{"id":456413,"date":"2026-10-04T20:22:40","date_gmt":"2026-10-04T20:22:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/456413\/"},"modified":"2026-10-04T20:22:40","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T20:22:40","slug":"houston-stays-in-top-25-in-both-ap-coaches-poll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/456413\/","title":{"rendered":"Houston Stays in Top 25 in both AP, Coaches Poll"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>HOUSTON \u2013 Following its 27-point scoring run to erase a 17-point deficit and beat UCF 27-17 on Saturday, the Houston Cougars Football team moved to No. 22 in the AP Poll and No. 19 in the USA Today Coaches Poll.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nHouston has remained ranked to begin the season in the first six polls for the first time since 2016.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nHouston heads to Kansas State for a Saturday matchup at 2:30 p.m. on FOX with Houston defending its ranking on the road for the third time this season.<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 27-point scoring run to erase a 17-point deficit and beat UCF 27-17 on Saturday,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":456414,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[56,58,57],"class_list":["post-456413","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\/456413","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=456413"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/456413\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/456414"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=456413"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=456413"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=456413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}