Currently allowing 19.5 points and 326 yards per game, the last WKU team to come close to that mark was the 2007 Hilltoppers that gave up just 20.8 points and 319.6 yards per game. That was back in WKU’s I-AA (now the Football Championship Series) days transitioning out of the Gateway Conference and into its first year at the FBS level in 2009.
WKU’s scoring defense ranks 20th in the country and second in C-USA behind UAB’s 18.3 points allowed per game. Its total yards allowed per contest ranks 28th nationally, while UAB still holds that top spot in the conference at 268.