About Southern Miss Golden Eagles
The Golden Eagles football team plays for University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. It competes in NCAA Division I FBS as a member of the Sun Belt Conference.
In the Sun Belt Conference, Golden Eagles share the field with Appalachian State Mountaineers, Arkansas State Red Wolves, Coastal Carolina Chanticleers, Georgia Southern Eagles, Georgia State Panthers, James Madison Dukes, Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns, Louisiana Tech Bulldogs, Marshall Thundering Herd, and 4 more. The conference's football programs are in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia.
University of Southern Mississippi is a public university with 10,000 to 19,999 students, set in a small city in Forrest County. It belongs to the Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning. This page follows football news that names University of Southern Mississippi or the Golden Eagles. Stories about the school's other sports are left out.