In their 2024 season opener, on August 31, the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers will face Alabama. 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

• According to their opponents’ combined win total last season, the Hilltoppers will be facing the 48th-ranked schedule in terms of toughness.
• Western Kentucky will have the 58th-ranked schedule in college football, based on its opponents’ projected win total this season (66).
• According to their CUSA opponents’ combined win total last season, the Hilltoppers will be facing the 91st-ranked conference schedule in terms of toughness.
• Western Kentucky’s schedule features six games against teams that finished over .500 in 2023 (four against teams with nine or more wins and four against squads that picked up three or fewer wins).
• The Hilltoppers will clash with six teams in 2024 who played in a bowl game in 2023.

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Western Kentucky Stat Insights (2023)

• The Hilltoppers had the 53rd-ranked offense last season (401.8 yards per game), and they were less effective defensively, ranking 23rd-worst with 419.9 yards allowed per game.
• Western Kentucky averaged 30.5 points per game offensively last year (45th in FBS), and it surrendered 28.7 points per game (93rd) on the other side of the ball.
• The Hilltoppers ranked 75th in pass defense last season (229.7 passing yards allowed per game), but they thrived on the other side of the ball, ranking 15th-best in FBS with 296.4 passing yards per game.
• It was a hard campaign for Western Kentucky in terms of running the ball last season, as it 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).
• With 26 forced turnovers (seventh in FBS) against 23 turnovers committed (121st in FBS), Western Kentucky (+3) had the 42nd-ranked turnover margin in college football last season.

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