HATTIESBURG — Southern Miss athletic programs have competed in Conference USA for 27 years.
day, the Golden Eagles will officially embark on something new.
That's when USM's move to the Sun Belt Conference goes into effect, aligning Southern Miss with a peer group that more closely fits its geographic footprint and its values.
But how do the Golden Eagles match up with their 13 Sun Belt competitors?
Southern Miss has played plenty of nonconference games against Sun Belt foes recently. USM also has no shortage of recent history with Old Dominion and Marshall, with both of those programs also leaving Conference USA for the Sun Belt.