Southern Miss Golden Eagles Football

Southern Miss opens the 2026 season against Alcorn State on Saturday, Sep 5 at M. M. Roberts Stadium.

The Read

Southern Miss opens a 20.5-point favorite. Our model gives Southern Miss a 90% chance.

WIN PROBABILITY

USM 90% ALCN 10%

PROJECTED FINAL

Southern Miss

36

Alcorn State

15

USM win
90% One-score game
19%

What's driving the model

Home-field edge USM

Market lean USM

Model projection USM

Each game samples a margin around the market spread and a final total around the market total.

Sim the game Alcorn State @ Southern Miss

Your sims:Sims: USM 0, ALCN 0

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Alcorn State @ Southern Miss

Sat, Sep 5 · 4:00 PM CDT

CFB VIBES MODELUSM 90% to win

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Southern Miss @ Auburn

Sat, Sep 12 · 6:45 PM CDT

CFB VIBES MODELAUB 98% to win

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UConn @ Southern Miss

Sat, Sep 19 · 6:00 PM CDT

CFB VIBES MODELCONN 62% to win

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Southern Miss @ Tulane

TBD

CFB VIBES MODELTULN 89% to win

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Standings

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Place	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
10	ODUOld DominionODU	0–0	0–0
11	USASouth AlabamaUSA	0–0	0–0
12	USMSouthern MissUSM	0–0	0–0
13	TROYTroyTROY	0–0	0–0
14	ULMUL MonroeULM	0–0	0–0

Rankings

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Rank	AP TOP 25
1	OSUOhio StateOSU
2	OREOregonORE
3	UGAGeorgiaUGA
4	NDNotre DameND
–	USMSouthern MissUSM

Rank	COACHES
1	OSUOhio StateOSU
2	OREOregonORE
3	UGAGeorgiaUGA
4	TEXTexasTEX
–	USMSouthern MissUSM