Houston Cougars Poll History

Seasons: 77 (1949 to 2025)

Record (W-L-T): 474-385-15

Adjusted Record (W-L-T): 474-385-14

Conferences: Big 12, American, CUSA, SWC, MVC, Ind

Conf. Championships: 11

Bowl Record: 31 Bowls, 14-16-1, .468 W-L% (Major Bowls)

Ranked in AP Poll: 12 Times (Preseason), 16 Times (Final), 206 Weeks (Total)

Ranked in CFP Rankings: 3 Times (Final), 14 Weeks (Total)

Heisman Winners: Andre Ware (1989)

Stadium: TDECU Stadium (cap. 40,000)

Location: Houston, Texas

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AP Polls

AP Polls Table
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
1	2025	10	2025-10-26	22
2	2025	13	2025-11-16	25
3	2025	17	Final	22
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
4	2022	1	Preseason	24	NA	—
5	2022	2	2022-09-06	25	24	1
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
6	2021	10	2021-10-31	20
7	2021	11	2021-11-07	17	20	3
8	2021	12	2021-11-14	17	17
9	2021	13	2021-11-21	19	17	2
10	2021	14	2021-11-28	16	19	3
11	2021	15	2021-12-05	21	16	5
12	2021	16	Final	17	21	4
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
13	2018	10	2018-10-28	17
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
14	2016	1	Preseason	15	NA	—
15	2016	2	2016-09-06	6	15	9
16	2016	3	2016-09-11	6	6
17	2016	4	2016-09-18	6	6
18	2016	5	2016-09-25	6	6
19	2016	6	2016-10-02	6	6
20	2016	7	2016-10-10	13	6	7
21	2016	8	2016-10-16	11	13	2
22	2016	13	2016-11-20	18
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
23	2015	6	2015-10-11	24
24	2015	7	2015-10-18	21	24	3
25	2015	8	2015-10-25	18	21	3
26	2015	9	2015-11-01	18	18
27	2015	10	2015-11-08	16	18	2
28	2015	11	2015-11-15	13	16	3
29	2015	12	2015-11-22	21	13	8
30	2015	13	2015-11-29	17	21	4
31	2015	14	2015-12-06	14	17	3
32	2015	15	Final	8	14	6
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
33	2011	7	2011-10-09	25
34	2011	8	2011-10-16	21	25	4
35	2011	9	2011-10-23	18	21	3
36	2011	10	2011-10-30	14	18	4
37	2011	11	2011-11-06	11	14	3
38	2011	12	2011-11-13	11	11
39	2011	13	2011-11-20	8	11	3
40	2011	14	2011-11-27	7	8	1
41	2011	15	2011-12-05	20	7	13
42	2011	16	Final	18	20	2
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
43	2010	3	2010-09-12	23
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
44	2009	3	2009-09-13	21
45	2009	4	2009-09-20	17	21	4
46	2009	5	2009-09-27	12	17	5
47	2009	7	2009-10-11	23
48	2009	8	2009-10-18	17	23	6
49	2009	9	2009-10-25	15	17	2
50	2009	10	2009-11-01	13	15	2
51	2009	11	2009-11-08	13	13
52	2009	12	2009-11-15	24	13	11
53	2009	13	2009-11-22	25	24	1
54	2009	14	2009-11-29	18	25	7
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
55	1991	1	Preseason	12	NA	—
56	1991	2	1991-09-03	10	12	2
57	1991	3	1991-09-10	10	10
58	1991	4	1991-09-17	21	10	11
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
59	1990	1	Preseason	24	NA	—
60	1990	2	1990-09-04	24	24
61	1990	3	1990-09-11	18	24	6
62	1990	4	1990-09-18	14	18	4
63	1990	5	1990-09-25	13	14	1
64	1990	6	1990-10-02	13	13
65	1990	7	1990-10-09	12	13	1
66	1990	8	1990-10-16	9	12	3
67	1990	9	1990-10-23	6	9	3
68	1990	10	1990-10-30	6	6
69	1990	11	1990-11-06	3	6	3
70	1990	12	1990-11-13	12	3	9
71	1990	13	1990-11-20	12	12
72	1990	14	1990-11-27	11	12	1
73	1990	15	1990-12-04	9	11	2
74	1990	16	Final	10	9	1
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
75	1989	1	Preseason	21	NA	—
76	1989	2	1989-09-05	22	21	1
77	1989	3	1989-09-12	18	22	4
78	1989	4	1989-09-19	17	18	1
79	1989	5	1989-09-26	14	17	3
80	1989	6	1989-10-03	12	14	2
81	1989	7	1989-10-10	8	12	4
82	1989	8	1989-10-17	16	8	8
83	1989	9	1989-10-24	12	16	4
84	1989	10	1989-10-31	17	12	5
85	1989	11	1989-11-07	15	17	2
86	1989	12	1989-11-14	13	15	2
87	1989	13	1989-11-21	13	13
88	1989	14	1989-11-28	13	13
89	1989	15	1989-12-05	13	13
90	1989	16	1989-12-12	13	13
91	1989	17	Final	14	13	1
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
92	1988	13	1988-11-15	17
93	1988	14	1988-11-22	14	17	3
94	1988	15	1988-11-29	14	14
95	1988	16	1988-12-06	14	14
96	1988	17	Final	18	14	4
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
97	1980	1	Preseason	8	NA	—
98	1980	2	1980-09-08	9	8	1
99	1980	3	1980-09-15	18	9	9
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
100	1979	1	Preseason	16	NA	—
101	1979	2	1979-09-10	13	16	3
102	1979	3	1979-09-17	10	13	3
103	1979	4	1979-09-24	8	10	2
104	1979	5	1979-10-01	6	8	2
