The Western Kentucky Hilltoppers will meet Alabama in their 2024 season opener, on August 31. For the full Western Kentucky schedule, keep scrolling.

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2024 Western Kentucky Game and TV Schedule

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Western Kentucky 2024 Strength of Schedule

• In terms of toughness, using their opponents’ combined win total last season, the Hilltoppers will be playing the 48th-ranked schedule this year.
• Western Kentucky is facing the 58th-ranked schedule this season (based on its opponents’ projected win total this year).
• Based on their CUSA opponents’ combined win total last season (46), the Hilltoppers have the 91st-ranked conference schedule in college football.
• Western Kentucky has a schedule that includes six games in 2024 against teams that finished above .500 in 2023 (four of those teams won nine or more games and four of them picked up less than four wins).
• The Hilltoppers’ schedule in 2024 includes six returning teams who played in a bowl game.

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Western Kentucky Stat Insights (2023)

• The Hilltoppers owned the 53rd-ranked offense last season (401.8 yards per game), and they were worse defensively, ranking 23rd-worst with 419.9 yards allowed per game.
• With 28.7 points allowed per game on defense, which ranked 41st-worst in FBS last season, Western Kentucky had to rely on its 45th-ranked offense (30.5 points per contest) to keep it in games.
• The Hilltoppers ranked 75th in pass defense last season (229.7 passing yards allowed per game), but they excelled on offense, ranking 15th-best in FBS with 296.4 passing yards per game.
• Western Kentucky ranked 15th-worst in rushing offense (105.4 rushing yards per game) and 11th-worst in rushing defense (190.2 rushing yards per game allowed) last year.
• Western Kentucky had the 42nd-ranked turnover margin in college football last season at +3, forcing 26 turnovers (seventh in FBS) while turning it over 23 times (121st in FBS).

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