Dana Holgorsen’s Cougars have assembled seven wins in a row with no sign of stopping in sight. Houston (7-1, 5-0 AAC) is fresh off its first ranked win since 2018 and continues to control its destiny for its first AAC game appearance since 2015. South Florida (2-6, 1-4 AAC) is on the verge of missing out on bowl season for the third consecutive year heading into a showdown with the red-hot Cougars.
Two of the last three times met, it’s been an AP ranked team against an unranked team, and the unranked squad triumphed on both occasions. Both times, the ranking belonged to South Florida, but now, Houston holds a position in the AP Poll heading into Saturday while the Bulls look to play spoiler.