2018 WKU Football Schedule
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. — Tailgaters rejoice, as every game on the 2018 WKU Football home schedule will now kick off at 6:30 p.m. CT, under the lights at Houchens-Smith Stadium. Meanwhile, 11 of the Hilltoppers' 12 regular-season games have been confirmed on the national broadcast schedule, the Conference USA office announced on Thursday.
WKU will have four games air on the ESPN family of networks as part of a new agreement also announced on Thursday by the league. The 2018 season opener at Wisconsin, as previously reported, will air on ESPN. Three other games — the home opener against Maine (Sept. 8), at Charlotte (Oct. 13) and vs. Old Dominion (Oct. 20) — will air on the newly-launched ESPN+ platform.
The Hilltoppers open Conference USA season at home vs. Marshall on Sept. 29 and will be broadcasted on Stadium, while the Nov. 10 contest at Florida Atlantic will be streamed on Facebook through Stadium.
beIn Sports will carry WKU's final two home games: against FIU on Oct. 27 for Homecoming on The Hill, then UTEP on Nov. 17 for Senior Night. In addition, road contests against Middle Tennessee on Nov. 2 and Louisiana Tech on Nov. 24 can be seen on CBS Sports Network.
In postseason play, the 2018 Conference USA Championship game on Dec. 1 will also be shown on CBS Sports Network, while ESPN is scheduled to carry all six of the league's bowl games in which it has a guaranteed selection.
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More about Conference USA's agreement:
The multi-year contract between Conference USA and ESPN triples ESPN's inventory of league events from the previous deal to include more than 175 events on ESPN+ and ESPN3 for the upcoming 2018-19 season. More than 100 of those games will air on the newly launched ESPN+, which is the network's first multi-sport, direct-to-consumer subscription streaming service.
As part of the new deal, ESPN will air all remaining football games (approximately 45 in 2018) along with 60 regular-season men's basketball games and 28 regular-season women's basketball games. ESPN also picks up first-round men's and women's basketball action at the upcoming 2018 C-USA Basketball Championships in Frisco, Texas. ESPN's digital platforms will also spotlight additional C-USA championships throughout the year with special highlight shows. The sports expected to be featured include cross country, indoor and outdoor track & field, golf and tennis.
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