SMU vs. South Florida

SMU and South Florida have 7 meetings on file, the first in 2013; SMU leads the series 4–⁠3 in the games on file. Over the last 7 meetings it’s SMU 4–⁠3, and SMU has won the last 3.

SMU wins
4
South Florida wins
3
Ties
0
Earliest on file
2013
Longest streak
3 South Florida
Current streak
3 SMU
Last 10 meetings
SMU 4–⁠3
Most recent
2022

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
2010s2–⁠3
2020s2–⁠0
Average margin
16 points; 2 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At SMU
1–⁠2 SMU’s record at home
At South Florida
1–⁠3 South Florida’s record at home

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

Games that tell the story

  1. SMU’s biggest win2019: SMU 48, South Florida 21by 27 points
  2. South Florida’s biggest win2015: South Florida 38, SMU 14by 24 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of SMU and South Florida, 2013 on130015001700201520202025

Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.

Stars of the series

Biggest days

Courtland Sutton SMU13 catches, 252 yards, 2 TD2016 Receiving
Jordan Kerley SMU7 catches, 156 yards, 1 TD2022 Receiving

Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on).

Every game

Nov 12, 2022SMU 41, South Florida 23at South Florida
Oct 2, 2021SMU 41, South Florida 17at SMU
Sep 28, 2019SMU 48, South Florida 21at South Florida
Nov 19, 2016South Florida 35, SMU 27at SMU
Oct 24, 2015South Florida 38, SMU 14at South Florida
Nov 15, 2014South Florida 14, SMU 13at SMU
Nov 23, 2013SMU 16, South Florida 6at South Florida

Every game is listed as played on the field.