#9 Houston Cougars

Team

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG
Team	11	316	5,093	893	5.7	3,798	712	5.3	1,295	181	7.2
Team Rank		19th	4th	2nd	8th	4th	2nd	6th	74th	90th	34th
Opponent	11	135	2,413		3.4	1,090	431	2.5	1,323	283	4.7
Opponent Rank		68th	8th		5th	5th	13th	7th	53rd	118th	5th
Net		+181	+2,680	+893	+2.3	+2,708	+281	+2.8	-28	-102	+2.5
Net Rank		15th	2nd	2nd	4th	2nd	2nd	5th	69th	117th	12th

Player Stats

	Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	LNG	SCK	SCKY
	D.C. Nobles	11	70	156	44.9	14.2	1,148	7.4	104.4	7	7	112.5	4.5	4.5
	David Husmann D. Husmann	11	6	18	33.3	1.6	113	6.3	10.3	1	1	93.3	5.6	5.6

Rushing	GP	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Leonard Parker L. Parker	11	224	20.4	1,123	5.0	102.1	12	225	1,126
Reggie Cherry R. Cherry	11	134	12.2	794	5.9	72.2	10	138	829
D.C. Nobles	11	122	11.1	591	4.8	53.7	5
Donnie McGraw D. McGraw	11	90	8.2	556	6.2	50.5	4	91	569
Marshall Johnson M. Johnson	11	79	7.2	447	5.7	40.6	1	80	475
Milton Ward M. Ward	11	25	2.3	104	4.2	9.5	0
Clarence Shelmon C. Shelmon	11	20	1.8	82	4.1	7.5	1
David Husmann D. Husmann	11	9	0.8	58	6.4	5.3	0
Larry Jefferson L. Jefferson	11	3	0.3	2	0.7	0.2	0	5	68
Bryan Willingham B. Willingham	11	1	0.1	5	5.0	0.5	0	17	333

Receiving	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Bryan Willingham B. Willingham	11	16	1.5	328	20.5	29.8	2	17	333
Marty Watts M. Watts	11	14	1.3	148	10.6	13.5	1
Frank Scalise F. Scalise	11	11	1.0	211	19.2	19.2	2
Miller Bassler M. Bassler	11	10	0.9	195	19.5	17.7	2
Mike Welch M. Welch	11	9	0.8	153	17.0	13.9	0
Reggie Cherry R. Cherry	11	4	0.4	35	8.8	3.2	2	138	829
Eddie Foster E. Foster	11	3	0.3	63	21.0	5.7	0
Robert Lavergne R. Lavergne	11	3	0.3	27	9.0	2.5	0
Larry Jefferson L. Jefferson	11	2	0.2	66	33.0	6.0	0	5	68
Marshall Johnson M. Johnson	11	1	0.1	28	28.0	2.5	0	80	475
Donnie McGraw D. McGraw	11	1	0.1	13	13.0	1.2	0	91	569
Leonard Parker L. Parker	11	1	0.1	3	3.0	0.3	0	225	1,126

Scoring	GP	RUSH	REC	TOT	PTS
Reggie Cherry R. Cherry	11	10	2	12	72
D.C. Nobles	11	5		12	72
Leonard Parker L. Parker	11	12	0	12	72
Donnie McGraw D. McGraw	11	4	0	4	24
Miller Bassler M. Bassler	11		2	2	12
Frank Scalise F. Scalise	11		2	2	12
Bryan Willingham B. Willingham	11	0	2	2	12
David Husmann D. Husmann	11	0		1	6
Marshall Johnson M. Johnson	11	1	0	1	6
Clarence Shelmon C. Shelmon	11	1		1	6
Marty Watts M. Watts	11		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