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Southern Miss

6–6 FBS · Sun Belt · 2025
Rating
−5.0
Rank
89
Résumé
95
Our picks
7–4
Expected wins · what our pregame odds said the games were worth
4.4expected wins · finished 6–6
Bowl (6+)23%
9+ wins0%
11+ wins0%

6–6 against 4.4 expected wins. Second-order wins — the record their play deserved — put them at 6.0.

Ranking by week151025Wk 0Wk 7Wk 14Wk 23
Ours 89thFinal

Luck & what-ifs

2025 final
One-score record
2–1
decided by 8 or fewer
Wins vs expected
+1.6
6–6 vs 4.4
One-score games flipped
5–7
what-if record
Turnover margin
+7
expected +10.0

Luck: −0.1 wins versus the record their play deserved. Banked wins keep; the pace is what regresses.

ConjPWR profile

2025 final · 88th · −5.3 pts vs avg
What repeats — the ratingvs averagepts / game
Offense efficiency−2.4114th
Offense play value−0.985th
Defense efficiency−1.185th
Defense play value−0.575th
Drive finishing−0.493rd
Field position+0.063rd
What doesn't — luckvs averagepts / game
Ball security+0.040th
Third-down conversion−0.080th

Points per game vs an average team, opponent-adjusted and weighted by how much the factor repeats — the tagged luck factors are already discounted to near zero. Luck added +1.2 pts/game to results; in CFB that pace regresses.

Hidden game

special teams · disruption · style
Special teams EPA / game
−2.6
128th
Havoc rate
10.4%
79th
Rush rate over expected
−1.7%
73rd · pass-leaning

The pieces the ConjPWR factors don't cover: kicking-game value, defensive disruption, and run/pass lean (style, not quality).

Where they sit · offense vs defensepinch or ⌘/ctrl + scroll to zoom
−0.200.00+0.20FBS averageKansas StateIowa StateKansasFresno StateWestern KentuckySam HoustonHawai'iStanfordSouth FloridaBoise StateRutgersOhioAkronWyomingNC StateEast CarolinaUCFJacksonville StateMinnesotaBuffaloCincinnatiNebraskaWisconsinMiami (OH)Michigan StateWestern MichiganCharlotteApp StateWake ForestKennesaw StateBaylorAuburnColoradoGeorgia TechUNLVSan José StateCentral MichiganMarylandFlorida AtlanticPurdueBall StateTennesseeSyracuseMississippi StateOhio StateTexasTulaneNorthwesternKentuckyToledoIndianaOld DominionPenn StateNevadaFlorida StateAlabamaMassachusettsTempleGeorgiaMarshallVirginiaCoastal CarolinaTexas A&MUTSAUtah StateUTEPClemsonLSUMichiganNew MexicoUSCMissouri StateOle MissGeorgia StateLouisianaRiceTexas StateEastern MichiganGeorgia SouthernOregon StateCaliforniaArizonaWashingtonColorado StateUCLAUtahSouth CarolinaVirginia TechMiamiNotre DameNorth CarolinaTCULouisvilleJames MadisonNorthern IllinoisPittsburghFlorida InternationalIowaDukeIllinoisLibertyUConnTexas TechKent StateSMUDelawareTroyMissouriBowling GreenOregonOklahoma StateNorth TexasNavyUABMiddle TennesseeWest VirginiaFloridaArkansasArkansas StateMemphisArmySouth AlabamaHoustonVanderbiltLouisiana TechOklahomaArizona StateBoston CollegeUL MonroeNew Mexico StateTulsaBYUWashington StateSan Diego StateAir ForceUSMgood offense, good defense →Offense EPA/play →better defense →
Southern Missoff −0.01 86thdef −0.05 31st

Every FBS team, 2025 final. EPA is garbage-time filtered. Tap a logo for its numbers.

Pick record · our line vs the close
7–4against the closing line
Pick was the favorite2–1
Pick was the dog5–3
Home / away side3–1 / 4–3
Average gap to the close+8.9 pts
Our line beat the close6 of 12

Graded against the closing line, not the open. A push counts as neither.

Schedule strength

opponent rating, points vs average
Avg opponentFBS rank
Played−5.8123rd
Full season−5.8123rd

Model ledger

2025 · our line against every result
DateOpponentOur lineCloseResultPerformancePick
Sat, Aug 30Mississippi StateUSM +21.5+11.5L 17–3427WIN
Sat, Sep 13App StateUSM +17.3+3.0W 38–2286LOSS
Sat, Sep 20at Louisiana TechUSM +15.5+3.0L 20–3012WIN
Sat, Sep 27Jacksonville StateUSM +11.4−4.5W 42–2575LOSS
Thu, Oct 9at Georgia SouthernUSM +8.6−3.0W 38–3564PUSH
Sat, Oct 18at LouisianaUSM +1.3−4.5W 22–1043LOSS
Sat, Oct 25UL MonroeUSM −9.5−14.0W 49–2172LOSS
Sat, Nov 8at Arkansas StateUSM +5.6−6.5W 27–2160WIN
Sat, Nov 15Texas StateUSM +1.1−3.0L 14–4127WIN
Sat, Nov 22at South AlabamaUSM +4.5−2.5L 35–4228WIN
Sat, Nov 29TroyUSM −1.4−7.0L 18–2859WIN
Tue, Dec 23Western KentuckyUSM +2.9−3.0L 16–2750WIN

How to read this page

EPA/playExpected points added per play.
Success rateShare of plays gaining enough for the down.
Quality driveA drive reaching a first down inside the opponent's 40.
Points per QDFinishing — points scored per quality drive.
QD ratioOur quality drives against theirs. Game control.
RROERush rate over expected for down, distance, score and time.
Game percentileThis performance against every FBS game this season.
Expected winsOur pregame win probabilities summed — computed exactly, no simulations.
Havoc rateTFLs, sacks, passes defensed, forced fumbles per defensive snap.
Second-order winsThe record a team's play-by-play performance deserved.

Records and stats cover FBS-vs-FBS games only — the games the model grades. Every number comes from a leak-checked walk-forward pipeline — no retroactive edits, no deleted picks. Picks grade against the closing line. Rate stats exclude garbage time (win probability outside 5–95%); turnovers are counted whole. Not betting advice.