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Houston 2023 Strength of Schedule
Taking into account their opponents’ combined win total last year (89), Houston has the toughest schedule in college football.
Houston is playing the 12th-toughest schedule this season (based on its opponents’ projected win total this year).
Houston will have the -toughest conference schedule in college football, based on its Big 12 opponents’ projected win total this season ().
Houston will play nine games in 2023 against teams with winning records in 2022 (five of those teams won nine or more games and one of them picked up less than four wins).
The Cougars will have 10 teams on their schedule this year that made a bowl game in 2022.
Houston Projected Wins
Looking ahead to the 2023 NCAA Football regular season, our team-comparison model projects the Cougars at five wins.
A total of four teams on Houston’s schedule this season won fewer games than the Cougars last year.
Houston’s +50000 National Championship odds are better than just two of the teams it will play this year.
In 2023 the Cougars have a regular season over/under of 4.5 wins and, looking at the current moneyline, a 57.4% shot of finishing above that total.
Houston has a 0.2% chance of winning the national championship according to its current odds (+50000).
According to its moneyline odds (+20000), Houston’s implied probability is 0.5% to win the Big 12 this year.
Houston Last Season Performance
Last season the Cougars finished 8-5, qualifying for a bowl game and beating Louisiana 23-16 in the Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl.
At home last year, Houston was 3-3. On the road, the Cougars went 4-2.
The Cougars won twice as underdogs (2-2) and went 6-3 as favorites.
The Cougars were 8-5 in the FBS and 5-3 in the Big 12 overall.
Houston put together a 5-8-0 record against the spread last season.
Last season, 10 Cougars games hit the over.
Houston ranked 105th in total defense last year (421.7 yards allowed per game), but it played really well on offense, ranking 25th-best in FBS with 456.0 total yards per game.
Houston struggled on defense last season, ranking 20th-worst in FBS (32.2 points allowed per game). However, it ranked 16th-best offensively, putting up 36.1 points per game.
The Cougars struggled on defense against the pass last season, ranking 10th-worst in FBS (278.6 passing yards allowed per game) this season. However, they ranked eighth-best offensively, averaging 313.6 passing yards per game.
Houston ranked 75th in run offense (142.4 rushing yards per game) and 57th in run defense (143.1 rushing yards allowed per game) last season.
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Matt is from the Chicagoland area and has been working in Chicago sports since 2015 with stops at WGN Radio, the Chicago Blackhawks, Stadium, and NBC Sports Chicago prior to landing at Betsperts. Matt covers just about everything for Betsperts and Bleacher Nation but focuses on the NHL and college football.
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