Southern_Mississippi (10-2)  ** - Non division 1A team
1988/09/03  Southern Mississippi       21 - **Stephen F. Austin         7 
1988/09/10  Florida St                 49 - Southern Mississippi       13 
1988/09/17  Southern Mississippi       35 - Virginia Tech              13 
1988/09/24  Southern Mississippi       45 - East Carolina              42 
1988/10/01  Southern Mississippi       30 - Louisville                 23 
1988/10/08  Southern Mississippi       38 - Tulane                     13 
1988/10/15  Southern Mississippi       38 - Mississippi St             21 
1988/10/22  Southern Mississippi       27 - Louisiana Lafayette        14 
1988/10/29  Southern Mississippi       34 - Memphis                    27 
1988/11/05  Auburn                     38 - Southern Mississippi        8 
1988/11/12  Southern Mississippi       26 - Louisiana Tech             19 
1988/12/23  Southern Mississippi       38 - UTEP                       18    !! Independence Bowl !!

This team's and opponent's rankings:
    TEAM                      SCORE   W  L  T     GWF      BLF    OW%   OOW%
  3 Florida St                1.970  11  1  0   0.988   -0.007   57.3   55.2
  9 Auburn                    1.457  10  2  0   0.637   -0.099   50.0   53.3
 12 Southern Mississippi      1.383  10  2  0   0.530   -0.036   50.0   53.2
 20 UTEP                      0.923  10  3  0   0.305   -0.152   46.5   50.2
 28 Louisville                0.769   8  3  0   0.291   -0.296   45.3   53.6
 59 Tulane                   -0.105   5  6  0   0.109   -0.691   50.5   51.5
 60 Virginia Tech            -0.210   3  8  0   0.019   -0.520   67.0   49.4
 67 East Carolina            -0.319   3  8  0   0.049   -0.658   64.5   50.4
 68 Memphis                  -0.411   6  5  0   0.231   -1.214   45.2   52.0
 73 Louisiana Lafayette      -0.602   6  5  0   0.184   -0.977   43.8   52.5
 87 Louisiana Tech           -1.234   4  7  0   0.052   -1.111   57.8   52.5
 91 Mississippi St           -1.537   1 10  0   0.020   -1.747   57.3   50.5