#18 Houston Cougars

Team

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG
Team	10	425	5,620	846	6.6	3,617	633	5.7	2,003	213	9.4
Team Rank		1st	1st	6th	1st	1st	4th	1st	21st	86th	1st
Opponent	10	154	2,618		3.7	947	413	2.3	1,671	298	5.6
Opponent Rank		72nd	20th		19th	10th	15th	11th	84th	107th	25th
Net		+271	+3,002	+846	+3.0	+2,670	+220	+3.4	+332	-85	+3.8
Net Rank		1st	1st	6th	1st	1st	4th	1st	30th	105th	2nd

Player Stats

	Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	LNG	SCK	SCKY
	Ken Bailey K. Bailey	10	71	151	47.0	15.1	1,279	8.5	127.9	11	12	126.3	7.3	7.9
	Rusty Clark R. Clark	10	32	58	55.2	5.8	650	11.2	65.0	7	1	185.7	12.1	1.7

Rushing	GP	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Paul Gipson P. Gipson	10	242	24.2	1,550	6.4	155.0	13	245	1,559
Ken Bailey K. Bailey	10	121	12.1	336	2.8	33.6	7
Carlos Bell C. Bell	10	107	10.7	691	6.5	69.1	5	109	717
Jim Strong J. Strong	10	85	8.5	538	6.3	53.8	4	87	593
Ted Heiskell T. Heiskell	10	46	4.6	309	6.7	30.9	5
Jake Green J. Green	10	12	1.2	71	5.9	7.1	0	13	77
Rusty Clark R. Clark	10	7	0.7	3	0.4	0.3	1
Elmo Wright E. Wright	10	5	0.5	113	22.6	11.3	1	48	1,311
Mike Parrott M. Parrott	10	1	0.1	3	3.0	0.3	0	5	45

Receiving	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Elmo Wright E. Wright	10	43	4.3	1,198	27.9	119.8	11	48	1,311
Paul Daulong P. Daulong	10	19	1.9	261	13.7	26.1	3
Calvin Achey C. Achey	10	10	1.0	135	13.5	13.5	0
Mark Bugaj M. Bugaj	10	9	0.9	79	8.8	7.9	1
Earl Thomas E. Thomas	10	5	0.5	61	12.2	6.1	0
Mike Parrott M. Parrott	10	4	0.4	42	10.5	4.2	1	5	45
Otis Stewart O. Stewart	10	3	0.3	39	13.0	3.9	1
Paul Gipson P. Gipson	10	3	0.3	9	3.0	0.9	0	245	1,559
Jim Strong J. Strong	10	2	0.2	55	27.5	5.5	1	87	593
Carlos Bell C. Bell	10	2	0.2	26	13.0	2.6	1	109	717
Jake Green J. Green	10	1	0.1	6	6.0	0.6	0	13	77

Scoring	GP	RUSH	REC	TOT	PTS
Ken Bailey K. Bailey	10	7		18	108
Paul Gipson P. Gipson	10	13	0	13	78
Elmo Wright E. Wright	10	1	11	12	72
Rusty Clark R. Clark	10	1		8	48
Carlos Bell C. Bell	10	5	1	6	36
Ted Heiskell T. Heiskell	10	5		5	30
Jim Strong J. Strong	10	4	1	5	30
Paul Daulong P. Daulong	10		3	3	18
Mark Bugaj M. Bugaj	10		1	1	6
Mike Parrott M. Parrott	10	0	1	1	6
Otis Stewart O. Stewart	10		1	1	6

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,257

Atkinson

2,045

Maiava

1,868

Jackson

Rush Yards Leaders

835

Riley

828

Roberts

793

Cook

Rec Yards Leaders

932

Legree

916

Smith

720

Hernandez

Pass TD Leaders

21

Atkinson

18

Maiava

17

Taylor

Rush TD Leaders

12

Baugh

12

Hawkins

10

Daniels

Rec TD Leaders

12

Legree

11

Smith

9

Dixon

QB Rating Leaders

212.2

Mensah

200.5

Hoover

198.6

Stockton

Sack Leaders

9.5

Simmons

8.0

Umanmielen

7.0

Esqillion

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

49.6

46.2

44.2

44.0

43.4

42.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.8

10.3

10.6

11.0

11.8

12.2

Total Yards Rankings

554.8

533.8

531.6

524.8

522.3

521.4

Rush Yards Rankings

333.2

325.6

299.4

295.5

263.6

253.2

Pass Yards Rankings

391.2

347.0

341.0

337.8

334.4

322.4

Sack Leaders

24.0

22.0

20.0

19.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	5	1	.833
2	Oregon State	4	2	.667
3	Fresno State	4	2	.667
4	San Diego State	2	4	.333
5	Utah State	2	4	.333
6	Colorado State	2	3	.400
7	Texas State	2	3	.400
8	Washington State	1	5	.167

