Top 25 Finishes
The Houston Cougars have finished in the AP Poll and Coaches' Poll sixteen times in the program's history, with the highest-ranked finishes being #4 in 1976 and #5 in 1979. Note: The AP Poll began in 1936, and the Coaches' Poll began in 1950. Before 1990, only the top 20 teams were ranked in the AP Poll.
| Year | Record | AP Poll | Coaches Poll |
| 1952 | 8-2-0 | 19 | |
| 1966 | 8-2-0 | 17 | |
| 1967 | 7-3-0 | 19 | |
| 1968 | 6-2-2 | 18 | 20 |
| 1969 | 9-2-0 | 12 | 16 |
| 1970 | 8-3-0 | 19 | 13 |
| 1971 | 9-3-0 | 17 | 14 |
| 1973 | 11-1-0 | 9 | 13 |
| 1974 | 8-3-1 | 19 | 11 |
| 1976 | 10-2-0 | 4 | 4 |
| 1978 | 9-3-0 | 10 | 11 |
| 1979 | 8-2-0 | 5 | 5 |
| 1988 | 9-3-0 | 18 | |
| 1989 | 9-2-0 | 14 | |
| 1990 | 10-1-0 | 10 | |
| 2011 | 13-1-0 | 18 | 14 |
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