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Conference USA

Southern Miss

2020 Season Performance

#117
Rank
3-7
Record
-47.9
Points
0.510
SOS

Current Form

W1 streak
Last 3 1-2
Last 5 2-3

Key Games

Best W vs #43 Florida Atlantic 45-31
Worst L vs #123 South Alabama 21-32

Record Splits

Home 2-5
Away 1-2
Conference 2-4
Non-Conf 1-3
Close (7 pts or less) 0-3
FCS Opponents 1

Rank Progression

#85
#99
#113
#127
#140
Pre
#90
W3
#130
W6
#124
W9
#128
W12
#128
W15
#116
W16
#117

Season Breakdown

Hover Wk 16 pts for details
Week
Game
Score
Wk 16
1
09/04
L
NR vs #123 South Alabama
21-32
-14.1
Point Breakdown
Base Points
-8.0 -8.0
Location Modifiers
-2.4 -10.4
Loss Opp Modifier
-1.3 -11.7
Loss Record Modifier
-1.5 -13.2
Margin Scaling
-1.0 -14.1
Total -14.1 pts
3
09/19
L
#124 vs #53 Louisiana Tech
30-31
-11.3
Point Breakdown
Base Points
-8.0 -8.0
Location Modifiers
-2.4 -10.4
Loss Opp Modifier
-0.6 -11.0
Loss Record Modifier
-0.0 -11.1
Margin Scaling
-0.2 -11.3
Total -11.3 pts
4
09/26
L
#130 vs #108 Tulane
24-66
-12.4
Point Breakdown
Base Points
-8.0 -8.0
Location Modifiers
-2.4 -10.4
Loss Opp Modifier
+0.7 -9.7
Loss Record Modifier
-0.3 -10.0
Margin Scaling
-2.5 -12.4
Total -12.4 pts
5
10/03
W
#130 @ #112 North Texas
41-31
+11.0
Point Breakdown
Base Points
+10.0 10.0
Location Modifiers
+3.5 13.5
Win Opp Modifier
-4.5 9.0
Margin Scaling
+2.0 11.0
Total 11.0 pts
8
10/24
L
#124 @ #23 Liberty
35-56
-6.7
Point Breakdown
Base Points
-8.0 -8.0
Location Modifiers
+2.0 -6.0
Loss Opp Modifier
+1.9 -4.1
Loss Record Modifier
+0.8 -3.4
Margin Scaling
-2.2 -5.5
Recency Weighting
-1.2 -6.7
Total -6.7 pts
9
10/31
L
#122 vs #115 Rice
6-30
-14.3
Point Breakdown
Base Points
-8.0 -8.0
Location Modifiers
-2.4 -10.4
Loss Opp Modifier
-0.7 -11.1
Loss Record Modifier
-1.3 -12.4
Margin Scaling
-1.9 -14.3
Total -14.3 pts
10
11/07
W
#128 vs #15 North Alabama
24-13
+0.0
Point Breakdown
FCS Opponent - 0 pts
11
11/14
L
#125 @ #121 Western Kentucky
7-10
-7.3
Point Breakdown
Base Points
-8.0 -8.0
Location Modifiers
+2.0 -6.0
Loss Opp Modifier
-0.6 -6.6
Loss Record Modifier
-0.4 -6.9
Margin Scaling
-0.4 -7.3
Total -7.3 pts
12
11/21
L
#125 vs #65 UTSA
20-23
-10.8
Point Breakdown
Base Points
-8.0 -8.0
Location Modifiers
-2.4 -10.4
Loss Opp Modifier
-0.3 -10.7
Loss Record Modifier
+0.3 -10.4
Margin Scaling
-0.4 -10.8
Total -10.8 pts
15
12/10
W
#124 vs #43 Florida Atlantic
45-31
+11.2
Point Breakdown
Base Points
+10.0 10.0
Location Modifiers
-1.0 9.0
Win Opp Modifier
-0.1 8.9
Margin Scaling
+2.2 11.2
Total 11.2 pts
Total
3-7 Record
-54.9

All-Time Summary (2016-2026)

11
Seasons
51-71
Record
42%
Win Rate
#95
Avg Rank
#7
Best Rank
0.480
Avg SOS

Final Rank by Season

#1
#34
#67
#100
#134
2016
#61
2017
#59
2018
#85
2019
#68
2020
#117
2021
#121
2022
#86
2023
#118
2024
#133
2025
#73
2026
#126

Season-by-Season Breakdown

Year Conference Record Final Rank Best Rank Points SOS Champion
2026 Sun Belt 1-4 (20%) #126 #85 -32.4 0.564 -
2025 Sun Belt 7-5 (58%) #73 #42 20.2 0.425 -
2024 Sun Belt 1-11 (8%) #133 #93 -107.4 0.458 -
2023 Sun Belt 3-9 (25%) #118 #84 -58.7 0.491 -
2022 Sun Belt 6-6 (50%) #86 #54 7.6 0.465 -
2021 Conference USA 3-9 (25%) #121 #99 -68.9 0.453 -
2020 Conference USA 3-7 (30%) #117 #116 -47.9 0.510 -
2019 Conference USA 7-5 (58%) #68 #40 24.2 0.506 -
2018 Conference USA 6-5 (55%) #85 #61 5.6 0.445 -
2017 Conference USA 8-4 (67%) #59 #48 34.0 0.462 -
2016 Conference USA 6-6 (50%) #61 #7 34.2 0.497 -