AmericanCougars

Houston

94th of 1308–5

Rank

94th

of 130 FBS teams

Rating

−7.5

90% range −16.7 to 1.7

Offense

33.7

34th: points scored vs an average team

Defense

41.3

125th: points allowed vs an average team

Record

8–5

Playoff

—

no field saved for this season

13 games, 8–5

Schedule

Wk 1Sep 1 · 12:00 PM ET at

Rice W 45–27

Rating change+1.0

Wk 2Sep 8 · 12:00 PM ET vs

Arizona W 45–18

Rating change+3.5

Wk 3Sep 15 · 4:15 PM ET at

Texas Tech L 49–63

Rating change−0.2

Wk 4Sep 22 · 8:00 PM ET vs

Texas Southern W 70–14

Rating change+2.1

Wk 6Oct 4 · 8:00 PM ET vs

Tulsa W 41–26

Rating change+0.6

Wk 7Oct 13 · 7:00 PM ET at

East Carolina W 42–20

Rating change+0.1

Wk 8Oct 20 · 3:30 PM ET at

Navy W 49–36

Rating change+0.7

Wk 9Oct 27 · 3:30 PM ET vs

South Florida W 57–36

Rating change+0.5

Wk 10Nov 3 · 7:00 PM ET at

SMU L 31–45

Rating change−3.0

Wk 11Nov 10 · 7:00 PM ET vs

Temple L 49–59

Rating change−1.1

Wk 12Nov 15 · 8:00 PM ET vs

Tulane W 48–17

Rating change+1.7

Wk 13Nov 23 · 12:00 PM ET at

Memphis L 31–52

Rating change−1.6

PostDec 22 · 3:30 PM ET vs

ArmyLOCKHEED MARTIN ARMED FORCES BOWL L 14–70

Rating change−6.1

With its 90% range at each cutoff

Rating through 2018

90% range

Estimated after the fact at each cutoff.

Estimates of how good the team was, not forecasts to grade

Past seasons

Season	Conference	Rank#	Rating	Off.	Def.	RecordW–L	CFP entryCFP
2017	American	60 of 130	2.1	28.0	25.9	7–5	—
2016	American	41 of 128	6.6	33.5	26.9	9–4	—
2015	American	29 of 128	10.7	36.7	26.0	13–1	—

Adjusted for opponents; outward is better on both sides

Profile

HOU offenseFBS average

MeasureValue

Points per drive · points per possession.

Profiles and percentiles