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Southern Miss

2026 Season Performance

#128
Rank
1-4
Record
-32.4
Points
0.551
SOS

Current Form

L4 streak
COLD
Last 3 0-3
Last 5 1-4

Key Games

Worst L @ #81 Tulane 21-24

Record Splits

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

Remaining Schedule

Opponent ranks are today’s and will move
7
games left
#82.1
avg opponent rank
#18
toughest left
27.98
pts if they win out
Week
Opponent
Win worth
7
10-17
vs
#123 Arkansas State
2-4
+2.66
8
10-24
vs
#55 Louisiana
4-2
+3.84
9
10-31
@
#135 UL Monroe
0-5
+3.68
10
11-06
vs
#18 James Madison
6-0
+4.48
11
11-14
@
#68 Louisiana Tech
3-2
+5.42
12
11-21
vs
#57 South Alabama
4-2
+3.8
13
11-28
@
#119 Old Dominion
2-4
+4.1

“Win worth” is base points scaled by location and the opponent’s current strength. It excludes margin and quality-win bonuses, which depend on a result that hasn’t happened.

Rank Progression

#80
#95
#110
#125
#140
Pre
#95
W3
#130
W6
#128
W9
#126
W12
#126
W15
#126

Season Breakdown

Hover Wk 15 pts for details
Week
Game
Score
Wk 6
Wk 15
Diff
1
09/05
W
NR vs FCS Alcorn State
49-3
+0.0
+0.0
Point Breakdown
FCS Opponent - 0 pts
+0.0
2
09/12
L
#89 @ #34 Auburn
8-43
-6.5
-7.5
Point Breakdown
Base Points
-8.0 -8.0
Location Modifiers
+2.0 -6.0
Loss Opp Modifier
+3.0 -3.0
Loss Record Modifier
+0.5 -2.5
Margin Scaling
-3.4 -5.9
Recency Weighting
-1.1 -7.0
Against the Spread (+32.75, -2.25)
-0.6 -7.5
Total -7.5 pts
-1.0
3
09/19
L
#85 vs #124 UConn
20-48
-15.8
-14.9
Point Breakdown
Base Points
-8.0 -8.0
Location Modifiers
-2.4 -10.4
Loss Opp Modifier
+1.4 -9.0
Loss Record Modifier
-0.5 -9.5
Margin Scaling
-2.4 -11.9
Against the Spread (+3.5, -24.5)
-3.0 -14.9
Total -14.9 pts
+0.9
4
09/26
L
#130 @ #81 Tulane
21-24
-3.5
-4.0
Point Breakdown
Base Points
-8.0 -8.0
Location Modifiers
+2.0 -6.0
Loss Opp Modifier
-0.0 -6.0
Loss Record Modifier
-0.5 -6.5
Margin Scaling
-0.5 -7.0
Against the Spread (+17.75, +14.75)
+3.0 -4.0
Total -4.0 pts
-0.5
6
10/07
L
#119 @ #94 Troy
34-55
-11.1
-10.6
Point Breakdown
Base Points
-8.0 -8.0
Location Modifiers
+2.0 -6.0
Loss Opp Modifier
-0.3 -6.3
Loss Record Modifier
+0.1 -6.2
Margin Scaling
-1.5 -7.7
Against the Spread (+9.5, -11.5)
-2.9 -10.6
Total -10.6 pts
+0.5
Total
1-4 Record
-36.9
-37.0
-0.1

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 -