{"id":442217,"date":"2026-09-20T19:04:14","date_gmt":"2026-09-20T19:04:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/442217\/"},"modified":"2026-09-20T19:04:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-20T19:04:14","slug":"cougars-remain-ranked-in-ap-poll-at-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/442217\/","title":{"rendered":"Cougars Remain Ranked in AP Poll at #25"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>HOUSTON \u2013 Houston Football remained in the Top 25 in the AP Poll on Sunday despite dropping its first game of the season on the road against a top 15 opponent.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nThe Cougars have been ranked in four consecutive polls to begin the season for the first time since 2016.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nHouston will play on the road at Georgia Southern for the first time in program history on Saturday, Sept. 26 at 3 p.m. CT on ESPNU. <br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nSINGLE-GAME TICKETS<br \/>\nDon&#8217;t miss any of the action. Purchase single-game tickets today by <a href=\"https:\/\/uh.evenue.net\/events\/home-games?utm_medium=email&amp;elq_cid=385712&amp;RSRC=Email&amp;RDAT=2273&amp;ehash=d64e148a7d394ef68b0f356e8200e561df32aa733696372b2fc433cea7cca4f0&amp;aid=16089&amp;pid=uh_email_eloqua&amp;rid=2273\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">clicking here<\/a>.<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 Houston Football remained in the Top 25 in the AP Poll on Sunday despite dropping its&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":442218,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[56,58,57],"class_list":["post-442217","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\/442217","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=442217"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/442217\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/442218"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=442217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=442217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=442217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}