8 | 15 | 49

Down 1 - close losses at #8 and at #11, has win over #17

1868.3 -> 1786.2 [-82.1] (#7 -> #13)

Power: 14, SoR: 15; LW: 9

2-loss

Houston rounds out bucket E with 3 quality wins of their own over Oregon State, UCF, and Oklahoma State. These are by far the worst of the bucket, but their losses to Texas Tech and Utah are the best.

Bucket E ↓

LW: 12 (lost at #2 Utah)

16. Houston — Score: 0.179 | Results: 0.912, SOS Rank: #8, Quality: 0.125, Recency: 0.000 | T10W: 0, T25W: 1, T50W: 3, Off Rk: #22, Def Rk: #25

-4

-1

Score 71.04 (▼ 5.85) | Place Change: ▼ 6 | Previous Rank: 11th | Wins Composite Rank: 24th | SoS Composite Rank: 17th | Margin of Victory Rank: 24th | Penalties Composite Rank: 61st | Yardage Composite Rank: 27th | Turnover Composite Rank: 21st | 3rd/4th Down Conversion Rank: 1st | Other Stats Rank: 48th

Houston lost another heartbreaker in conference against Utah and move down the rankings but they are still in the hunt for a playoffs spot. They have no room for error anymore though and might need a bit of help around them,

The Coogs still have the best offense in cfb, but the loss to Tech alone offset all their wins, and that was before the loss to Utah.

Two losses to quality opponents, best win is Oklahoma State. Still a very good team, they just need some more wins.

LW: 16

The road win over Kansas State is a strong resume point, and the close games against Utah and Texas Tech show Houston can compete with good teams. Those losses are evidence of competitiveness, not substitutes for wins.

The losses are...not great, but at least they aren't too bad either...

+5.7973655 (LW: #12)

Best 3 Wins: Oklahoma State, Kansas State, U.C.F..
2 Losses: Texas Tech, Utah.
Losing to Utah and TT looks good as quality losses, but they need more quality wins. Cincy, Colorado, WVU, Baylor will not allow for that. I think Houston is cooked

Almost pulled it off

0.71607

A close, competitive loss to Utah for the Cougs. Allowed the last score intentionally for clock management purposes, but weren't able to score to go to OT. Houston has beaten everyone they were supposed to, and probably will win out the rest of the regular season, but lost to Utah and TTU, which was the pre season predictions.

-5; maybe too far of a drop but their offense was anemic at times

(6-2) (down 7)
L: 13-21 @ #8 Utah (7-0)
Next Week: Bye
Projected Bowl: Alamo Bowl vs Arizona

LW: 17 | Tier 3 | L Utah

0.845, -7, Pow: 20, Off: 23, Def: 23, SOR: 19

35.16 - Respectable loss.

81.406 (6-2)

1.333 [8.97-3.03]

T20ᵗʰ W/L, T9ᵗʰ Predicted Wins, 9ᵗʰ Team Strength, 8ᵗʰ Quality of Wins

Lost a tough game against Utah. This should be the official death of their Big 12 title hopes, but they have the potential to still make top 12 if things fall correctly for them.

-1

Houston only moves down 1 spot in my rankings. They played a tight game against Utah on the road and don’t deserve to be penalized too much for this.

.392 |-9|

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749

I still like this Houston team. Loses to both Tech and Utah is bad, but they did beat a good Oklahoma State team.

No movement after a loss. Close game over a team that just vaulted to #3. TTU fell a bit, but not enough to make that loss bad. Needs a good win to move up any further though.

.250

.649

v6

net elo off def ridge fei conf
+10.6 +10.8 33.5 22.7 +12.5 +8.5 Big 12

(55.45, -5) Tough loss for Houston at Utah. This is a really good team, but now have two losses in conference and might be out of the Big 12 title race. The Cougars #23 SOS keeps them ranked over Texas Tech despite the 2-losses for Houston.

-3 (L 13-21 @ Utah)

(-5)