Houston (7-5)  ** - Non division 1A team
1996/08/31  Houston                    43 - **Sam Houston St           25 
1996/09/07  LSU                        35 - Houston                    34 
1996/09/14  Houston                    42 - Pittsburgh                 35 OT
1996/09/21  USC                        26 - Houston                     9 
1996/10/05  Houston                    31 - Louisiana Lafayette        24 
1996/10/12  Houston                    37 - Memphis                    20 
1996/10/19  Cincinnati                 31 - Houston                    20 
1996/10/26  North Carolina             42 - Houston                    14 
1996/11/02  Houston                    20 - Tulane                     17 
1996/11/09  Houston                    56 - Southern Mississippi       49 OT
1996/11/16  Houston                    38 - Louisville                  7 
1996/12/27  Syracuse                   30 - Houston                    17    !! Liberty Bowl !!

This team's and opponent's rankings:
    TEAM                      SCORE   W  L        GWF      BLF    OW%   OOW%
 11 North Carolina            1.403  10  2      0.635   -0.150   49.6   52.5
 12 LSU                       1.338  10  2      0.469   -0.050   46.2   56.4
 17 Southern Mississippi      1.196   8  3      0.594   -0.224   54.1   53.9
 22 Syracuse                  1.001   9  3      0.592   -0.428   50.0   53.9
 38 Houston                   0.461   7  5      0.358   -0.518   55.2   52.2
 41 USC                       0.348   6  6      0.351   -0.595   56.2   53.7
 53 Louisiana Lafayette       0.049   5  6      0.212   -0.711   52.1   51.6
 55 Pittsburgh                0.025   4  7      0.066   -0.502   54.8   52.6
 63 Louisville               -0.103   5  6      0.163   -0.813   50.0   51.9
 71 Cincinnati               -0.416   6  5      0.318   -1.369   44.3   53.1
 74 Memphis                  -0.500   4  7      0.328   -1.289   55.4   52.2
 82 Tulane                   -0.758   2  9      0.147   -1.187   61.5   49.0