The Hilltoppers are off to a 20-4 start – 3-0 in Conference USA – and have achieved a 20-win season quicker than any other team in program history. WKU currently owns a 10-game win streak dating back to Feb. 22.
Three of WKU's wins came over teams in the top 50 of the RPI with aforementioned Troy coming in at 26th, Lipscomb ranking 43rd and North Florida at No. 45. Additional top-100 wins by the Tops include a pair of victories over No. 67 Illinois State.
WKU has outscored top-100 opponents 49-22, allowing just one opposing team to score more than three runs in a game. The Red and White run-ruled Illinois State in the sides' second meeting, 12-1 in five innings in addition to shutting out North Florida, 3-0.
In Conference USA, five squads rank in the top 100 of the opening RPI. WKU owns the top mark at 31 with North Texas right behind it at 32. UAB is next at No. 60 followed by Middle Tennessee (73) and Marshall (100).
The remaining teams from WKU's schedule this season (and C-USA), ranked in order of RPI, are: FIU (109), Bowling Green (112), Tennessee Tech (126), Indiana State (133), Charlotte (150), Ohio (161), College of Charleston (171), Evansville (174), Southern Miss (178), Florida Atlantic (202), Belmont (214), Austin Peay (216), Louisiana Tech (223), Green Bay (224), Chattanooga (238), UTEP (251) and IUPUI (255).
| TOP-100 RPI ON THE WKU SCHEDULE/IN C-USA | ||||
| 2020 RPI | Team | Game Date(s) | Result(s) | Final 2019 RPI |
| 26 | Troy | Feb. 8 (A) | W, 3-2 (8) | 65 |
| 27 | No. 10 Kentucky | March 25 (H) | --- | 16 |
| 31 | WKU | --- | --- | 57 |
| 32 | [RV] North Texas* | March 13-15 (A) | --- | 54 |
| 43 | Lipscomb | Feb. 7 (N), Feb. 15 (N), April 1 (H) | L, 3-2/W, 7-1/--- | 40 |
| 45 | North Florida | Feb. 8 & Feb. 9 (N) | L, 3-1/W, 3-0 | 104 |
| 48 | Eastern Kentucky | April 8 (H) | --- | 91 |
| 57 | UT Arlington | March 10 (A) | --- | 53 |
| 60 | UAB* | --- | --- | 154 |
| 67 | Illinois State | Feb. 29 & March 1 (H) | W, 5-2 & W, 12-1 (5) | 135 |
| 73 | Middle Tennessee* | March 6-9 (H) | W, 3-1/W, 6-2/W, 2-1 | 126 |
| 89 | UTSA* | April 17-19 (A) | --- | 166 |
| 92 | Ball State | Feb. 22 (H) | L, 6-5 (8) | 124 |
| 100 | Marshall* | March 20-22 (H) | --- | 69 |
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