105	1979	6	1979-10-08	7	6	1
106	1979	7	1979-10-15	5	7	2
107	1979	8	1979-10-22	6	5	1
108	1979	9	1979-10-29	4	6	2
109	1979	10	1979-11-05	5	4	1
110	1979	11	1979-11-12	9	5	4
111	1979	12	1979-11-19	9	9
112	1979	13	1979-11-26	10	9	1
113	1979	14	1979-12-03	8	10	2
114	1979	15	Final	5	8	3
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
115	1978	6	1978-10-09	17
116	1978	7	1978-10-16	11	17	6
117	1978	8	1978-10-23	11	11
118	1978	9	1978-10-30	10	11	1
119	1978	10	1978-11-06	8	10	2
120	1978	11	1978-11-13	6	8	2
121	1978	12	1978-11-20	5	6	1
122	1978	13	1978-11-27	9	5	4
123	1978	14	1978-12-04	9	9
124	1978	15	Final	10	9	1
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
125	1977	1	Preseason	14	NA	—
126	1977	2	1977-09-12	9	14	5
127	1977	3	1977-09-19	19	9	10
128	1977	4	1977-09-26	19	19
129	1977	6	1977-10-10	19
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
130	1976	6	1976-10-12	19
131	1976	7	1976-10-19	14	19	5
132	1976	9	1976-11-02	19
133	1976	10	1976-11-09	12	19	7
134	1976	11	1976-11-16	9	12	3
135	1976	12	1976-11-23	7	9	2
136	1976	13	1976-11-30	6	7	1
137	1976	14	Final	4	6	2
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
138	1974	1	Preseason	11	NA	—
139	1974	2	1974-09-09	19	11	8
140	1974	3	1974-09-16	19	19
141	1974	10	1974-11-04	15
142	1974	11	1974-11-11	14	15	1
143	1974	12	1974-11-18	15	14	1
144	1974	13	1974-11-25	15	15
145	1974	15	Final	19
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
146	1973	1	Preseason	18	NA	—
147	1973	2	1973-09-10	18	18
148	1973	3	1973-09-17	16	18	2
149	1973	4	1973-09-24	15	16	1
150	1973	5	1973-10-01	14	15	1
151	1973	6	1973-10-08	14	14
152	1973	7	1973-10-15	14	14
153	1973	8	1973-10-22	12	14	2
154	1973	9	1973-10-29	18	12	6
155	1973	10	1973-11-05	15	18	3
156	1973	11	1973-11-12	15	15
157	1973	12	1973-11-19	14	15	1
158	1973	13	1973-11-26	14	14
159	1973	14	1973-12-03	14	14
160	1973	15	Final	9	14	5
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
161	1971	2	1971-09-13	20
162	1971	9	1971-11-01	19
163	1971	10	1971-11-08	18	19	1
164	1971	11	1971-11-15	16	18	2
165	1971	12	1971-11-22	15	16	1
166	1971	13	1971-11-29	15	15
167	1971	14	1971-12-06	15	15
168	1971	15	Final	17	15	2
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
169	1970	1	Preseason	13	NA	—
170	1970	2	1970-09-14	15	13	2
171	1970	3	1970-09-21	11	15	4
172	1970	6	1970-10-12	19
173	1970	7	1970-10-19	15	19	4
174	1970	9	1970-11-02	18
175	1970	14	1970-12-07	17
176	1970	15	Final	19	17	2
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
177	1969	1	Preseason	7	NA	—
178	1969	9	1969-11-10	18
179	1969	10	1969-11-17	19	18	1
180	1969	11	1969-11-24	18	19	1
181	1969	12	1969-12-01	19	18	1
182	1969	13	1969-12-08	17	19	2
183	1969	14	Final	12	17	5
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
184	1968	2	1968-09-16	11
185	1968	3	1968-09-23	10	11	1
186	1968	4	1968-09-30	12	10	2
187	1968	5	1968-10-07	11	12	1
188	1968	8	1968-10-28	15
189	1968	9	1968-11-04	13	15	2
190	1968	10	1968-11-11	14	13	1
191	1968	11	1968-11-18	11	14	3
192	1968	12	1968-11-25	10	11	1
193	1968	13	1968-12-02	18	10	8
194	1968	14	Final	18	18
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
195	1967	3	1967-09-25	3
196	1967	4	1967-10-02	2	3	1
197	1967	5	1967-10-09	10	2	8
198	1967	6	1967-10-16	9	10	1
199	1967	7	1967-10-23	9	9
200	1967	9	1967-11-06	10
201	1967	11	1967-11-20	10
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
202	1958	3	1958-09-29	19
203	1958	4	1958-10-06	19	19
204	1958	5	1958-10-13	15	19	4
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
205	1957	2	1957-09-23	14
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
206	1952	9	1952-11-17	19

College Football Playoff Rankings

College Football Playoff Rankings Table
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
1	2025	13	2025-11-18	23
2	2025	15	2025-12-02	21
3	2025	16	Final	21
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
4	2021	12	2021-11-16	24	17	7
5	2021	13	2021-11-23	24	17	7
6	2021	14	2021-11-30	21	19	2
7	2021	15	Final	20	16	4
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
8	2016	13	2016-11-22	20
9	2016	14	2016-11-29	24	18	6
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
10	2015	9	2015-11-03	25	18	7
11	2015	10	2015-11-10	24	18	6
12	2015	11	2015-11-17	19	16	3
13	2015	13	2015-12-01	19	21	2
14	2015	14	Final	18	17	1

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