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Houston

Best finish

No. 1

Seasons ranked

18 / 24

Best finish

No. 1 (2025-2026)

Sports

Football · Men's Basketball · Women's Basketball

Polls

Media · Coaches · Playoff

Years in the Rankings

Any poll, any sport

Season-final ranking by sport · 2003-2004 – 2026-2027

FootballMen's BasketballWomen's Basketball

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. 22 FB 2025 Best · No. 1 FBMen's 2024 Best · No. 2 Men's 2023 Best · No. 1 Men's 2022 Best · No. 1 FBMen's 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

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 →