On August 31, the Southern Miss Golden Eagles will open their 2024 college football schedule against Kentucky. Keep scrolling for more information.

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2024 Southern Miss Game and TV Schedule

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Southern Miss 2024 Strength of Schedule

• The Golden Eagles are facing the 44th-ranked schedule this season (based on their opponents’ combined win total from last year).
• According to its opponents’ projected win total this year, Southern Miss will be facing the 41st-ranked schedule in terms of toughness.
• According to their Sun Belt opponents’ combined win total last year, the Golden Eagles will be playing the 57th-ranked conference schedule in terms of toughness.
• Southern Miss will play 10 games this season against teams that went over .500 in 2023. That schedule includes two teams that had nine or more victories and one squad with less than four wins last season.
• The Golden Eagles have 10 teams who played in a bowl game last year on their schedule in 2024.

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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 offense, ranking 89th in FBS by totaling 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 in games.
• On offense, the Golden Eagles ranked 103rd in FBS with 190.7 passing yards per game last season. Meanwhile, they ranked 98th in passing yards allowed per contest (242).
• Despite having a bottom-25 run defense that ranked 21st-worst in FBS (178.8 rushing yards allowed per game) last season, Southern Miss played better on the other side of the ball, ranking 59th in FBS by putting up 162.8 rushing yards per game.
• With 17 forced turnovers (73rd in FBS) against 16 turnovers committed (48th in FBS), Southern Miss (+1) had the 58th-ranked turnover margin in college football last season.

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