The Western Kentucky Hilltoppers meet Alabama on August 31, a highlight of their 2024 college football schedule. For the full slate, see below.

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2024 Western Kentucky Game and TV Schedule

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Western Kentucky 2024 Strength of Schedule

• In terms of difficulty, based on 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).
• The Hilltoppers will face the 91st-ranked conference schedule in college football, based on their CUSA opponents’ combined win total last season (46).
• Western Kentucky has six games scheduled against teams that had winning records in 2023, including four teams that had nine or more wins and four with less than four wins last season.
• The Hilltoppers’ schedule in 2024 features six returning teams who played in a bowl game.

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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 on the other side of the ball, ranking 23rd-worst with 419.9 yards allowed per game.
• Despite sporting a bottom-25 scoring defense that ranked 41st-worst in FBS last season (28.7 points allowed per game), Western Kentucky had more success offensively, ranking 45th in FBS by averaging 30.5 points per game.
• The Hilltoppers owned the 75th-ranked defense this season in terms of passing yards last season (229.7 allowed per game), and they were more effective on offense, ranking 15th-best 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 ranked 42nd in college football with a +3 turnover margin last season after forcing 26 turnovers (seventh in FBS) while committing 23 (121st in FBS).

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