The Most Important Games for the Southern Miss Golden Eagles are those conference games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the Golden Eagles final standings. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. Southern Miss Golden Eagles fans can use this table to identify the most interesting conference games in the upcoming week of play.
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
Game Winner |
Southern Miss Resultant Playoff Probabilities | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division Winner | No Playoffs | ||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | |||
| Southern Miss (4‑2) vs UL Lafayette (2‑4) |
16 | Southern Miss Wins | 45% | 26% | 14% | 9% | 4% | 1% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | 40% | 24% | 14% | 10% | 7% | 4% | 1% | ||
| UL Lafayette Wins | 29% | 23% | 17% | 14% | 9% | 6% | 2% | ||
| LA Monroe (3‑3) vs Troy (4‑2) |
3 | LA Monroe Wins | 43% | 21% | 14% | 10% | 7% | 4% | 1% |
| Current Probabilities | 40% | 24% | 14% | 10% | 7% | 4% | 1% | ||
| Troy Wins | 40% | 24% | 14% | 10% | 7% | 4% | 1% | ||
| Marshall (3‑3) vs Texas St. (3‑3) |
1 | Marshall Wins | 41% | 24% | 15% | 10% | 6% | 3% | 1% |
| Current Probabilities | 40% | 24% | 14% | 10% | 7% | 4% | 1% | ||
| Texas St. Wins | 40% | 23% | 15% | 10% | 7% | 4% | 1% | ||