move up over Nebraska as the Huskers show that they are gonna struggle to close out games.
Rhizical 19
SomerandomIDFBfan 19
SportsCat4 19
Tortillero96 19 +2
W (5-1) A +19 vs Kansas State (unranked)
W (4-1) H +10 vs UCF (unranked)
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)
2AcesRoth 20 net elo off def ridge fei conf
+12.3 +13.6 37.3 23.7 +13.2 +10.3 Big 12
alexjcode_com 20 743
AoA_nB1 20 No real opinion
bigred91224 20
buccaneerboy22 20
ChiTrojan2 20
dstrainr 20
FoodCourtDruid 20
g_trechel 20
gohncell 20
huntmant 20
jibberishdhyukl 20
JJones927 20
leadbymight 20
maxwell6233 20
n8TLfan 20
NA_Faker 20
National-Sundae9427 20 A field goal away from being undefeated. This Oklahoma State game is going to be massive
NebraskaPlainsman 20
PersianGuitarist 20
pongislame 20
PrideSax711 20
PsychologicalFox8660 20
Repulsive_Rub6443 20
TyRoland06 20
Applesaucemannus 21 Should have beat TTU just killed KSU and moving string
bendyburner 21
d1sportsball 21 Houston lost close to Texas Tech, and despite many struggles along the way, finally rebounded by demolishing Kansas State. Still, the Cougz will have to do more to climb the rankings over the pair of N letter Big 10 teams.
Esb5415 21
GDSamstag 21
KevinDoesSports 21 A lot of people don't like Houston, I don't know why. Their only loss is to Texas Tech, who might be a Top 10 school. Every other team they have handled.
m3owzika 21
manbeqrpig 21
Menktenk 21
MyAngelMiraidon 21 (+5) - Only got removed off the list last week because Nebraska being undefeated absolutely had to be ranked. Win oven K-State should solidify them on this list
ndbfsu22 21
Ok_Boysenberry716 21
rt13wx 21
saquad69 21
Select-Edge-3262 21 +4
Yelich04 21 NR
CALL_ME_ISHMAEBY 22
DarthGlazer 22 same as wake forest
Dawg-Bite 22
FuzzyDunlop911 22
GrimmacingGrinny 22
jis024 22
Kirkwood641 22
Original_Profile8600 22
S2OP 22 (NR)
SaguaroCactus19 22
sportstrap 22
BeyondLiesTheWub 23 change from last week: +32
Protoco2 23
quantum_jedi 23 (46.14, +9) Another solid win for the Cougars! Big time game next week with Oklahoma State coming to town.
TheBeekman8 23
TheCryptPartDeux 23
TomorrowFinal6642 23
bruhstevenson 24
divey043 24
Isthmus11 24 5-1, easily handled a solid K-State team so I think this team deserves to be back in the top 25
jackmc04 24 (NR)
kevinsdomain 24
Rishik01 24
NC_Pineapple 25
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