Wk 2 · 2026
Southern Miss Golden Eagles at Auburn Tigers — Sat, Sep 12
Sat, Sep 12 ·
Jordan-Hare Stadium, Auburn, AL
· SEC Network
Sun Belt · no games yet
at
7:45pET
no line posted yet
Ratings differential AUB by 10.9
SEC · no games yet
What is at stake
A non-conference game. It moves both overall records but neither conference race.
What the ratings imply
The differential above is arithmetic on two published numbers:
The CFB King’s 2026 final efficiency ratings, plus
2.4 points of home field.
It is not a projection, a value, an edge or a lean, and nothing on this site
compares it with the betting line to tell you one is better. Until 2026
games are played it is last season’s measurement of two teams that have
changed.
Efficiency · 2026 ratings
Efficiency margin
Offense (pts/100)
Defense (pts/100)
Pace (plays/g)
Yards / play
Yards / play allowed
Opponent-adjusted ratings from The College
King's 2026 final numbers. Bars share a scale within each row, so
the two lengths are comparable; the brighter side is the better of the two, and a
longer bar is the better number — including the rows where a lower figure is the
good one. Pace is the exception: it is how fast a team plays, not how well, so
neither side is lit and a longer bar there means only more plays.
Team stats · 2026 per game
Points / game
Points allowed
Yards / game
Yards allowed
Pass yds allowed
Rush yds allowed
Turnovers / game
From completed 2026 box scores;
defensive yardage covers the regular season and conference championships.
Southern Miss form
No completed games on record.
Auburn form
No completed games on record.
Southern Miss this season
No graded games yet this season. Lines are captured before kickoff and graded when a game goes final, so these records start at Week 1.
Auburn this season
No graded games yet this season. Lines are captured before kickoff and graded when a game goes final, so these records start at Week 1.
Lines are captured from ESPN's board before kickoff and locked at kickoff, so an in-play price cannot overwrite the number a game is graded against.
Common opponents · 0
These teams share no opponents on the 2026 schedule.
Open these two in the
comparison tool for every shared and unshared opponent.
Series history · 2006–2026
Since 2006, Auburn leads 2–0 · Auburn has won the last 2
2 meetings
in 2006–2026 · average margin
12.5 points toward Auburn
| Yr | Date | Result | Site | Won |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 2018-09-29 | Southern Miss 13 — 24 Auburn | at AUB | Auburn |
| 2008 | 2008-09-06 | Southern Miss 13 — 27 Auburn | at AUB | Auburn |
Southern Miss leaders 2025 regular season
| Passing | Braylon Braxton QB #1 | 230/353, 2796 YDS, 23 TD, 7 INT |
| Landry Lyddy QB #18 | 34/52, 406 YDS, 2 TD, 3 INT | |
| Rushing | Jeffery Pittman RB #0 | 146 CAR, 640 YDS, 8 TD |
| Matt Jones RB #5 | 78 CAR, 314 YDS, 4 TD | |
| Robert Briggs RB #2 | 57 CAR, 268 YDS, 1 TD | |
| Receiving | Elijah Metcalf WR #9 | 52 REC, 677 YDS, 2 TD |
| Carl Chester WR #7 | 30 REC, 532 YDS, 6 TD | |
| Tychaun Chapman WR #1 | 22 REC, 398 YDS, 2 TD | |
| Micah Davis WR #6 | 28 REC, 393 YDS, 5 TD |
Defense
| Tackles | Chris Jones LB #10 | 127 |
| Mike Montgomery LB #9 | 100 | |
| Corey Myrick S #22 | 82 | |
| Sacks | J'Mond Tapp DL #14 | 7.5 |
| Chris Jones LB #10 | 3.5 | |
| JJ Hawkins DL #5 | 3 | |
| Interceptions | Josh Moten CB #1 | 5 |
| Ahmere Foster S #5 | 3 | |
| Ian Foster S #0 | 3 |
Auburn leaders 2025 regular season
| Passing | Jackson Arnold QB #11 | 136/215, 1309 YDS, 6 TD, 2 INT |
| Ashton Daniels QB #14 | 68/119, 797 YDS, 3 TD, 2 INT | |
| Rushing | Jeremiah Cobb RB #23 | 175 CAR, 969 YDS, 5 TD |
| Jackson Arnold QB #11 | 112 CAR, 311 YDS, 8 TD | |
| Ashton Daniels QB #14 | 63 CAR, 280 YDS, 2 TD | |
| Receiving | Cam Coleman WR #8 | 56 REC, 708 YDS, 5 TD |
| Eric Singleton Jr. WR #2 | 58 REC, 534 YDS, 3 TD | |
| Malcolm Simmons WR #11 | 25 REC, 457 YDS, 2 TD | |
| Perry Thompson WR #3 | 17 REC, 154 YDS |
Defense
| Tackles | Xavier Atkins LB #17 | 84 |
| Robert Woodyard Jr. LB #0 | 67 | |
| Kaleb Harris S #8 | 50 | |
| Sacks | Xavier Atkins LB #17 | 9 |
| Keyron Crawford EDGE #24 | 5 | |
| Chris Murray DL #13 | 3.5 | |
| Interceptions | Rayshawn Pleasant CB #4 | 2 |
| Elijah Melendez LB #9 | 2 | |
| Kayin Lee DB #14 | 1 |
These are regular-season totals for
the season named on each card — the players who led that team that year,
taken from ESPN's team leaders. That list is keyed to the season, not to today's
roster, so a leader who has since transferred or run out of eligibility still
appears against the year he earned it; the
roster
pages and the depth chart on each team page are where the current squad is.
A team switches to this season's numbers once it has played a game. The roster
pages count bowl games too, so a player's two lines can differ by a game.