The 2022 Houston Cougars football team will represent the University of Houston in the 2022 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Cougars play their home games at TDECU Stadium in Houston, Texas, competing in the American Athletic Conference. They are led by 4th-year head coach Dana Holgorsen. In September 2021 UCF, Cincinnati, and Houston accepted bids to join the Big 12.[1] The schools are contractually required to remain with the AAC through 2024. All indications are that the three schools would prefer to leave in 2023. The 2022 season is expected to be the program's last season as a member of the AAC.[2]
The Cougars finished the 2021 season with a 12–2 (8–0 AAC) record to finish tied for first in the conference. They would lose the AAC Championship Game to Cincinnati.[3] It was their first appearance in the conference championship game since 2015. They won the Birmingham Bowl 17–13 against Auburn.[4]
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