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2016 Preseason Houston Cougars Rankings

Main Poll Voters

User Rank Reason
dabul-master 3
GiveMeSomeRaptorNews 5
Mr_Metagross 5
spsellers 5
was_saying_boo_urns 5 Don't @ me.
BallSoHerd 6
FellKnight 6
Quentanamo_Bay 6
atchemey 7
Austinperroux 7
CountryRoads8 7
TheTeamCubed 7
Acm0028 8
BUSean 8
funtubs 8
monotonemr 8
pmartin0079 8
admiraltarkin 9
AllHawkeyesGoToHell 9
Atoodope 9
captain_sasquatch 9
cmdrcaboose2 9
goblue10 9 Yeah sure, why not?
icklebush 9
keytide22 9
mgmfa 9 Its the preseason poll, and I want to be optimistic about these guys. I think they have the firepower to beat OU. If nothing else, we'll find out a lot about these guys after week 1. 
solo_22 9 I'm high on Houston. Keeping it close or beating a very talented Oklahoma team will tell me where they really stand.
sunburn_on_the_brain 9 Herman's got his pieces in place.  If UH is going to have a signature year, this is their best chance.
T-Thugs 9 A win over Oklahoma in week 1 would have Houston sitting very high in my poll, possibly number 1. 
twosheepforanore 9
alsonamedbort87 10
buckeyes75 10
ChickenTaco 10
corundum9 10 Big statement win over FSU in their bowl game. Greg Ward is a year more experienced and I don't really see a problem with putting them this high as the Oklahoma game will sort this one out quickly.
eclectic_tastes 10
fitzmauricet 10
kdbvols 10
mynameisjona 10
Pikachu1989 10
Texasagsman 10
A-Stu-Ute 11
ack30297 11
cfbguy 11
Daigotsu 11
gsuhooligan 11
hokies220 11 A full recruitment year under Herman now and they won't be surprising anyone this year. Everyone knows going into the year that Houston is the G5 favorite and with OU and Louisville on the schedule there's even a super slight chance they could be in the playoff conversation. But first things first is the huge week one match-up against OU.
Hummer77x 11
jeedf 11
longhorn2015 11
njm1314 11
No_Way_Pablo 11
OhGad 11
SpeedxKills 11
tabelz 11 Gettin disrespekt. I will recognize real.
03040905 12
AaronRodgers16 12
AGSattack 12 As an Ohio State homer I am afflicted with a weird love of Houston.
brobroma 12
buckeyegold 12
BugsSuck 12
Cheeseish 12
DavoinShower-handle 12
Disregardskarma 12
HUSKEROYAL 12
ilovecfb 12
JonesUCF34 12
Khavanon 12
laminak 12
nin478 12
PalmettoFace 12
pascha 12
Polarbear1914 12
PureCFR 12
qacha 12
rabid_communicator 12
RiffRamBahZoo 12
seanosaur 12
ssnider23 12 Tom Herman returns most of the Houston Offense that lost 1 game last year, and will have more high-profile opponents on their schedule this year. Look for Houston to shock some more casual fans early this season if they can pull off some big wins. 
Stockz 12
swodaem2005 12
topher3003 12
ucieaters33 12
Xtremeloco 12 I gotta assume that Houston is going to be good again this year because that's all Houston fans seem to talk about is how "Houston is going to be good again this year."  
bties 13
CFSparta92 13
chweris 13
deadtofall12 13
djowen68 13 Coaching
flyingcrayons 13
G-Aardvark 13
KobeOrNotKobe 13
mjurkiewicz 13
MrDoctorSmartyPants 13
Mythic514 13 I honestly don't know too much about the offseason moves the Cougs made this year. If I knew more, I might put them into the top 10, but I think in the preseason they are a respectable middle of the road team. Herman is an incredible coach who seems to get the most out of his guys. I expect them to have another good season, but likely not as good as last year. Would love to be wrong about that though.
Plneapple 13
Techwid 13
THECrew42 13
TotalEconomist 13
vanburen1845 13
WarEagle9 13
