The Western Kentucky Hilltoppers will meet Alabama on August 31, their first game of the 2024 college football schedule — see below for the full slate.

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2024 Western Kentucky Game and TV Schedule

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Western Kentucky 2024 Strength of Schedule

• Based on their opponents’ combined win total last season, the Hilltoppers will be playing the 48th-ranked schedule in terms of toughness.
• Western Kentucky is playing the 58th-ranked schedule this season (based on its opponents’ projected win total this year).
• In terms of toughness, using their CUSA opponents’ combined win total last season, the Hilltoppers will be playing the 91st-ranked conference schedule this year.
• In 2024, Western Kentucky will face six teams that had winning records last season, including four that won nine or more games, while facing four squads that had three or fewer wins a season ago.
• The Hilltoppers have six teams that played in a bowl game last year on their schedule in 2024.

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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 worse 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 putting up 30.5 points per game.
• On offense, the Hilltoppers were a top-25 unit in terms of passing yards last season, ranking 15th-best in FBS by totaling 296.4 passing yards per game. They ranked 75th on defense (229.7 passing yards allowed per game).
• It was a difficult 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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