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Tops doing ‘some soul searching’ after blowout loss to North Texas

Western Kentucky’s hopes to return to the Conference USA championship game took a hit Saturday with its loss to North Texas.

The Mean Green entered as a 10-point underdog, but pounded the Hilltoppers 40-13 on homecoming at Houchens-Smith Stadium to take sole possession of second place in the league standings.

While WKU will now need help to reach the title game, it knows it needs to focus on itself to try to fix mistakes as it tries to win out in the rest of its C-USA matchups.

“I like to win. We’ll take it one game at a time.