On August 31, the Southern Miss Golden Eagles will open their 2024 college football schedule against Kentucky. Keep scrolling for more info.

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2024 Southern Miss Game and TV Schedule

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Southern Miss 2024 Strength of Schedule

• The Golden Eagles will have the 44th-ranked schedule in college football, based on their opponents’ combined win total last season (75).
• In terms of toughness — and using its opponents’ projected win total this season — Southern Miss will be playing the 41st-ranked schedule this year.
• According to their Sun Belt opponents’ combined win total last year, the Golden Eagles will be playing the 57th-ranked conference schedule in terms of toughness.
• In 2024, Southern Miss will face 10 teams that had winning records last season, including two that won nine or more games, while facing one squad that accumulated three or fewer wins a year ago.
• The Golden Eagles will have 10 teams on their schedule this year that made a bowl game in 2023.

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Southern Miss Stat Insights (2023)

• The Golden Eagles owned the 89th-ranked offense last season (353.4 yards per game), and they were less effective on defense, ranking 22nd-worst with 420.8 yards allowed per game.
• With 35.8 points allowed per game on defense, which ranked sixth-worst in FBS last season, Southern Miss was forced to rely on its 96th-ranked offense (23.2 points per contest) to keep it in games.
• The Golden Eagles averaged 190.7 passing yards per game on offense last season (103rd in FBS), and they ranked 98th on the other side of the ball with 242.0 passing yards allowed per game.
• Despite sporting a bottom-25 run defense that ranked 21st-worst in FBS (178.8 rushing yards allowed per game) last season, Southern Miss had more success on offense, ranking 59th in FBS by averaging 162.8 rushing yards per game.
• Southern Miss forced 17 total turnovers (73rd in FBS) last season and turned it over 16 times (48th in FBS) for a turnover margin of +1, 58th-ranked in college football.

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