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Big 12 · Cougars · 0-0

Houston

Your complete Houston season intelligence view.

Twelve returning starters, a strongly positive transfer exchange and Willie Fritz's development record support upside.

MPR #32Projected Wins #30Big 12 MPR #6Week 1 Ready
Matrix Power Rating9.9National #32
Projected Wins7.84National #30
Schedule Strength#64National SOS rank
Projected Offense30.7Points per game
Projected Defense23.1Points allowed
Point Differential+7.6Projected per game
Current Context

What Changed

Reviewed State

No Week 0 game has been played for this team. Current MPR and projected wins remain the approved preseason team state entering Week 1.

Week 0 ResultNo game
MPR9.9 → 9.9
Projected Wins7.84 → 7.84
Model update note

No new game evidence has entered the team update gate yet.

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Outcome Range

Season Distribution

The detailed record distribution remains the certified preseason baseline until the full game-by-game probability cascade is refreshed.

Preseason Outcome ShapeBaseline distribution
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The gold bar is the baseline mode (8 wins). This component is explicitly separated from the current headline state and will switch to the refreshed distribution when the full probability cascade is updated.
Season Market Context · 2026-08-08
Preseason Comparison Layer

Market context stays separate from MPR and projected wins. This snapshot is retained as comparison context and does not define team strength.

Posted Total8.5
Effective Market8.18
Adjusted Edge-0.35
SignalNo Edge
Game by Game

2026 Schedule Matrix

Remaining game rows preserve the approved preseason game-level projection baseline until the next full schedule-probability cascade.

DateOpponentWin %Score / ResultMarginTotalConfidenceType
SEP 5Oregon StateHome · Nonconference89%Win %35–16Baseline score+18.7Margin50.6TotalHighFBSOpponent
SEP 12SouthernHome · Nonconference99%Win %43–10Baseline score+33.2Margin53.3TotalMediumFCS/Other ProxyOpponent
SEP 18Texas TechAway · Big 1216%Win %19–34Baseline score-15.1Margin52.4TotalHighFBSOpponent
SEP 26Georgia SouthernAway · Nonconference86%Win %36–20Baseline score+16.3Margin55.2TotalHighFBSOpponent
OCT 3UCFHome · Big 1274%Win %30–20Baseline score+9.7Margin50.3TotalMediumFBSOpponent
OCT 10Kansas StateAway · Big 1242%Win %26–29Baseline score-3.2Margin55.8TotalLowFBSOpponent
OCT 17Oklahoma StateHome · Big 1261%Win %29–25Baseline score+4.0Margin54.6TotalMediumFBSOpponent
OCT 24UtahAway · Big 1238%Win %25–30Baseline score-4.5Margin54.7TotalMediumFBSOpponent
NOV 7CincinnatiHome · Big 1272%Win %32–23Baseline score+8.9Margin54.9TotalMediumFBSOpponent
NOV 13ColoradoAway · Big 1269%Win %30–23Baseline score+7.3Margin52.6TotalMediumFBSOpponent
NOV 21West VirginiaAway · Big 1269%Win %30–23Baseline score+7.3Margin53.1TotalMediumFBSOpponent
NOV 28BaylorHome · Big 1271%Win %33–25Baseline score+8.4Margin58.1TotalMediumFBSOpponent
Data-vintage safeguard: current MPR and projected wins above are the approved Week 1 team-state values. Detailed distribution and remaining schedule probabilities are explicitly labeled as baseline where the full probability cascade has not yet been refreshed.
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