Teams / Conference USA / Western Kentucky
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▼ Below its 5-year level -11▼ Down 3 this season
Career58since 1936
Peak752016
Last 563seasons
#122 nationally · 2-4 (1-1 conf)
Résumé #117
Schedule so far #63
Margin ±5 pts (tightens with games)
Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
Conference USA · Bowling Green, KY · Houchens Industries-L.T. Smith Stadium · Head coach Tyson Helton
Rival
Building rivalry
12-6 all time (18 meetings since 2007)
Western Kentucky leads
Last: won 42-26 (2025) · Western Kentucky has won 7 straight
Holds it
program traits are earned from history
0national titles
0Heisman
0AP top-10
1All-Americans
15NFL picks
50.3%win pct
History since 1936 · football since 2008. Every season →
Chemistry
49
59Foundation
38Gel
gel counts 45% so far
▼ Below its norm -5Trending up
early · #107 of 138
HC year8
Ret. starters41%
QB yrs w/ OC1
| Season | Record | Conference | AP final | Season rank | Rating | Head coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026in progress | 2-4 | Conference USA | — | #122 | 52 | Tyson Helton |
| 2025 | 9-4 | Conference USA | — | #89 | 60 | Tyson Helton |
| 2024 | 8-6 | Conference USA | — | #89 | 58 | Tyson Helton |
| 2023 | 8-5 | Conference USA | — | #76 | 61 | Tyson Helton |
| 2022 | 9-5 | Conference USA | — | #66 | 64 | Tyson Helton |
| 2021 | 9-5 | Conference USA | — | #49 | 71 | Tyson Helton |
| 2020 | 5-7 | Conference USA | — | #62 | 53 | Tyson Helton |
| 2019 | 9-4 | Conference USA | — | #60 | 64 | Tyson Helton |
| 2018 | 3-9 | Conference USA | — | #111 | 51 | Mike Sanford Jr. |
| 2017 | 6-7 | Conference USA | — | #114 | 51 | Mike Sanford Jr. |
| 2016 | 11-3 | Conference USA | — | #28 | 75 | Jeff Brohm |
| 2015 | 12-2 | Conference USA | #24 | #33 | 75 | Jeff Brohm |
| 2014 | 8-5 | Conference USA | — | #59 | 65 | Jeff Brohm |
| 2013 | 8-4 | Sun Belt | — | #80 | 59 | Bobby Petrino |
| 2012 | 7-6 | Sun Belt | — | #73 | 60 | Willie Taggart |
| 2011 | 7-5 | Sun Belt | — | #85 | 58 | Willie Taggart |
| 2010 | 2-10 | Sun Belt | — | #108 | 50 | Willie Taggart |
| 2009 | 0-12 | Sun Belt | — | #116 | 34 | David Elson |
| 2008 | 2-10 | FBS Independents | — | #118 | 34 | David Elson |
★ = a national title the school claims. Seasons before 1936 (the first AP poll) are the early era: shown in gray and rated on the same yardstick, but the all-time pool and program totals that matter most start in 1936.