The Oklahoma State Cowboys are preparing for their first Top 25 matchup of the season as a Top 25 team. The No. 18 Cowboys face the No. 20 Houston Cougars in Houston on Saturday night in a prime-time showdown between two teams that faced each other last year in Stillwater, with the Cougars winning that game, 39-17.
Houston is set to open their Big 12 schedule as they face off with Texas Tech in Week 3. Both teams enter the game at 2-0 on the season. It is time to continue the NCAA Football odds series with a Houston-Texas Tech prediction and pick.
Each year it’s always fun to talk about potential sleepers, and today we’ll be looking at a player from the Houston Football team. Per Adam Rittenberg (ESPN), he believes Houston running back Makhi Hughes is a sleeper for the 2026 college football season.
How many of the college football teams to appear in at least 20 of their top-25 rankings can you name in six minutes?
Running back Makhi Hughes was one of the Oregon Ducks biggest transfer portal additions in the offseason heading into the 2025 season. Things did not pan out between the two sides and Hughes ended up entering the portal for the second straight season.
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The Oregon Ducks will go into the 2026 season with one of the best running back rooms the program has seen in a long time. Freshman running backs Dierre Hill Jr.
The Oregon Ducks reeled in one of the top running backs in the transfer portal last offseason when they signed Makhi Hughes. One year later and Hughes has departed the program after registering less than 20 carries and 100 yards during the year.
The Houston Cougars have made their first major addition in the transfer portal period with a commitment from former Oregon running back Makhi Hughes. Rivals' Hayes Fawcett first reported the news on X (formerly Twitter) early on Sunday afternoon.
Willie Fritz and the Houston Cougars just added one of the more interesting prospects of the transfer portal cycle with the commitment of Oregon running back Makhi Hughes.
In the last two days, both redshirt junior running backs, Jay Harris and Makhi Hughes, have entered their names into the transfer portal. To say there was an overhype around Hughes coming from the Tulane Green Wave is an understatement.
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Oregon Ducks running back Makhi Hughes has entered the transfer portal, meaning his career as a Duck will end after just one season. The No. 5 Oregon Ducks are on their way to the semifinals of the College Football Playoff after defeating the No.
The No. 5 seed Oregon Ducks take on the No. 1 seed Indiana Hoosiers in the Peach Bowl on Friday. The winner moves on to the College Football Playoff National Championship Game to play either the No.
Oregon head coach Dan Lanning confirmed reports that running back Makhi Hughes plans to redshirt the rest of the college football season. The decision comes as Hughes looks to maximize his remaining eligibility amid limited snaps with the Ducks.
The No. 2 Oregon Ducks have one of the deepest running back rooms in college football, filled with immense talent. Ahead of the season, the Ducks added Tulane transfer running back Makhi Hughes through the portal, and he came in with high anticipation.
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This offseason Tulane lost its star running back Makhi Hughes in the transfer portal. Hughes will now spend his 2025 year as an Oregon Duck. A season ago, Hughes ran for 1,401 yards and 15 touchdowns plus an additional 176 yards and two touchdowns receiving.
The college football regular season kicks off Aug. 23.
A season ago, Makhi Hughes ran for an incredible 1,401 yards and had 15 rushing touchdowns. Hughes was even a viable threat out of the backfield with 19 receptions for 176 yards and two touchdowns.
The Oregon Ducks sit with the No. 4 transfer portal class in country according to 247Sports. The Ducks scored one of the best running backs in the portal when they landed Tulane transfer Makhi Hughes.
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The NCAA transfer portal has seen yet another elite name come off the board.
In a world full of safe roads travelled and low-risk opportunities, Makhi Hughes bet on himself. Now, he sits in front of a massive opportunity and Auburn University could end up being a beneficiary of Hughes's impending decision.
The Tulane Green Wave continue to lose players to the transfer portal.
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