For Western Kentucky backers, this spread has blessedly and mysterously dwindled. Southern Miss improved by leaps and bounds from 1-11 SU a year ago but dropped its last three outright and final four ATS. Head coach Charles Huff, the main play-caller, has left a void by moving on. WKU coach Tyson Helton has found success in bowls, with four SU wins in six tries. He can -- and likely will -- call on two experenced QBs to mix things up. The Hlltoppers lost a key RB to the transfer portal, but overall neither side was hurt by defections. CUSA (Western) is 3-0 outright against the Sun Belt (Southern Miss) in bowls this month.