Western Kentucky·Conference USA

2015 — The Ten-Win Year

Western Kentucky's 2015 season (12-2) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 12-2
Final result 12-win season Won the Miami Beach Bowl
AP final #25 post-bowls
SP+ +4.8 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
W @ Vander 14-12 W vs Loui Tec 41-38 L @ Indiana 35-38 W vs Miam (OH 56-14 W @ Rice 49-10 W vs Midd Ten 58-28 W @ Nort Tex 55-28 L @ LSU 20-48 W @ Old Dom 55-30 W vs Flor Atl 35-19 W @ Flor Int 63-7 W vs Marshall 49-28 W vs Sout Mis 45-28 W @ Sout Flo 45-35 Bowl

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2015.

Defining moments
The statement

The 2015 season's largest margin: Western Kentucky 63, Florida International 7. A 56-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: Western Kentucky 20, LSU 48. A 28-point margin the season is remembered by.

The postseason

The season's last act: Western Kentucky beat South Florida 45-35 in the postseason.

"Hilltopper Nation"
— Western Kentucky fanbase voice · 2015· synthesized
What it meant

2015 is a middle chapter for Western Kentucky — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.