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Big 12Cougars

Houston

62nd of 1344–8

Rank

62nd

of 134 FBS teams

Rating

+1.1

90% range −9.1 to 11.4

Offense

23.2

91st: points scored vs an average team

Defense

22.1

39th: points allowed vs an average team

Record

4–8

Playoff

—

no field saved for this season

Schedule

Ranks are retrospective TEMPO estimates, not poll rankings or ranks saved before kickoff.

Week and dateOpponentResult or win chancePlayoff stakes or rating change
Wk 1Aug 31 · 7:00 PM ET vs UNLV L 7–27
Rating change−3.9
Wk 2Sep 7 · 7:45 PM ET atRetrospective TEMPO rank estimate#8 Oklahoma L 12–16
Rating change+3.7
Wk 3Sep 14 · 8:00 PM ET vs Rice W 33–7
Rating change+1.8
Wk 4Sep 21 · 12:00 PM ET at Cincinnati L 0–34
Rating change−4.3
Wk 5Sep 28 · 7:00 PM ET vsRetrospective TEMPO rank estimate#19 Iowa State L 0–20
Rating change−0.4
Wk 6Oct 4 · 7:30 PM ET atRetrospective TEMPO rank estimate#23 TCU W 30–19
Rating change+2.4
Wk 8Oct 19 · 3:30 PM ET vs KansasNeutral L 14–42
Rating change−3.3
Wk 9Oct 26 · 7:00 PM ET vs Utah W 17–14
Rating change+0.8
Wk 10Nov 2 · 3:30 PM ET vsRetrospective TEMPO rank estimate#17 Kansas State W 24–19
Rating change+0.8
Wk 12Nov 15 · 10:15 PM ET at Arizona L 3–27
Rating change−2.4
Wk 13Nov 23 · 7:00 PM ET vs Baylor L 10–20
Rating change+0.3
Wk 14Nov 30 · 10:15 PM ET at BYU L 18–30
Rating change+0.2

Rating through 2024

90% range

Estimated after the fact at each cutoff.

Past seasons

SeasonConferenceRank#RatingOff.Def.RecordW–LCFP entryCFP
2023Big 1279 of 133−3.925.729.74–8—
2022American42 of 1315.233.428.18–5—
2021American41 of 1306.531.424.812–2—
2020American61 of 1270.830.029.23–5—
2019American77 of 130−4.229.633.84–8—
2018American94 of 130−7.533.741.38–5—
2017American60 of 1302.128.025.97–5—
2016American41 of 1286.633.526.99–4—
2015American29 of 12810.736.726.013–1—

Profile

HOU offenseFBS average
MeasureValue

Points per drive · points per possession.

Profiles and percentiles

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TEMPO v12Updated Oct 20, 2026Data from CollegeFootballData.com