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Western Kentucky

12th of 12812–2

Rank

12th

of 128 FBS teams

Rating

+15.9

90% range 4.4 to 27.4

Offense

44.0

3rd: points scored vs an average team

Defense

28.1

59th: points allowed vs an average team

Record

12–2

Playoff

—

no field saved for this season

Schedule

Ranks are retrospective TEMPO estimates, not poll rankings or ranks saved before kickoff.

Week and dateOpponentResult or win chancePlayoff stakes or rating change
Wk 1Sep 3 · 8:00 PM ET at Vanderbilt W 14–12
Rating change−1.3
Wk 2Sep 10 · 8:00 PM ET vsRetrospective TEMPO rank estimate#25 Louisiana Tech W 41–38
Rating change+1.3
Wk 3Sep 19 · 4:00 PM ET at Indiana L 35–38
Rating change−0.7
Wk 4Sep 26 · 3:30 PM ET vs Miami (OH) W 56–14
Rating change+5.4
Wk 5Oct 3 · 3:30 PM ET at Rice W 49–10
Rating change+2.5
Wk 6Oct 10 · 12:00 PM ET vs Middle Tennessee W 58–28
Rating change+2.4
Wk 7Oct 15 · 7:30 PM ET at North Texas W 55–28
Rating change−0.4
Wk 8Oct 24 · 7:00 PM ET atRetrospective TEMPO rank estimate#15 LSU L 20–48
Rating change−1.0
Wk 9Oct 31 · 12:00 PM ET at Old Dominion W 55–30
Rating change+0.4
Wk 10Nov 7 · 12:00 PM ET vs Florida Atlantic W 35–19
Rating change+0.5
Wk 12Nov 21 · 2:30 PM ET at Florida International W 63–7
Rating change+4.6
Wk 13Nov 27 · 12:00 PM ET vs Marshall W 49–28
Rating change+1.9
Wk 14Dec 5 · 12:00 PM ET vs Southern Miss W 45–28
Rating change+0.3
PostDec 21 · 2:30 PM ET vsRetrospective TEMPO rank estimate#24 South FloridaMIAMI BEACH BOWL W 45–35
Rating change+0.1

Rating through 2015

90% range

Estimated after the fact at each cutoff.

Profile

WKU offenseFBS average
MeasureValue

Points per drive · points per possession.

Profiles and percentiles

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TEMPO v12Updated Oct 20, 2026Data from CollegeFootballData.com