Houston

Best finish

No. 1

Seasons ranked

21 / 35

Best finish

No. 1 (2025-2026)

Sports

Football · Men's Basketball · Women's Basketball · Women's Volleyball

Polls

Media · Coaches · Playoff

Years in the Rankings

Any poll, any sport

Season-final ranking by sport · 1992-1993 – 2026-2027

FootballMen's BasketballWomen's BasketballWomen's Volleyball

Each point is Houston's rank in that sport's final poll of the season. Lower is better; a gap is a season that sport didn't finish ranked.

A year is lit when Houston was ranked in any poll that season; the best rank reached is shown. Click a year to open that season's poll board and cycle it week by week.

2020s7 ranked

2026 Best · No. 14 FB 2025 Best · No. 1 FBMen's 2024 Best · No. 2 Men's 2023 Best · No. 1 Men'sVB 2022 Best · No. 1 FBMen'sVB 2021 Best · No. 6 FBMen's 2020 Best · No. 3 Men's

2010s7 ranked

2019 Best · No. 19 Men's 2018 Best · No. 6 FBMen's 2017 Best · No. 19 Men's 2016 Best · No. 5 FB 2015 Best · No. 8 FB

2014Unranked

2013Unranked

2012Unranked

2011 Best · No. 6 FB 2010 Best · No. 22 FBWomen's

2000s4 ranked

2009 Best · No. 12 FB

2008Unranked

2007Unranked

2006Unranked

2005 Best · No. 25 Men's 2004 Best · No. 15 Women's 2003 Best · No. 9 Women's

2002Unranked

2001Unranked

2000Unranked

1990s3 ranked

1999Unranked

1998Unranked

1997Unranked

1996Unranked

1995Unranked

1994 Best · No. 17 VB 1993 Best · No. 25 VB 1992 Best · No. 23 VB

Recent Season

Media Top 25 · 2026-2027

Ranking by week

Lower is better. Gaps mark weeks the team was unranked. Open this season's board →