Southern Miss football will be a 6.5-point underdog when it travels to Troy on Saturday (6 p.m., ESPN+) for its first conference game as a Sun Belt member — and that's not anything new.
Including the upcoming clash with the Trojans (3-2, 1-1 SBC), the Golden Eagles (2-2, 0-0) have yet to be favored by the oddsmakers in any of their four games against FBS opposition. Will Hall's team was a 3.5-point home underdog against Liberty, a 27.5-point underdog at Miami and a 12.5-point underdog ahead of a road upset of Tulane.
The Golden Eagles are 5-0 against the spread this season.