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Big 12Cougars

Houston

47th of 13610–3

Rank

47th

of 136 FBS teams

Rating

+7.2

90% range −2.4 to 16.8

Offense

29.6

47th: points scored vs an average team

Defense

22.4

46th: points allowed vs an average team

Record

10–3

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 28 · 8:00 PM ET vs Stephen F. Austin W 27–0
Rating change+0.1
Wk 2Sep 6 · 7:00 PM ET at Rice W 35–9
Rating change−0.9
Wk 3Sep 12 · 7:30 PM ET vs Colorado W 36–20
Rating change+0.7
Wk 5Sep 26 · 10:30 PM ET at Oregon State W 27–24
Rating change−2.8
Wk 6Oct 4 · 7:00 PM ET vsRetrospective TEMPO rank estimate#14 Texas Tech L 11–35
Rating change−1.0
Wk 7Oct 11 · 12:00 PM ET at Oklahoma State W 39–17
Rating change+0.9
Wk 8Oct 18 · 12:00 PM ET vs Arizona W 31–28
Rating change+0.2
Wk 9Oct 25 · 8:00 PM ET at Arizona State W 24–16
Rating change+0.9
Wk 10Nov 1 · 12:00 PM ET vs West Virginia L 35–45
Rating change−0.8
Wk 11Nov 7 · 8:00 PM ET at UCF W 30–27
Rating change+0.6
Wk 13Nov 22 · 4:00 PM ET vs TCU L 14–17
Rating change−1.0
Wk 14Nov 29 · 12:00 PM ET at Baylor W 31–24
Rating change+0.3
PostDec 27 · 9:15 PM ET vs LSUKinder's Texas Bowl W 38–35
Rating change+1.3

Rating through 2025

90% range

Estimated after the fact at each cutoff.

Past seasons

SeasonConferenceRank#RatingOff.Def.RecordW–LCFP entryCFP
2024Big 1262 of 1341.123.222.14–8—
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