HOU

AP NO. 14 · B12

HOUSTON COUGARS

6–1 overall · 3–1 conference · Houston, TX · TDECU Stadium ↗

Houston is 6–1 overall and 3–1 in B12 play, with a No. 14 AP ranking. The team stands No. 4 in the B12 through Week 7. Houston has won 4 straight, with a +10.7 average scoring margin over its last three. 5 regular-season games remain, beginning with Utah on Oct 24.

Updated Oct 18

TEAM TRADITION

WHOSE HOUSE? COOGS’ HOUSE!

CALL AND RESPONSE

Houston’s crowd turns one question and one answer into a declaration that the Cougars own the building.

Houston Athletics traditions ↗

OFFICIAL TEAM LINKS

FOLLOW HOUSTON

Athletics site ↗

FORECAST + SCHEDULE CONTEXT

POWER OUTLOOK

POWER SIGNALNO. 22Division I average scoring margin

REMAINING SLATE1 TOP 25opponents across 5 games

NEXT GAME33%Houston win probability

Next-game probability appears when qualifying data is available in The Football Grid. No estimate is shown before then.

NATIONAL COMPARISON

TEAM PROFILE

Division I · through Week 7

SCORING OFFENSE39.3NO. 19points per game

SCORING DEFENSE21.0NO. 66points allowed/game

AVG. MARGIN+18.3NO. 22points per game

Calculated from completed 2026 games in The Football Grid dataset.

WEEK 8

UP NEXT

B12 GAME

HOU

#14 Houston6–1 · B12 3–1

@SAT, OCT 24TBD ET

#10 UtahB12

UTAH

Rice-Eccles Stadium ↗ · Salt Lake City, UT Game details ↗

WIN PROBABILITYUTAH 67%

FORMHOU W4 · UTAH W6

SCORING MARGINHOU +18.3 · UTAH +25.3

STAKESRanked conference matchup

Utah brings the stronger scoring profile and the home-field edge.

ALL SEASON · ONE VIEW

2026 SCHEDULE

7 played · 5 remaining

SEP 5VSOregon StateHouston, TXDisney+W 33–20

SEP 12VSSouthernHouston, TXESPN+W 77–6

SEP 18@#8 Texas TechLubbock, TXFOXL 26–28

SEP 26@Georgia SouthernStatesboro, GAESPNUW 42–28

OCT 3VSUCFHouston, TXESPN2W 27–17

OCT 10@Kansas StateManhattan, KSFoxW 35–16

OCT 17VSOklahoma StateHouston, TXFoxW 35–32

OCT 24@#10 UtahSalt Lake City, UTTBDTBD

OCT 31—BYE WEEKNo game scheduled—BYE

NOV 7VSCincinnatiHouston, TXTBDTBD

NOV 13@ColoradoBoulder, COESPN10:15P

NOV 21@West VirginiaMorgantown, WVTBDTBD

NOV 28VSBaylorHouston, TXTBDTBD