#14 Southern Miss Golden Eagles

Team

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG
Team	11	310	3,664	725	5.1	1,345	422	3.2	2,319	303	7.7
Team Rank		48th	83rd	98th	70th	86th	69th	91st	61st	79th	26th
Opponent	11	172	3,235		4.3	1,006	403	2.5	2,229	351	6.4
Opponent Rank		8th	7th		8th	8th	23rd	6th	37th	65th	28th
Net		+138	+429	+725	+0.8	+339	+19	+0.7	+90	-48	+1.3
Net Rank		15th	44th	98th	30th	42nd	48th	32nd	46th	86th	22nd

Player Stats

Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
Jeff Kelly J. Kelly	11	153	260	58.8	23.6	2,062	7.9	187.5	21	11	143.7	8.1	4.2
Cable Davis C. Davis	5	13	37	35.1	7.4	213	5.8	42.6	2	3	85.1	5.4	8.1
Jamie Purser J. Purser	11	1	3	33.3	0.3	26	8.7	2.4	0	0	106.1	0.0	0.0
Bobby Garner B. Garner	1	1	3	33.3	3.0	18	6.0	18.0	0	0	83.7	0.0	0.0

Rushing	GP	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Derrick Nix D. Nix	11	255	23.2	1,054	4.1	95.8	8	269	1,152
Dawayne Woods D. Woods	8	53	6.6	277	5.2	34.6	2	56	304
Jeff Kelly J. Kelly	11	50	4.5	-58	-1.2	-5.3	1
Brandon Francis B. Francis	10	15	1.5	71	4.7	7.1	0
Kelby Nance K. Nance	4	15	3.8	30	2.0	7.5	1
Cable Davis C. Davis	5	15	3.0	-13	-0.9	-2.6	0
Bobby Garner B. Garner	1	6	6.0	-12	-2.0	-12.0	0
Shawn Mills S. Mills	11	2	0.2	15	7.5	1.4	0	25	264
Jackie Duncan J. Duncan	2	2	1.0	3	1.5	1.5	0
Dannye Fowler D. Fowler	10	1	0.1	5	5.0	0.5	0	21	226
Ferrell Trimm F. Trimm	2	1	0.5	-4	-4.0	-2.0	0
Jamie Purser J. Purser	11	1	0.1	-16	-16.0	-1.5	0

Receiving	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Todd Pinkston T. Pinkston	11	48	4.4	977	20.4	88.8	11
Sherrod Gideon S. Gideon	8	40	5.0	520	13.0	65.0	7
Shawn Mills S. Mills	11	23	2.1	249	10.8	22.6	0	25	264
Dannye Fowler D. Fowler	10	20	2.0	221	11.1	22.1	2	21	226
Derrick Nix D. Nix	11	14	1.3	98	7.0	8.9	1	269	1,152
Josh Gulley J. Gulley	11	11	1.0	82	7.5	7.5	1
John Floyd J. Floyd	9	6	0.7	66	11.0	7.3	0
Dawayne Woods D. Woods	8	3	0.4	27	9.0	3.4	0	56	304
Buck Miciotto B. Miciotto	9	2	0.2	13	6.5	1.4	0
Leroy Handy L. Handy	9	1	0.1	66	66.0	7.3	1

Defense	GP	INT	YDS	AVG	TD
Leo Barnes L. Barnes	11	3	100	33.3	1
Terrance Parrish T. Parrish	11	3	6	2	1
Ty Trahan T. Trahan	9	2	53	26.5	1
Raymond Walls R. Walls	11	2	0	0	0
Chad Williams C. Williams	11	1	26	26	0
Daryon Brutley D. Brutley	9	1	0	0	0
Byron Gill B. Gill	10	1	0	0	0
Keon Moore K. Moore	11	1	0	0	0
Corey Yates C. Yates	11	1	0	0	0

