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Houston Men's Basketball

NCAA Division I · 2026-27
Big 12
Power
+20.8
D-I rank
#4
of 366
Big 12 rank
#1
of 16
2026-27
1-0
Picks right
1-0

Houston is 1-0 and ranked #4 of 366 Division I men's teams by the Ladder Model, #1 in the Big 12.

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Updated Nov 4, 2026 · ratings compare Division I men's teams with each other.

2026-27 Schedule & Predictions

DateOpponentResult / Pick
Nov 2vsLa SalleW 94-55
Pick: W 77-52 · 92% ✓
Nov 8vsCaliforniaProjected W 79-64 · 86%
Nov 11vsJacksonville St.Pick posts game week
Nov 17atRutgersPick posts game week
Nov 18atTTBAPick posts game week
Nov 19atTTBAPick posts game week
Nov 27vsOaklandPick posts game week
Nov 29vsQueens (NC)Pick posts game week
Dec 2vsCentral Ark.Pick posts game week
Dec 5vsTexas St.Pick posts game week
Dec 7vsAlabamaPick posts game week
Dec 13atLSUPick posts game week
Dec 20atFlorida St.Pick posts game week
Dec 29vsA&M-Corpus ChristiPick posts game week
Jan 2vsTCUPick posts game week
Jan 5atKansas St.Pick posts game week
Jan 10atBaylorPick posts game week
Jan 13vsIowa St.Pick posts game week
Jan 16atColoradoPick posts game week
Jan 19vsTexas TechPick posts game week
Jan 23atArizona St.Pick posts game week
Jan 30vsBYUPick posts game week
Feb 1vsKansasPick posts game week
Feb 6atArizonaPick posts game week
Feb 10atUCFPick posts game week
Feb 13vsUtahPick posts game week
Feb 15atTexas TechPick posts game week
Feb 21vsOklahoma St.Pick posts game week
Feb 24vsColoradoPick posts game week
Feb 27atWest VirginiaPick posts game week
Mar 2atCincinnatiPick posts game week
Mar 6vsArizonaPick posts game week

Picks are posted the week of each game and never changed after; the check marks grade them.

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Big 12 power rankings

Houston#4 · 1-0 · +20.8Arizona#9 · 0-1 · +18.3Kansas#17 · 1-0 · +16.0BYU#18 · 1-0 · +15.8Iowa St.#21 · 0-1 · +15.1Texas Tech#26 · 1-0 · +14.4TCU#31 · 1-0 · +13.2West Virginia#38 · 1-0 · +12.0Cincinnati#41 · 1-0 · +11.5Baylor#54 · 1-0 · +9.7Colorado#59 · 1-0 · +9.1Oklahoma St.#66 · 1-0 · +8.6Arizona St.#86 · 1-0 · +6.5UCF#97 · 1-0 · +5.7Kansas St.#126 · 0-1 · +2.7Utah#147 · 1-0 · +1.3

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