2026 Southern Miss Strength of Schedule
How tough Southern Miss’ schedule has been, and what’s still ahead.
Updated Oct 22, 2026, 4:33 AM ET
Schedule strength
Measured by the average power rank of the opponents.
- Played
- Remaining
Toughest stretch · Weeks 10–13
- Wk 10JMU#21
- Wk 11@ LT#87
- Wk 12USA#94
- Wk 13@ ODU#101
Average opponent rank 75.8
Record by opponent strength
Opponents by their current place in our power rankings.
- vs Top third (1–46)
- 0-1
- 1 left · all at home
- vs Middle (47–92)
- 0-2
- 2 left · 1 on road
- vs Bottom (93–138)
- 0-2
- 3 left · 2 on road
Sun Belt - West division schedule comparison
SoS Rk is league-wide, 1 = hardest. Opp Rk is the average power rank of the opponents.
| Played | Remaining | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | ||||
 Southern Miss1-5 | 78 | 72.6 | 86 | 85.7 |
 Troy3-3 | 117 | 93.0 | tied for 88 | 88.0 |
 South Alabama4-3 | 87 | 77.7 | 105 | 98.8 |
 UL Monroe0-6 | 94 | 82.4 | 107 | 99.8 |
 Louisiana Tech4-2 | 67 | 66.2 | 110 | 102.3 |
 Arkansas State3-4 | 106 | 87.2 | 118 | 108.2 |
 Louisiana5-2 | 112 | 88.8 | tied for 131 | 114.8 |
- SoS Rk
- Strength of schedule rank, league-wide (1 = hardest)
- Opp Rk
- Average Opponent Rank