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  "season": 2026,
  "board": "001",
  "status": "week-4",
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  "team": {
    "school": "Houston",
    "short": "HOU",
    "conference": "Big 12",
    "accent": "#c8102e",
    "rank": 25,
    "movement": "NEW",
    "signal": "fault-line",
    "reason": "A two-point road loss earns a closer look than a binary win column.",
    "case": "Houston stayed within one score of an unbeaten ranked conference opponent.",
    "doubt": "Competitive defeat still leaves the defining win uncollected.",
    "proof": "Turn the next close conference chance into an actual result.",
    "record": "2-1",
    "lastResult": "L 26–28 at Texas Tech",
    "previousRank": null,
    "movementReason": "New to PointCast 25. A two-point road loss earns a closer look than a binary win column.",
    "sourceUrl": "https://www.collegepollarchive.com/football/ap/seasons.cfm?appollid=1271",
    "slug": "houston",
    "referenceRank": 25,
    "rankDelta": 0,
    "comparison": "PointCast and AP Top 25 both rank Houston No. 25.",
    "isCurrent": true
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    "name": "AP Top 25 · September 20, 2026",
    "shortName": "AP Top 25",
    "publishedAt": "2026-09-20",
    "checkedAt": "2026-09-23",
    "url": "https://www.collegepollarchive.com/football/ap/seasons.cfm?appollid=1271",
    "note": "The September 20 AP poll, as archived by College Poll Archive and cross-checked against CFB App. An opinion poll, not a predictive model: one legible reference board, not as a universal consensus.",
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      "Texas",
      "Georgia",
      "Notre Dame",
      "Ole Miss",
      "Indiana",
      "Miami",
      "Ohio State",
      "Alabama",
      "BYU",
      "LSU",
      "Texas Tech",
      "USC",
      "Penn State",
      "Tennessee",
      "Utah",
      "Louisville",
      "Iowa",
      "Michigan",
      "Missouri",
      "Oregon",
      "Florida",
      "SMU",
      "Texas A&M",
      "Mississippi State",
      "Houston"
    ]
  },
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