The Matchup Zone

2018 NCAA Matchup Projections

Houston Cougars

The following rankings show each team's expected neutral site, mid-season performance against Houston. For detailed matchup infromation, click the team's name.

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TAPE Rank Team Conference Seed Region HOU Win% Expected Margin Expected Opponent Score Expected Houston Score Expected Pace
4 Virginia ACC 1 South 32.88% 6.38 67.91 61.53 62.97
6 Cincinnati AmCon 2 South 43.54% 2.42 71.97 69.55 68.64
22 Tennessee SEC 3 South 54.04% -1.52 73.27 74.78 69.76
16 Arizona Pac12 4 South 54.12% -1.57 78.40 79.97 71.20
26 Kentucky SEC 5 South 59.43% -3.61 75.61 79.22 71.65
37 Miami (FL) ACC 6 South 62.37% -4.78 72.22 77.01 70.61
35 Nevada MWC 7 South 60.74% -4.27 80.49 84.76 74.04
19 Creighton BigEast 8 South 55.53% -2.21 82.44 84.65 75.42
38 Kansas State Big12 9 South 62.09% -4.62 70.62 75.24 69.48
49 Texas Big12 10 South 65.90% -6.13 68.45 74.58 69.05
39 Loyola (IL) MVC 11 South 62.20% -4.68 71.00 75.68 69.37
31 Davidson A10 12 South 59.67% -3.74 75.01 78.75 67.65
77 Buffalo MAC 13 South 74.64% -10.49 79.55 90.04 76.90
151 Wright State Horiz 14 South 86.59% -16.82 63.23 80.05 71.66
104 Georgia State SunBelt 15 South 80.42% -13.13 69.09 82.21 70.45
198 Maryland-Baltimore Co. AmEast 16 South 90.62% -20.34 66.62 86.96 72.02
1 Villanova BigEast 1 East 26.06% 10.02 87.26 77.24 72.72
5 Purdue BigTen 2 East 38.51% 4.51 81.66 77.15 71.38
10 Texas Tech Big12 3 East 46.60% 1.28 73.78 72.50 70.16
12 Wichita State AmCon 4 East 50.39% -0.15 80.86 81.01 72.96
11 West Virginia Big12 5 East 49.74% 0.10 79.87 79.77 74.17
25 Florida SEC 6 East 57.33% -2.82 74.62 77.44 70.91
24 Arkansas SEC 7 East 58.22% -3.23 79.89 83.11 73.49
40 Virginia Tech ACC 8 East 63.33% -5.31 76.33 81.65 72.49
50 Alabama SEC 9 East 68.11% -7.15 72.06 79.21 72.45
27 Butler BigEast 10 East 59.33% -3.66 77.39 81.04 72.40
48 St. Bonaventure A10 11 East 63.61% -5.33 75.04 80.37 72.13
81 Murray State OVC 12 East 75.32% -10.36 72.11 82.47 70.22
119 Marshall CUSA 13 East 83.69% -15.88 79.21 95.09 79.26
133 Stephen F. Austin Sland 14 East 84.45% -15.69 69.74 85.43 74.99
158 Cal State Fullerton BigWest 15 East 87.78% -17.70 67.05 84.74 72.93
292 Long Island NEC 16 East 96.36% -27.86 68.17 96.03 75.57
153 Radford BigSou 16 East 86.04% -15.85 60.33 76.17 66.17
57 UCLA Pac12 11 East 70.56% -8.58 79.06 87.64 75.09
9 Kansas Big12 1 Midwest 45.75% 1.68 83.17 81.49 73.23
3 Duke ACC 2 Midwest 36.54% 5.33 83.69 78.36 72.98
2 Michigan State BigTen 3 Midwest 34.90% 5.93 80.66 74.73 71.18
28 Auburn SEC 4 Midwest 60.00% -4.01 80.42 84.43 76.17
21 Clemson ACC 5 Midwest 56.07% -2.33 72.49 74.81 70.11
20 Texas Christian Big12 6 Midwest 56.67% -2.59 79.62 82.22 72.13
30 Rhode Island A10 7 Midwest 58.84% -3.38 74.60 77.98 72.14
32 Seton Hall BigEast 8 Midwest 61.40% -4.48 78.41 82.89 73.55
64 North Carolina State ACC 9 Midwest 71.56% -8.85 78.03 86.88 75.07
46 Oklahoma Big12 10 Midwest 67.11% -7.20 84.29 91.50 79.28
42 Arizona State Pac12 11 Midwest 64.45% -5.83 80.21 86.04 75.13
52 New Mexico State WAC 12 Midwest 66.96% -6.70 71.10 77.80 73.14
105 College of Charleston CAA 13 Midwest 79.47% -12.34 68.57 80.92 68.80
85 Bucknell Pat 14 Midwest 76.43% -11.23 75.85 87.08 75.68
150 Iona MAAC 15 Midwest 85.98% -17.01 75.46 92.47 74.61
96 Pennsylvania Ivy 16 Midwest 77.73% -11.69 69.31 81.00 73.35
44 Syracuse ACC 11 Midwest 64.80% -5.57 65.24 70.81 67.23
13 Xavier BigEast 1 West 50.13% -0.05 83.28 83.33 75.12
15 North Carolina ACC 2 West 53.80% -1.51 82.46 83.98 75.02
7 Michigan BigTen 3 West 42.63% 2.78 73.54 70.76 68.93
8 Gonzaga WCC 4 West 46.97% 1.18 79.98 78.80 72.86
17 Ohio State BigTen 5 West 54.03% -1.55 75.08 76.63 71.03
54 Texas A&M SEC 7 West 70.51% -8.29 73.59 81.88 73.30
33 Missouri SEC 8 West 60.37% -3.99 72.16 76.14 69.50
18 Florida State ACC 9 West 57.21% -2.84 79.10 81.95 75.12
67 Providence BigEast 10 West 72.64% -9.12 71.27 80.39 71.89
56 San Diego State MWC 11 West 69.59% -7.89 73.03 80.93 73.05
78 South Dakota State Summit 12 West 73.76% -10.05 77.14 87.19 74.29
84 North Carolina-Greensboro SoCon 13 West 75.02% -10.07 64.16 74.24 68.67
103 Montana BigSky 14 West 80.33% -12.81 67.87 80.68 72.26
195 Lipscomb Asun 15 West 90.78% -21.21 73.17 94.38 79.92
309 North Carolina Central MEAC 16 West 97.39% -28.99 59.82 88.81 69.79
235 Texas Southern SWAC 16 West 94.00% -24.36 72.66 97.01 75.33