Schedule
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Western Kentucky announced their 2015 football schedule on February 2, 2015. The 2015 schedule consist of five home and seven away games in the regular season. The Hilltoppers will host CUSA foes Florida Atlantic, Louisiana Tech, Marshall, and Middle Tennessee, and will travel to Florida International (FIU), North Texas, Old Dominion, and Rice.[2]
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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| 7:00 p.m. | at Vanderbilt* | | | SECN | W 14–12 | 30,307 |
| 7:00 p.m. | Louisiana Tech | | | FS1 | W 41–38 | 17,515 |
September 19 | 3:00 p.m. | at Indiana* | | | ESPNews | L 35–38 | 44,823 |
September 26 | 2:30 p.m. | Miami (OH)* | | - Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium
- Bowling Green, KY
| CBSSN | W 56–14 | 20,320 |
October 3 | 2:30 p.m. | at Rice | | | FSN | W 49–10 | 20,124 |
October 10 | 11:00 a.m. | Middle Tennessee | | | FSN | W 58–28 | 16,993 |
| 6:30 p.m. | at North Texas | | | CBSSN | W 55–28 | 10,155 |
October 24 | 6:00 p.m. | at No. 5 LSU* | | | ESPNU | L 20–48 | 101,561 |
October 31 | 11:00 a.m. | at Old Dominion | | | FSN | W 55–30 | 20,118 |
November 7 | 11:00 a.m. | Florida Atlantic | | - Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium
- Bowling Green, KY
| FSN | W 35–19 | 18,421 |
November 21 | 1:30 p.m. | at FIU | | | FCS | W 63–7 | 14,380 |
| 11:00 a.m. | Marshall | | - Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium
- Bowling Green, KY
| FS1 | W 49–28 | 17,687 |
December 5 | 11:00 a.m. | Southern Miss | | | ESPN2 | W 45–28 | 16,823 |
December 21 | 1:30 p.m. | vs. South Florida* | No. 25 | | ESPN | W 45–35 | 21,712 |
- *Non-conference game
- Homecoming
- Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in Central time
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Rankings
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Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes | Week |
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Final |
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AP | RV | RV | RV | — | — | — | RV | RV | — | — | RV | RV | RV | RV | 25 | 24 |
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Coaches | — | — | RV | — | — | — | — | RV | — | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV |
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CFP | Not released | — | — | — | — | — | — | Not released |
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Game summaries
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At Vanderbilt
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1
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2
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3
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4 |
Total |
Hilltoppers
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0
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0
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7
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7 |
14 |
Commodores
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0
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3
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0
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9 |
12 |
Louisiana Tech
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1
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2
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3
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4 |
Total |
Bulldogs
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0
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17
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7
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14 |
38 |
Hilltoppers
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14
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13
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11
|
3 |
41 |
At Indiana
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1
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2
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3
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4 |
Total |
Hilltoppers
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7
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21
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0
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7 |
35 |
Hoosiers
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7
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10
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21
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0 |
38 |
Miami (OH)
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1
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2
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3
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4 |
Total |
RedHawks
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0
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7
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0
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7 |
14 |
Hilltoppers
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21
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28
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0
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7 |
56 |
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1
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2
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3
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4 |
Total |
Hilltoppers
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21
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14
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0
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14 |
49 |
Owls
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3
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7
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0
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0 |
10 |
Middle Tennessee
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1
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2
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3
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4 |
Total |
Blue Raiders
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7
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7
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7
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7 |
28 |
Hilltoppers
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28
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24
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3
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3 |
58 |
At North Texas
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1
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2
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3
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4 |
Total |
Hilltoppers
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14
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20
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14
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7 |
55 |
Mean Green
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0
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14
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0
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14 |
28 |
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1
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2
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3
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4 |
Total |
Hilltoppers
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0
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7
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6
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7 |
20 |
#5 Tigers
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7
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7
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20
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14 |
48 |
At Old Dominion
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1
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2
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3
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4 |
Total |
Hilltoppers
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10
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21
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10
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14 |
55 |
Monarchs
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3
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7
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7
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13 |
30 |
Florida Atlantic
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1
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2
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3
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4 |
Total |
Owls
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7
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6
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6
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0 |
19 |
Hilltoppers
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0
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14
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14
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7 |
35 |
At Florida International
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1
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2
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3
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4 |
Total |
Hilltoppers
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21
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14
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21
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7 |
63 |
Panthers
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0
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0
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0
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7 |
7 |
Marshall
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1
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2
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3
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4 |
Total |
Thundering Herd
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0
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14
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7
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7 |
28 |
Hilltoppers
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7
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28
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6
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8 |
49 |
Southern Miss (C–USA Championship Game)
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1
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2
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3
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4 |
Total |
Golden Eagles
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7
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14
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7
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0 |
28 |
Hilltoppers
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7
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14
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10
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14 |
45 |
South Florida (Miami Beach Bowl)
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1
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2
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3
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4 |
Total |
#25 Hilltoppers
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0
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10
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28
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7 |
45 |
Bulls
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7
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7
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7
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14 |
35 |
References
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