Southern Miss released its football schedule Monday, and the conference games are against Sun Belt schools, not Conference USA schools.
Southern Miss announced that it plans to leave Conference USA for the Sun Belt on June 30. Since then, the C-USA still opted to put Southern Miss on its 2022 schedule and said it would take legal action if USM doesn't play the games.
Old Dominion and Marshall are also leaving the C-USA for the Sun Belt, and are in a similar situation to Southern Miss. Marshall responded by suing the C-USA, and a judge granted an injunction in Marshall's favor, temporarily allowing the school to avoid arbitrating the case in Dallas where C-USA is headquartered.