Scoring	GP	RUSH	REC	TOT	FGM	XPM	PTS
Jeff Kelly J. Kelly	11	1		22			132
Todd Pinkston T. Pinkston	11		11	11			66
Brant Hanna B. Hanna	11				11	29	62
Derrick Nix D. Nix	11	8	1	9			54
Sherrod Gideon S. Gideon	8		7	7			42
Cable Davis C. Davis	5	0		2			12
Dannye Fowler D. Fowler	10	0	2	2			12
Dawayne Woods D. Woods	8	2	0	2			12
Leo Barnes L. Barnes	11			1			6
Josh Gulley J. Gulley	11		1	1			6
Leroy Handy L. Handy	9		1	1			6
Mark Haulman M. Haulman	3					6	6
Kelby Nance K. Nance	4	1		1			6
Terrance Parrish T. Parrish	11			1			6
Ty Trahan T. Trahan	9			1			6

Returns	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR TD
Shawn Mills S. Mills	11	14	277	19.8	0	21	304	14.5	0
Brandon Francis B. Francis	10	7	132	18.9	0
Sherrod Gideon S. Gideon	8					6	41	6.8	0
Joey Pinkston J. Pinkston	11	2	46	23.0	0
Royal Bell R. Bell	10	1	6	6.0	0
Michael Villalonga M. Villalonga	8	1	4	4.0	0
Josh Gulley J. Gulley	11	1	2	2.0	0

	Kicking	GP	FGM	FGA	FG%	FG 1-19	FG 20-29	FG 30-39	FG 40-49	FG 50+	XPM	XPA	XP%	PTS
	Brant Hanna B. Hanna	11	11	18	61.1						29	31	93.5	62
	Mark Haulman M. Haulman	3									6	7	85.7

	Punting	GP	PUNT	YDS	AVG	LNG	BLK
	Jamie Purser J. Purser	11	54	2,274	42.1
	Mark Haulman M. Haulman	3	2	74	37.0

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,173

Maiava

1,122

Atkinson

1,053

Stokes

Rush Yards Leaders

528

Sheppard

458

Baugh

454

Riley

Rec Yards Leaders

476

Legree

444

Toney

419

Duff

Pass TD Leaders

12

Maiava

11

Taylor

11

Mensah

Rush TD Leaders

8

Baugh

8

Knight

6

Carter

Rec TD Leaders

7

Dixon

6

Duff

6

Becker

QB Rating Leaders

259.3

Stockton

244.1

Hoover

228.6

Mensah

Sack Leaders

6.0

Lewis

6.0

Umanmielen

4.0

Lester

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

59.3

54.0

51.7

50.7

49.7

48.3

Opp PPG Rankings

4.3

5.3

7.3

7.7

8.0

Total Yards Rankings

594.3

544.7

544.3

539.0

537.0

528.0

Rush Yards Rankings

394.0

376.0

319.0

298.7

286.7

281.3

Pass Yards Rankings

386.3

368.7

366.7

364.7

358.0

345.7

Sack Leaders

14.0

13.0

12.0

11.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	3	0	1.000
2	Auburn	2	1	.667
3	Florida	3	0	1.000
4	Georgia	3	0	1.000
5	LSU	2	1	.667
6	Mississippi State	3	0	1.000
7	Missouri	3	0	1.000
8	Ole Miss	3	0	1.000
9	South Carolina	2	1	.667
10	Tennessee	3	0	1.000
11	Texas	3	0	1.000
12	Texas A&M	2	1	.667
13	Vanderbilt	3	0	1.000
14	Arkansas	1	2	.333
15	Oklahoma	2	1	.667
16	Kentucky	2	1	.667

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Appalachian State	3	0	1.000
2	Troy	2	1	.667
3	Georgia State	2	1	.667
4	James Madison	3	0	1.000
5	Arkansas State	1	2	.333
6	Coastal Carolina	1	2	.333
7	Georgia Southern	1	2	.333
8	Louisiana	2	1	.667
9	Louisiana Tech	1	2	.333
10	Marshall	2	1	.667
11	Old Dominion	1	2	.333
12	South Alabama	2	1	.667
13	Southern Miss	1	2	.333
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	3	.000