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	BYU	5	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	5	0	1.000
3	Utah	5	0	1.000
4	Baylor	4	1	.800
5	Oklahoma State	4	1	.800
6	Arizona	5	1	.833
7	Houston	5	1	.833
8	Cincinnati	4	1	.800
9	Arizona State	3	2	.600
10	Iowa State	3	3	.500
11	UCF	3	3	.500
12	Kansas State	3	2	.600
13	Colorado	2	3	.400
14	Kansas	2	3	.400
15	TCU	2	3	.400
16	West Virginia	3	3	.500

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	4	3	.571
2	Ohio	4	2	.667
3	Western Michigan	4	2	.667
4	Bowling Green	2	4	.333
5	Buffalo	3	3	.500
6	Toledo	4	2	.667
7	Central Michigan	3	3	.500
8	Miami (OH)	3	3	.500
9	UMass	4	2	.667
10	Kent State	2	4	.333
11	Akron	1	5	.167
12	Ball State	1	5	.167
13	Sacramento State	1	5	.167

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	6	0	1.000
2	Alabama	5	1	.833
3	Kentucky	5	1	.833
4	Mississippi State	4	1	.800
5	Missouri	5	1	.833
6	Tennessee	5	1	.833
7	Ole Miss	4	1	.800
8	Oklahoma	3	2	.600
9	Florida	4	2	.667
10	Texas	4	1	.800
11	LSU	4	2	.667
12	Auburn	3	2	.600
13	South Carolina	3	3	.500
14	Texas A&M	3	3	.500
15	Vanderbilt	3	3	.500
16	Arkansas	2	4	.333

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	6	0	1.000
2	UCLA	5	0	1.000
3	Ohio State	5	1	.833
4	Wisconsin	4	1	.800
5	USC	6	1	.857
6	Purdue	3	3	.500
7	Iowa	5	1	.833
8	Nebraska	5	1	.833
9	Minnesota	4	2	.667
10	Northwestern	4	1	.800
11	Oregon	3	2	.600
12	Illinois	3	3	.500
13	Michigan	3	2	.600
14	Rutgers	1	4	.200
15	Penn State	3	3	.500
16	Washington	3	3	.500
17	Maryland	2	4	.333
18	Michigan State	2	4	.333

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	5	1	.833
2	Jacksonville State	4	2	.667
3	Florida International	3	2	.600
4	New Mexico State	2	4	.333
5	Western Kentucky	2	4	.333
6	Delaware	2	3	.400
7	Middle Tennessee	2	3	.400
8	Kennesaw State	1	4	.200
9	Missouri State	1	4	.200
10	Sam Houston	1	4	.200

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	Memphis	5	1	.833
2	UTSA	5	1	.833
3	North Texas	4	2	.667
4	Florida Atlantic	4	1	.800
5	East Carolina	3	2	.600
6	Army	3	2	.600
7	UAB	3	3	.500
8	Temple	2	4	.333
9	South Florida	4	2	.667
10	Navy	2	3	.400
11	Tulane	2	3	.400
12	Tulsa	3	3	.500
13	Rice	1	5	.167
14	Charlotte	0	6	.000

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	5	0	1.000
2	Wake Forest	5	1	.833
3	Clemson	3	2	.600
4	Pittsburgh	5	1	.833
5	SMU	4	1	.800
6	Virginia	4	2	.667
7	California	3	3	.500
8	Georgia Tech	2	3	.400
9	Louisville	3	3	.500
10	Duke	4	1	.800
11	North Carolina	3	2	.600
12	Virginia Tech	4	2	.667
13	Florida State	3	3	.500
14	NC State	3	3	.500
15	Stanford	2	4	.333
16	Boston College	2	3	.400
17	Syracuse	2	3	.400

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	UNLV	4	2	.667
2	New Mexico	4	1	.800
3	North Dakota State	5	1	.833
4	Air Force	4	1	.800
5	Wyoming	3	3	.500
6	San Jose State	3	3	.500
7	Nevada	2	3	.400
8	Northern Illinois	0	5	.000
9	UTEP	1	5	.167
10	Hawai'i	1	5	.167

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	6	0	1.000
2	UConn	3	3	.500

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	6	0	1.000
2	South Alabama	4	2	.667
3	Georgia State	4	1	.800
4	Louisiana Tech	3	2	.600
5	Troy	3	2	.600
6	Louisiana	4	2	.667
7	Georgia Southern	2	4	.333
8	Coastal Carolina	2	4	.333
9	Old Dominion	2	4	.333
10	Appalachian State	3	2	.600
11	Southern Miss	1	4	.200
12	Louisiana-Monroe	0	5	.000
13	Marshall	3	3	.500
14	Arkansas State	2	4	.333