As of February 14, 2018:
Team: 201718 Wichita State Shockers men's basketball team
Conference: American Athletic Conference
Overall record: 195
Conference record: 93
Head-to-head vs. Houston: 11
Record vs. common opponents with Houston: 52 (10 vs. East Carolina, 10 vs. South Florida, 01 vs. SMU, 01 vs. Temple, 20 vs. Tulsa, 10 vs. UCF)
No. of games vs. AP top 10: 0
No. of wins vs. AP top 10: 0
Ranking (AP): #19
No. of votes in latest AP poll: 495
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Team: 201718 Houston Cougars men's basketball team
Conference: American Athletic Conference
Overall record: 195
Conference record: 93
Head-to-head vs. Wichita State: 11
Record vs. common opponents with Wichita State: 70 (10 vs. East Carolina, 20 vs. South Florida, 10 vs. SMU, 10 vs. Temple, 10 vs. Tulsa, 10 vs. UCF)
No. of games vs. AP top 10: 3
No. of wins vs. AP top 10: 1
Ranking (AP): (unranked)
No. of votes in latest AP poll: 16
Update, as of the end of the regular season:
Team: 201718 Wichita State Shockers men's basketball team
Conference: American Athletic Conference
Overall record: 246
Conference record: 144
Head-to-head vs. Houston: 11
Record vs. common opponents with Houston: 133 (11 vs. Cincinnati, 20 vs. Connecticut, 10 vs. East Carolina, 10 vs. Memphis, 11 vs. SMU, 10 vs. South Florida, 11 vs. Temple, 10 vs. Tulane, 20 vs. Tulsa, 20 vs. UCF)
No. of games vs. AP top 10: 2
No. of wins vs. AP top 10: 1
Ranking (AP): #11
No. of votes in latest AP poll: 861
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Team: 201718 Houston Cougars men's basketball team
Conference: American Athletic Conference
Overall record: 246
Conference record: 144
Head-to-head vs. Wichita State: 11
Record vs. common opponents with Wichita State: 133 (11 vs. Cincinnati, 10 vs. Connecticut, 20 vs. East Carolina, 01 vs. Memphis, 20 vs. SMU, 20 vs. South Florida, 20 vs. Temple, 11 vs. Tulane, 10 vs. Tulsa, 10 vs. UCF)
No. of games vs. AP top 10: 4
No. of wins vs. AP top 10: 2
Ranking (AP): #21
No. of votes in latest AP poll: 247
Update, as of the end of the AAC tournament:
And surprise, surprise, surprise. UH and Wichita State, two teams from the same conference, finished the regular season dead even in season record, conference record, head-to-head record, and record vs. common opponentsthough UH had faced twice as many top-10 teams and beaten twice as many top-10 teams. The "experts" ranked Wichita State ten places higher, their votes favoring WSU by a 3.5-to-1 margin. . .
Both teams entered the conference tournament, where UH proceeded to BEAT and ELIMINATE Wichita State. At that point UH had a BETTER season record, a BETTER conference record, and a BETTER head-to-head recordand they achieved these records while facing FIVE top-10 opponents, compared to Wichita State's two.
Aaaaand . . . three guesses which team the experts still ranked higher in the new polls (both AP and Coaches').