On August 31, the Southern Miss Golden Eagles will begin 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

• Based on their opponents’ combined win total last season, the Golden Eagles will be playing the 44th-ranked schedule in terms of difficulty.
• In terms of difficulty — and based on its opponents’ projected win total this season — Southern Miss will be facing the 41st-ranked schedule this year.
• Using their Sun Belt opponents’ combined win total last season, the Golden Eagles will be facing the 57th-ranked conference schedule in terms of toughness.
• Southern Miss has 10 games this season against teams that finished above .500 in 2023. That schedule includes two teams that put up nine or more victories and one squad with three or fewer wins last year.
• The Golden Eagles will go toe-to-toe with 10 teams in 2024 who played in a bowl game in 2023.

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Southern Miss Stat Insights (2023)

• Despite sporting a bottom-25 defense that ranked 22nd-worst in FBS (420.8 yards allowed per game) last season, the Golden Eagles put up better results on the other side of the ball, ranking 89th in FBS by averaging 353.4 yards per game.
• With 35.8 points allowed per game on defense, which ranked sixth-worst in FBS last season, Southern Miss had to rely on its 96th-ranked offense (23.2 points per contest) to keep it competitive.
• The Golden Eagles ranked 103rd in pass offense (190.7 passing yards per game) and 98th in pass defense (242 passing yards allowed per game) last year.
• With 178.8 rushing yards allowed per game on defense, which ranked 21st-worst in FBS, Southern Miss had to ask its 59th-ranked running game (162.8 rushing yards per contest) to keep it in games last season.
• With 17 forced turnovers (73rd in FBS) against 16 turnovers committed (48th in FBS) last season, Southern Miss’ +1 turnover margin ranked 58th in college football.

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