The loss to Maine seemed as deflating as it could get for WKU football, but a loss to Charlotte—a blowout loss at that—is a new low point for the Hilltoppers in 2018.
The Hilltoppers headed to North Carolina Saturday with a chance to get back to .500 in a conference that anyone could win this year. They had two weeks to prepare thanks to the bye in Week 6, and yet they were tossed aside by a Charlotte team that is only six years into its football history, suffering a 40-14 loss, the largest margin of victory Charlotte has ever had over any Conference USA team.