Houston Cougars College Basketball Ratings & Rankings

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Houston

Cougars

Superior

A+ Overall Grade 98

Final Boss

Juggernaut

Brutal Schedule

Punchless

30-7 Record

81.1% Win %

#6 Overall Rank

76.9 Pts / Game

L 1 Streak

Next Up: TBD

Performance

	Rating	Rank
Overall	98 A+	6
Power	99 A+	4
Offensive	92 A-	64
Defensive	99 A+	1
Schedule (Current)	97 A+	16
Schedule (Future)	97 A+	16

Records

Overall	30-7 (81.1%)
Versus Top 25	3-7 (30%)
Versus > .500 Teams	18-7 (72%)
Versus < .500 Teams	12-0 (100%)
Last 10 Games	7-3 (70%)

Superlatives

Best Win	#11 Arkansas
Worst Loss	#20 Texas Tech
Largest MOV	46 pts, #353 Rider
Largest MOD	13 pts, #17 Kansas

Other Statistics

Points per Game	76.9
Points Against	62.3
Opponent Record	731-523
Average Opponent Rank	84.5
Long Streak	W 11
Current Streak	L 1

Houston Cougars Program History

Houston Cougars has been rated by Versus for 19 seasons, from 2007-08 through 2025-26.

Winning season Losing season Current season Bars run from .500; # is the season-ending Versus rank

Season-by-season table

Season	Record	Win %	Versus Rank
2007-08	24-10	70.6%	#64
2008-09	21-12	63.6%	#86
2009-10	18-16	52.9%	#123
2010-11	10-18	35.7%	#224
2011-12	14-15	48.3%	#167
2012-13	19-13	59.4%	#159
2013-14	17-16	51.5%	#104
2014-15	13-19	40.6%	#199
2015-16	22-10	68.8%	#80
2016-17	21-11	65.6%	#67
2017-18	27-8	77.1%	#25
2018-19	33-4	89.2%	#9
2019-20	23-8	74.2%	#25
2020-21	27-4	87.1%	#3
2021-22	32-6	84.2%	#9
2022-23	33-4	89.2%	#5
2023-24	32-5	86.5%	#3
2024-25	35-5	87.5%	#3
2025-26	30-7	81.1%	#6

Big 12

Rank	Team	W	L	Change
2	Arizona	36	3
6	Houston	30	7	1
12	Iowa St	29	8
17	Kansas	24	11
20	Texas Tech	23	11
26	BYU	23	12
28	TCU	23	12	1
38	UCF	21	12
47	West Virginia	21	14	6
54	Oklahoma St	20	15
55	Arizona St	17	16
56	Cincinnati	18	15	1
67	Baylor	16	17	2
71	Colorado	17	16
104	Kansas St	12	20
137	Utah	10	22

Game Results

Date	Opponent	Outcome
Mon Nov 3	vs Lehigh (16-17) Patriot League	W75-57
Sat Nov 8	vs Towson (17-15) CAA	W65-48
Wed Nov 12	vs Oakland (15-16) Horizon	W78-45
Sun Nov 16	Auburn (22-16) SEC	W73-72
Thu Nov 20	vs Rider (3-25) Metro	W91-45
Mon Nov 24	Syracuse (15-17) ACC	W78-74
Tue Nov 25	#19 Tennessee (25-12) SEC	L73-76
Wed Nov 26	Notre Dame (13-18) ACC	W66-56
Sat Dec 6	Florida St (18-15) ACC	W82-67
Wed Dec 10	vs Jackson St (12-21) SWAC	W80-38
Sat Dec 13	vs New Orleans (15-18) Southland	W99-57
Sat Dec 20	#11 Arkansas (28-9) SEC	W94-85
Mon Dec 29	vs MTSU (14-15) C-USA	W69-60
Sat Jan 3	at Cincinnati (18-15) Big 12	W67-60
Tue Jan 6	vs #20 Texas Tech (23-11) Big 12	W69-65
Sat Jan 10	at Baylor (16-17) Big 12	W77-55
Tue Jan 13	vs West Virginia (21-14) Big 12	W77-48
Sun Jan 18	vs Arizona St (17-16) Big 12	W103-73
Sat Jan 24	at #20 Texas Tech (23-11) Big 12	L86-90
Wed Jan 28	at TCU (23-12) Big 12	W79-70
Sat Jan 31	vs Cincinnati (18-15) Big 12	W76-54
Wed Feb 4	vs UCF (21-12) Big 12	W79-55
Sat Feb 7	at BYU (23-12) Big 12	W77-66
Tue Feb 10	at Utah (10-22) Big 12	W66-52
Sat Feb 14	vs Kansas St (12-20) Big 12	W78-64
Mon Feb 16	at #12 Iowa St (29-8) Big 12	L67-70
Sat Feb 21	vs #2 Arizona (36-3) Big 12	L66-73
Mon Feb 23	at #17 Kansas (24-11) Big 12	L56-69
Sat Feb 28	vs Colorado (17-16) Big 12	W102-62
Wed Mar 4	vs Baylor (16-17) Big 12	W77-64
Sat Mar 7	at Oklahoma St (20-15) Big 12	W82-75
Thu Mar 12	BYU (23-12) Big 12	W73-66
Fri Mar 13	#17 Kansas (24-11) Big 12	W69-47
Sat Mar 14	#2 Arizona (36-3) Big 12	L74-79
Thu Mar 19	Idaho (18-15) Big Sky	W78-47
Sat Mar 21	Texas A&M (22-12) SEC	W88-57
Thu Mar 26	#10 Illinois (28-9) Big 10	L55-65