2026-27 Southern Miss Strength of Schedule
How tough Southern Miss’ schedule has been, and what’s still ahead.
Updated Oct 31, 2026, 8:07 PM ET
Schedule strength
Measured by the average power rank of the opponents.
- Remaining
Toughest stretch · Nov 21 – Dec 10
- Nov 21@ NICH#286
- Nov 22@ VAL#116
- Nov 29GRAM#356
- Dec 2TULN#159
- Dec 5@ ORST#106
- Dec 10@ MCN#103
Average opponent rank 187.7
Record by opponent strength
Opponents by their current place in our power rankings.
- vs Top third (1–122)
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- 5 left · 5 on road
- vs Middle (123–244)
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- 15 left · 7 on road
- vs Bottom (245–365)
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- 10 left · 5 on road
5 of Southern Miss’s 5 remaining games against the top third are on the road.
Sun Belt conference schedule comparison
SoS Rk is league-wide, 1 = hardest. Opp Rk is the average power rank of the opponents.
| Played | Remaining | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | ||||
 UL Monroe0-0 | – | – | 153 | 173.8 |
 App State0-0 | – | – | 183 | 190.2 |
 Louisiana0-0 | – | – | 186 | 192.7 |
 Troy0-0 | – | – | 196 | 199.1 |
 Coastal Carolina0-0 | – | – | 202 | 201.9 |
 Southern Miss0-0 | – | – | 210 | 206.5 |
 Georgia State0-0 | – | – | 211 | 207.1 |
 South Alabama0-0 | – | – | 218 | 209.0 |
 Louisiana Tech0-0 | – | – | 220 | 209.7 |
 Marshall0-0 | – | – | 222 | 209.9 |
 Georgia Southern0-0 | – | – | 232 | 214.2 |
 Old Dominion0-0 | – | – | 235 | 214.8 |
 Arkansas State0-0 | – | – | 240 | 218.0 |
 James Madison0-0 | – | – | 248 | 219.8 |
- SoS Rk
- Strength of schedule rank, league-wide (1 = hardest)
- Opp Rk
- Average Opponent Rank