The Southern Miss Golden Eagles will begin their 2024 college football schedule on August 31, versus Kentucky. Keep scrolling for more.

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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 difficulty — and using its opponents’ projected win total this season — Southern Miss will be facing the 41st-ranked schedule this year.
• The Golden Eagles are facing the 57th-ranked conference schedule this season (based on their Sun Belt opponents’ combined win total last year).
• 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 notched three or fewer wins a season ago.
• The Golden Eagles have 10 teams that played in a bowl game last year on their schedule in 2024.

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Southern Miss Stat Insights (2023)

• With 420.8 yards allowed per game on defense, which ranked 22nd-worst in FBS, the Golden Eagles were forced to lean on their 89th-ranked offense (353.4 yards per contest) to keep them competitive last season.
• Despite having a bottom-25 scoring defense that ranked sixth-worst in FBS last season (35.8 points allowed per game), Southern Miss played better offensively, ranking 96th in FBS by totaling 23.2 points per game.
• The Golden Eagles compiled 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 passing yards allowed per game.
• With 178.8 rushing yards allowed per game on defense, which ranked 21st-worst in FBS, Southern Miss had to rely on its 59th-ranked running game (162.8 rushing yards per contest) to keep it in games last season.
• Southern Miss had the 58th-ranked turnover margin in college football last season at +1, forcing 17 turnovers (73rd in FBS) while turning it over 16 times (48th in FBS).

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