Despite having one of the lowest budgets in all of Conference USA, Western Kentucky's athletic department has been able to maintain a high level of success -- the Hilltoppers are the only Football Bowl Subdivision school that leads its conference in championships but ranks in the bottom 25 percent of its league in budget.
That budget got smaller Friday.
As part of $27 million in spending reductions in the university's budget the Board of Regents approved Friday for the 2020-21 fiscal year, which is set to begin Wednesday, WKU's athletic department will see a $1,060,834 reduction in its budget.