C-USAHilltoppers

Western Kentucky

34th of 1309–5

Rank

34th

of 130 FBS teams

Rating

+7.5

90% range −1.5 to 16.5

Offense

37.9

7th: points scored vs an average team

Defense

30.4

88th: points allowed vs an average team

Record

9–5

Playoff

—

no field saved for this season

14 games, 9–5

Schedule

Wk 1Sep 2 · 8:00 PM ET vs

UT Martin W 59–21

Rating change+2.6

Wk 2Sep 11 · 11:30 AM ET at

Army L 35–38

Rating change+4.1

Wk 4Sep 25 · 8:00 PM ET vs

Indiana L 31–33

Rating change+2.5

Wk 5Oct 2 · 7:30 PM ET at

Michigan State L 31–48

Rating change+0.5

Wk 6Oct 9 · 7:00 PM ET vs

UTSA L 46–52

Rating change+0.6

Wk 7Oct 16 · 3:30 PM ET at

Old Dominion W 43–20

Rating change+1.4

Wk 8Oct 23 · 7:00 PM ET at

Florida International W 34–19

Rating change+1.2

Wk 9Oct 30 · 4:00 PM ET vs

Charlotte W 45–13

Rating change+1.9

Wk 10Nov 6 · 3:30 PM ET vs

Middle Tennessee W 48–21

Rating change+0.5

Wk 11Nov 13 · 2:00 PM ET at

Rice W 42–21

Rating change+1.4

Wk 12Nov 20 · 12:00 PM ET vs

Florida Atlantic W 52–17

Rating change+3.0

Wk 13Nov 27 · 3:30 PM ET at

Marshall W 53–21

Rating change+2.5

Wk 14Dec 3 · 7:00 PM ET at

UTSA L 41–49

Rating change−0.9

PostDec 18 · 11:00 AM ET vs

App StateRoofClaim.com Boca Raton Bowl W 59–38

Rating change+2.1

With its 90% range at each cutoff

Rating through 2021

90% range

Estimated after the fact at each cutoff.

Estimates of how good the team was, not forecasts to grade

Past seasons

Season	Conference	Rank#	Rating	Off.	Def.	RecordW–L	CFP entryCFP
2020	C-USA	102 of 127	−10.3	18.1	28.4	5–7	—
2019	C-USA	61 of 130	0.3	24.7	24.4	9–4	—
2018	C-USA	106 of 130	−13.4	20.1	33.5	3–9	—
2017	C-USA	99 of 130	−9.3	24.6	33.9	6–7	—
2016	C-USA	15 of 128	15.9	43.6	27.7	11–3	—
2015	C-USA	12 of 128	15.9	44.0	28.1	12–2	—

Adjusted for opponents; outward is better on both sides

Profile

WKU offenseFBS average

MeasureValue

Points per drive · points per possession.

Profiles and percentiles