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Colorado State	2	1	.667
2	Boise State	2	1	.667
3	Fresno State	2	1	.667
4	San Diego State	1	2	.333
5	Oregon State	1	2	.333
6	Texas State	1	2	.333
7	Utah State	0	3	.000
8	Washington State	1	2	.333

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	1	3	.250
2	UMass	3	0	1.000
3	Akron	1	2	.333
4	Ball State	1	2	.333
5	Buffalo	1	2	.333
6	Central Michigan	2	1	.667
7	Kent State	1	2	.333
8	Miami (OH)	1	2	.333
9	Ohio	1	2	.333
10	Toledo	2	1	.667
11	Western Michigan	2	1	.667
12	Bowling Green	0	3	.000
13	Sacramento State	1	3	.250

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	3	0	1.000
2	Pittsburgh	3	0	1.000
3	SMU	2	1	.667
4	Virginia	2	1	.667
5	California	2	1	.667
6	Duke	3	0	1.000
7	North Carolina	2	1	.667
8	Virginia Tech	3	0	1.000
9	Boston College	2	1	.667
10	Clemson	2	1	.667
11	Louisville	2	1	.667
12	Georgia Tech	1	2	.333
13	Wake Forest	2	1	.667
14	Florida State	1	2	.333
15	NC State	1	2	.333
16	Stanford	1	2	.333
17	Syracuse	1	2	.333

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	3	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	1	.667

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	South Florida	3	0	1.000
2	Florida Atlantic	2	1	.667
3	Tulsa	3	0	1.000
4	UTSA	2	1	.667
5	Memphis	3	1	.750
6	North Texas	1	2	.333
7	Rice	1	2	.333
8	Temple	1	2	.333
9	Tulane	1	2	.333
10	UAB	1	2	.333
11	Charlotte	0	3	.000
12	East Carolina	1	2	.333
13	Army	1	1	.500
14	Navy	1	1	.500

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	USC	4	0	1.000
2	Indiana	3	0	1.000
3	Iowa	3	0	1.000
4	Maryland	2	1	.667
5	Michigan	3	0	1.000
6	Michigan State	2	1	.667
7	Nebraska	3	0	1.000
8	Penn State	3	0	1.000
9	UCLA	3	0	1.000
10	Washington	3	0	1.000
11	Oregon	2	1	.667
12	Northwestern	2	0	1.000
13	Illinois	2	1	.667
14	Minnesota	2	1	.667
15	Ohio State	2	1	.667
16	Purdue	1	2	.333
17	Wisconsin	2	1	.667
18	Rutgers	0	3	.000

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Texas Tech	3	0	1.000
2	BYU	3	0	1.000
3	Cincinnati	3	0	1.000
4	Colorado	2	1	.667
5	Kansas State	3	0	1.000
6	Utah	3	0	1.000
7	West Virginia	3	0	1.000
8	Arizona State	2	1	.667
9	Baylor	2	1	.667
10	Iowa State	2	1	.667
11	Kansas	1	2	.333
12	Oklahoma State	2	1	.667
13	TCU	2	1	.667
14	UCF	2	1	.667
15	Houston	2	1	.667
16	Arizona	2	1	.667

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Delaware	2	1	.667
2	Florida International	1	2	.333
3	Kennesaw State	1	2	.333
4	Liberty	2	1	.667
5	Middle Tennessee	2	1	.667
6	Missouri State	1	2	.333
7	Jacksonville State	2	2	.500
8	New Mexico State	1	2	.333
9	Sam Houston	1	2	.333
10	Western Kentucky	0	3	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	4	0	1.000
2	UNLV	1	2	.333
3	New Mexico	2	1	.667
4	San Jose State	2	2	.500
5	Nevada	1	2	.333
6	UTEP	1	2	.333
7	Wyoming	1	2	.333
8	Northern Illinois	0	3	.000
9	Air Force	1	1	.500
10	Hawai'i	1	2	.333