Southern Miss. (3-5)

Southern Miss.'s opponents in order of rating: 
     Team            Rating        Score  Effect  W- L
   ---------------   ------       ------- ------ -----
   Auburn             847.9 LOSS    8-43          4- 4 Division I FBS
   Tulane             751.0 LOSS   21-24          4- 4 Division I FBS
   Arkansas St.       700.2 LOSS   13-23          4- 4 Division I FBS
   Connecticut        672.7 LOSS   20-48          4- 4 Division I FBS
   Troy St.           670.0 LOSS   34-55          4- 4 Division I FBS
>> Southern Miss.     652.6 <<                    3- 5 Division I FBS
   Louisiana          728.8 WIN    35-31   ++     5- 3 Division I FBS
   UL Monroe          619.2 WIN    35-21    +     1- 7 Division I FBS
   Alcorn State       571.3 WIN    49-3     +     5- 4 Division I FCS
Games against teams within about 100 rating points are often the best indicators of a team's actual strength.

"Effect" ranges from "---", a game that caused a large decrease in the team rating, to "+++", a game that produced a large increase in rating.

Note that wins over very weak teams may actually hurt a team's rating (the opposite is true for losses to very good teams).