Western Kentucky Hilltoppers

Team History

SEASON	NAME	W	L	T	W%	CONFERENCE	POSTSEASON
2026	Western Kentucky Hilltoppers	1	4	0	.200	10th
2025	Western Kentucky Hilltoppers	8	4	0	.667	3rd	Won New Orleans Bowl
2024	Western Kentucky Hilltoppers	8	5	0	.615	2nd	Lost Boca Raton Bowl
2023	Western Kentucky Hilltoppers	7	5	0	.583	4th	Won Famous Toastery Bowl
2022	Western Kentucky Hilltoppers	8	5	0	.615	2nd	Won New Orleans Bowl
2021	Western Kentucky Hilltoppers	8	5	0	.615	3rd	Won Boca Raton Bowl
2020	Western Kentucky Hilltoppers	5	6	0	.455	6th	Lost LendingTree Bowl
2019	Western Kentucky Hilltoppers	8	4	0	.667	3rd	Won First Responder Bowl
2018	Western Kentucky Hilltoppers	3	9	0	.250	12th
2017	Western Kentucky Hilltoppers	6	6	0	.500	10th	Lost Cure Bowl
2016	Western Kentucky Hilltoppers	10	3	0	.769	1st	Won Boca Raton Bowl
2015	Western Kentucky Hilltoppers	11	2	0	.846	1st	Won Miami Beach Bowl
2014	Western Kentucky Hilltoppers	7	5	0	.583	4th	Won Bahamas Bowl
2013	Western Kentucky Hilltoppers	8	4	0	.667	2nd
2012	Western Kentucky Hilltoppers	7	5	0	.583		Lost Little Caesars Bowl
2011	Western Kentucky Hilltoppers	7	5	0	.583
2010	Western Kentucky Hilltoppers	2	10	0	.167
2009	Western Kentucky Hilltoppers	0	12	0	.000
2008	Western Kentucky Hilltoppers	2	10	0	.167
2007	Western Kentucky Hilltoppers	7	5	0	.583
2000	Western Kentucky Hilltoppers	0	1	0	.000
1977	Western Kentucky Hilltoppers	0	1	0	.000
1976	Western Kentucky Hilltoppers	1	0	0	1.000
1975	Western Kentucky Hilltoppers	3	0	0	1.000
1974	Western Kentucky Hilltoppers	1	0	0	1.000
1973	Western Kentucky Hilltoppers	1	0	0	1.000
1972	Western Kentucky Hilltoppers	0	1	0	.000
1969	Western Kentucky Hilltoppers	1	0	0	1.000
1963	Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
1942	Western Kentucky Hilltoppers	0	1	0	.000
1938	Western Kentucky Hilltoppers	0	1	0	.000
1935	Western Kentucky Hilltoppers	1	0	0	1.000
1932	Western Kentucky Hilltoppers	0	1	0	.000
1931	Western Kentucky Hilltoppers	0	2	0	.000
1925	Western Kentucky Hilltoppers	0	1	0	.000

History


Seasons	55 (1925 to present)
Conference	Conference USA
Regular Season	133-147 (.475)
Postseason	9-4 (.692)
National Championships	0

Franchise Leaders

PASS YDS

11,909

Brandon Doughty

RUSH YDS

4,542

Bobby Rainey

REC YDS

3,958

Taywan Taylor

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,850

Atkinson

1,744

Maiava

1,613

Jennings

Rush Yards Leaders

685

Riley

652

Cook

644

Sheppard

Rec Yards Leaders

823

Smith

741

Legree

628

Duff

Pass TD Leaders

17

Taylor

16

Atkinson

15

Mensah

Rush TD Leaders

11

Baugh

11

Hawkins

9

Daniels

Rec TD Leaders

9

Legree

9

Smith

8

Dixon

QB Rating Leaders

212.2

Mensah

203.7

Hoover

202.0

Stockton

Sack Leaders

8.0

Umanmielen

7.5

Simmons

7.0

Esqillion

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

51.4

49.6

47.5

46.2

44.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.8

10.3

10.6

10.8

11.0

Total Yards Rankings

554.8

548.3

547.8

541.2

524.6

523.3

Rush Yards Rankings

334.3

297.3

294.0

281.5

281.3

277.8

Pass Yards Rankings

377.4

357.0

346.5

346.0

340.0

334.4

Sack Leaders

22.0

21.0

19.0

18.0

17.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	5	0	1.000
2	Florida	4	1	.800
3	Georgia	5	0	1.000
4	Mississippi State	4	1	.800
5	Texas	4	0	1.000
6	Ole Miss	3	1	.750
7	Auburn	3	2	.600
8	Kentucky	4	1	.800
9	LSU	4	1	.800
10	Missouri	4	1	.800
11	Tennessee	4	1	.800
12	Vanderbilt	3	2	.600
13	Arkansas	2	3	.400
14	Oklahoma	2	2	.500
15	South Carolina	2	3	.400
16	Texas A&M	3	2	.600