Wurst_Law 13
aubieismyhomie 14
BabyBladder 14
BaldEagle88 14
bluegrassborn 14
BoboIsDead 14
Branzilla91 14
Buckeyes2010 14
CockADoodleBOOM 14
d_mcc_x 14
Dropbackandpunt 14
emueagles 14
GeneralGBO 14
jayhawx19 14
jklharris 14
jzorbino 14
kelling928 14
KingKliffsbury 14
MammothMan34 14
milesgmsu 14
MrTheSpork 14
NatecUDF 14
NeauxRegrets 14
polydorr 14
Pope_Jake 14
SCRx 14
snwidget 14
XSavageWalrusX 14
CambodianDrywall 15
coreyfra 15
diastereomer 15
galacticdude7 15
HelioOne 15
jlh2b 15
kamikazeguy 15 With the limited amount of competition in the AAC, Greg Ward and Houston have a big chance to make it to a NY6 bowl game at 11-1 or 12-0, with their only big game being at NRG against Oklahoma.
Mario_Speedwagon 15
monkeymatt1836 15 After a debut 12-1 season, I'm sure some Cougar fans will be voting for Tom Herman to become Mayor of Houston next time the office is up for election. Houston opens up with Oklahoma Week 1, and beyond facing Louisville in Week 12 there is not much on the schedule there due to Houston being in the AAC. Frankly speaking, Houston needs to go undefeated and have a lot of help in order to make the CFP with their schedule. That doesn't mean they can't make it to an NYE6 Bowl like last year, however. If Herman can have a repeat performance of last year, don't be surprised if he doesn't stick around Houston too much longer. 
plannedsickdays 15
Red261 15
retnuh101 15
scronko 15
SmokingCricket 15
thatwasntveryraven 15
ToLongDR 15
G-manP 16 Tom Herman may be one of the coolest coaches of CFB, just look at his Paul Wall grill. On top of that, he is an offensive genius. Herman and second year starter, Greg Ward Jr., are hoping to replicate another great season in Houston. They must impress as the looming possibility of joining the Big XII is still up in the air.
gbuntin 16
JCiLee 16
LEGEN--wait_for_it 16
Luriker 16 Best G5 team by far
meatfrappe 16
SenorPuff 16
swanky-k 16
TheFlyingBoat 16
ToxicSteve13 16
uwbjb 16
52hoova 17
Emperor_of_Orange 17
Fifth_Down 17
GoldenHawk07 17
kdcoltred 17
mellolizard 17
puffadda 17
sideoutpar 17
sirgippy 17
UNC_Samurai 17
WaffleIron278 17
Wescat 17
CantHousewifeaHo 18
groggydog 18
HarbingerOfFun 18
owl_man 18
stephenbawesome 18
the5thpixel 18
myghtymouse 19
TopheryG8er 19
DafoeFoSho 20
gohuskies 20 This might be a little low. I just don't quite trust Houston - we'll see how they do against Oklahoma.
grjohnst 20
Harry_B_C_Dresden 20
runujhkj 20
seaotter2 20
taloncarde 20
bakonydraco 21
chceman 21
remwin 21
BosskOnASegway 22 Predictive Rank: NR (0 points)Personal Rank: #19 (14 points)AP Rank: #15 (11 points)Total: 25/125
tmart12 22
flipadelphia17 23
TDenverFan 23
antiherowes 24
BrutonGaster77 24
mickeyquicknumbers 24 I feel very confident in saying that Houston's 12-1 season was aided by the hands of fate, and I feel pretty confident that Houston fans will want to burn me alive for saying that. With Greg Ward returning and a big group of his targets, the passing game should still be quite good - if not missing the excellent play of Demarcus Ayers. The running game, that will have start with a completely fresh RB group, will be aided by Greg Ward's fantastic scrambling threat. Defensively a pretty good front 7 returns just about everyone and could transform into a pretty great front 7, but a secondary that often went high-risk and often got burned for it replaces 4 of its 5 starters; making the potential for being burned regularly much greater in 2016.
RobertNeyland 24
esoterik 25
wackywiener 25

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