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2018 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team

2018 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football

Conference USA
East Division
3–9 (2–6 C-USA)
Mike Sanford Jr. (2nd season)
Junior Adams (2nd season)
Multiple
Clayton White (2nd season)
4–2–5
Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium

The 2018 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team (WKU) represented Western Kentucky University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Hilltoppers played their home games at the Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium in Bowling Green, Kentucky as members of the East Division of Conference USA (C–USA). They were led by second-year head coach Mike Sanford Jr. They finished the season 3–9, 2–6 in C-USA play to finish in a tie for sixth place in the East Division.

On November 25, head coach Mike Sanford Jr. was fired after only two seasons. He finished at WKU with a record of 9–16.

Listed in the order that they were released

Award	Player	Position	Year
John Mackey Award	Mik'Quan Deane	TE	SR
Wuerffel Trophy	Julien Lewis	DL	SR

Conference USA released their preseason media poll on July 17, 2018, with the Hilltoppers predicted to finish in fourth place in the East Division.

Column 1	Column 2
East Division
1	Florida Atlantic
2	Marshall
3	Middle Tennessee
4	FIU
5	Western Kentucky
6	Old Dominion
7	Charlotte

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}August 31	8:00 p.m.	at No. 4 Wisconsin*	Camp Randall StadiumMadison, WI	ESPN	L 3–34	74,145
September 8	6:30 p.m.	No. 22 (FCS) Maine*	Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith StadiumBowling Green, KY	ESPN+	L 28–31	15,178
September 15	6:30 p.m.	at Louisville*	Cardinal StadiumLouisville, KY	ACCRSN	L 17–20	54,923
September 22	2:00 p.m.	at Ball State*	Scheumann StadiumMuncie, IN	ESPN3	W 28–20	15,873
September 29	6:30 p.m.	Marshall	Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith StadiumBowling Green, KY	Stadium	L 17–20	20,811
October 13	2:30 p.m.	at Charlotte	Jerry Richardson StadiumCharlotte, NC	ESPN+	L 14–40	11,610
October 20	6:30 p.m.	Old Dominion	Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith StadiumBowling Green, KY	ESPN+	L 34–37	13,269
October 27	6:30 p.m.	FIU	Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith StadiumBowling Green, KY	beIN	L 17–38	15,138
November 2	7:00 p.m.	at Middle Tennessee	Johnny "Red" Floyd StadiumMurfreesboro, TN (100 Miles of Hate)	CBSSN	L 10–29	16,617
November 10	4:00 p.m.	at Florida Atlantic	FAU StadiumBoca Raton, FL	Stadium	L 15–34	14,400
November 17	6:30 p.m.	UTEP	Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith StadiumBowling Green, KY	beIN	W 40–16	6,221
November 24	11:00 a.m.	at Louisiana Tech	Joe Aillet StadiumRuston, LA	CBSSN	W 30–15	11,459
*Non-conference gameRankings from AP Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Central time

Schedule source:

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hilltoppers	0	0	3	0	3
No. 4 Badgers	7	17	3	7	34

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 22 (FCS) Black Bears	0	14	14	3	31
Hilltoppers	21	0	0	7	28

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hilltoppers	7	7	0	3	17
Cardinals	0	3	3	14	20

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hilltoppers	0	7	7	14	28
Cardinals	7	3	3	7	20

	1	2	3	4	Total
Thundering Herd	7	3	0	10	20
Hilltoppers	3	7	0	7	17

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hilltoppers	7	0	0	7	14
49ers	6	3	21	10	40

	1	2	3	4	Total
Monarchs	14	3	2	18	37
Hilltoppers	7	17	3	7	34

	1	2	3	4	Total
Panthers	7	7	14	10	38
Hilltoppers	0	3	0	14	17

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hilltoppers	3	0	7	0	10
Blue Raiders	10	10	3	6	29

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hilltoppers	0	9	0	6	15
Owls	10	0	7	17	34

	1	2	3	4	Total
Miners	0	0	8	8	16
Hilltoppers	27	13	0	0	40

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hilltoppers	14	9	0	7	30
Bulldogs	0	12	3	0	15

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