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	4	1	.800
2	Fresno State	3	1	.750
3	Colorado State	2	3	.400
4	Oregon State	3	2	.600
5	Texas State	2	2	.500
6	San Diego State	1	3	.250
7	Utah State	1	4	.200
8	Washington State	1	3	.250

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	4	0	1.000
2	Indiana	5	0	1.000
3	Iowa	4	1	.800
4	Nebraska	5	0	1.000
5	Minnesota	4	1	.800
6	Ohio State	4	1	.800
7	Oregon	3	1	.750
8	Wisconsin	4	1	.800
9	USC	5	1	.833
10	Northwestern	3	1	.750
11	Michigan	3	2	.600
12	Washington	3	2	.600
13	Illinois	2	3	.400
14	Maryland	2	3	.400
15	Michigan State	2	3	.400
16	Purdue	2	3	.400
17	Rutgers	1	4	.200
18	Penn State	3	2	.600

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Cincinnati	4	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	5	0	1.000
3	Utah	4	0	1.000
4	BYU	4	0	1.000
5	Baylor	3	1	.750
6	Oklahoma State	3	1	.750
7	UCF	3	2	.600
8	Arizona State	2	1	.667
9	Arizona	3	1	.750
10	Houston	4	1	.800
11	Kansas State	3	1	.750
12	West Virginia	3	2	.600
13	Colorado	2	3	.400
14	Iowa State	3	2	.600
15	TCU	2	3	.400
16	Kansas	2	2	.500

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	4	1	.800
2	Jacksonville State	3	2	.600
3	New Mexico State	2	3	.400
4	Florida International	2	2	.500
5	Kennesaw State	1	3	.250
6	Missouri State	1	3	.250
7	Sam Houston	1	3	.250
8	Middle Tennessee	2	3	.400
9	Delaware	2	3	.400
10	Western Kentucky	1	4	.200

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	UMass	4	1	.800
2	Kent State	2	3	.400
3	Eastern Michigan	3	3	.500
4	Toledo	4	1	.800
5	Buffalo	2	3	.400
6	Central Michigan	3	2	.600
7	Miami (OH)	2	3	.400
8	Ohio	3	2	.600
9	Western Michigan	3	2	.600
10	Akron	1	4	.200
11	Bowling Green	1	4	.200
12	Ball State	1	4	.200
13	Sacramento State	1	4	.200

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	5	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	3	.400

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Pittsburgh	5	0	1.000
2	Miami	5	0	1.000
3	Clemson	3	2	.600
4	Duke	4	0	1.000
5	Virginia	3	2	.600
6	Wake Forest	4	1	.800
7	Louisville	2	3	.400
8	Virginia Tech	4	1	.800
9	SMU	4	1	.800
10	California	2	3	.400
11	Stanford	2	3	.400
12	North Carolina	2	2	.500
13	Boston College	2	3	.400
14	Florida State	3	2	.600
15	NC State	3	2	.600
16	Georgia Tech	1	3	.250
17	Syracuse	2	2	.500

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	South Florida	4	1	.800
2	Florida Atlantic	4	1	.800
3	North Texas	3	2	.600
4	UAB	3	2	.600
5	Army	2	2	.500
6	Memphis	4	1	.800
7	UTSA	4	1	.800
8	East Carolina	2	2	.500
9	Tulane	2	2	.500
10	Rice	1	4	.200
11	Charlotte	0	5	.000
12	Tulsa	3	2	.600
13	Temple	2	3	.400
14	Navy	1	3	.250

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	5	0	1.000
2	Louisiana	4	1	.800
3	Appalachian State	3	1	.750
4	South Alabama	3	2	.600
5	Georgia State	4	1	.800
6	Marshall	3	2	.600
7	Arkansas State	2	3	.400
8	Troy	2	2	.500
9	Georgia Southern	2	3	.400
10	Louisiana Tech	2	2	.500
11	Southern Miss	1	3	.250
12	Coastal Carolina	1	4	.200
13	Old Dominion	1	4	.200
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	5	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	5	0	1.000
2	UNLV	3	2	.600
3	Wyoming	2	3	.400
4	Air Force	3	1	.750
5	New Mexico	4	1	.800
6	San Jose State	2	2	.500
7	UTEP	1	4	.200
8	Northern Illinois	0	4	.000
9	Nevada	1	3	.250
10	Hawai'i	1	3	.250

CFB 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Fri 9/18	MIA	@	WAKE	33-20
Fri 9/18	HOU	@	TTU	26-28
Fri 9/18	PRST	@	ORE	0-84
Sat 9/19	CCAR	@	DEL	14-22
Sat 9/19	MER	@	GT	11-44

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 10/6	USM	@	TROY	8:00 PM
Wed 10/7	JVST	@	KENN	7:00 PM
Wed 10/7	NMSU	@	FIU	7:30 PM
Thu 10/8	SHSU	@	LIB	7:00 PM
Thu 10/8	MOSU	@	WKU	7:00 PM