{"id":429903,"date":"2026-09-08T20:32:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T20:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/429903\/"},"modified":"2026-09-08T20:32:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T20:32:11","slug":"cougars-move-up-to-22-in-ap-coaches-polls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/429903\/","title":{"rendered":"Cougars Move Up to #22 in AP, Coaches Polls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>HOUSTON \u2013 Following its 33-20 season opening win over Oregon State, the Houston Football team moved up to #22 in the AP and USA Today LBM Coaches Poll on Tuesday.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nThe win over Oregon State marked Houston&#8217;s 119th as a ranked team and first as a ranked team since the 2022 season opener.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nThe Cougars rolled to 533 of total offense with 305 through the air against the Beavers. It was the program&#8217;s most yards of total offense since posting 538 yards (186 rush, 352 pass) in a 38-7 win over TDECU Stadium inside TDECU Stadium on Sept. 23, 2023.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nHouston also posted its highest total offense total in a season opener since accumulating 577 yards (257 rush, 320 pass) in a 45-27 win at Rice on Sept. 1, 2018. It was the Cougars&#8217; highest total in a season opener at home since compiling 621 yards (266 rush, 355 pass) in a 52-24 win over Tennessee Tech inside TDECU Stadium on Sept. 5, 2015.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nThe Cougars host the Southern Jaguars in their next home game on Sept. 12 at 6 p.m. inside TDECU Stadium.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nSUPPORT YOUR COOGS<br \/>\nFans can make a direct impact on the success of Houston Football by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/app.uhcougars.com\/UH25PartnerWSA\" title=\"https:\/\/app.uhcougars.com\/UH25PartnerWSA\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">providing NIL opportunities<\/a>\u00a0and by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/uhcougarpride.com\/membership-center\/giving-opportunities\/sport-specific-clubs\/huddle-46ers\/\" title=\"https:\/\/uhcougarpride.com\/sport-specific\/football.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">joining The Huddle<\/a>\u00a0which\u00a0provides financial support directly to Houston Football for needs beyond its operating budget.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nSTAY CONNECTED<br \/>\nFans can receive updates by following\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/uhcougarfb\" title=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/uhcougarfb\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@UHCougarFB<\/a>\u00a0on X, formerly known as Twitter, and catch up with the latest news and notes on the team by clicking\u00a0LIKE\u00a0on the team&#8217;s Facebook page at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/HoustonCougarFootball\/\" title=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/HoustonCougarFootball\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Houston Cougar Football<\/a>. Fans can also follow the team on Instagram at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/uhcougarfb\/\" title=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/uhcougarfb\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">uhcougarfb<\/a>.<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u2013\u2013 UHCougars.com \u2013\u2013<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HOUSTON \u2013 Following its 33-20 season opening win over Oregon State, the Houston Football team moved up to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":429904,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[56,58,57],"class_list":["post-429903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429903","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=429903"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429903\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/429904"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=429903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=429903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=429903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}