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Hilltoppers start final quarter of season Saturday at Marshall

Western Kentucky’s 2017 season is nearing its end. At 5-4, the Hilltoppers have three regular-season games left to help shape how this year will be remembered.

The final push of WKU’s first campaign under coach Mike Sanford starts Saturday with a 5:30 p.m. CST date at Marshall. BeIN Sports will carry the broadcast from Joan C. Edwards Stadium in Huntington, W.Va.

The Toppers (5-4 overall, 3-2 Conference USA) are one win away from clinching bowl eligibility for the seventh straight season. Three games remain: Marshall on Saturday, Middle Tennessee at home Nov. 17 and Florida International on Nov.