The Houston Cougars join the Big 12 this year and their first conference game will be against TCU. In my opinion, the Horned Frogs couldn’t ask for a better opponent to start conference play. Houston finished last season 8-5 (with losses to both Texas Tech and Kansas) despite having one of the country's best quarterback/wide receiver duos with Clayton Tune and Tank Dell.
While Houston has the most upside of the newcomers to the Big 12, I don’t think they have the talent to win big this season. Houston was the first (and only) group of five program to sign a 5-star recruit with Ed Oliver, and their move to the Big 12 will allow that to become a more common occurrence.