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 (5‑2) vs LA Monroe (3‑4) |
13 | Southern Miss Wins | 52% | 36% | 9% | 2% | <1% | <1% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | 48% | 30% | 13% | 6% | 2% | 1% | <1% | ||
| LA Monroe Wins | 39% | 26% | 18% | 11% | 4% | 2% | <1% | ||
| UL Lafayette (2‑5) vs Troy (5‑2) |
10 | UL Lafayette Wins | 56% | 24% | 11% | 6% | 2% | 1% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | 48% | 30% | 13% | 6% | 2% | 1% | <1% | ||
| Troy Wins | 47% | 32% | 13% | 6% | 2% | 1% | <1% | ||
| Ga. Southern (3‑4) vs Arkansas St. (3‑4) |
3 | Ga. Southern Wins | 51% | 30% | 11% | 5% | 2% | 1% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | 48% | 30% | 13% | 6% | 2% | 1% | <1% | ||
| Arkansas St. Wins | 47% | 29% | 13% | 7% | 3% | 1% | <1% | ||
| Georgia St. (1‑6) vs South Alabama (1‑6) |
1 | Georgia St. Wins | 50% | 30% | 12% | 6% | 2% | <1% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | 48% | 30% | 13% | 6% | 2% | 1% | <1% | ||
| South Alabama Wins | 49% | 30% | 12% | 6% | 3% | 1% | <1% | ||