It’s the last day of 2025, which means everyone is hours away from turning the page and starting off fresh, including the Western Kentucky University football team. The everchanging landscape of college athletics has brought about an annual roster refresh for many mid-major programs,

If Parrish chooses to go to Michigan State, he would be coached most closely by running backs coach Devon Spalding, who MSU recently hired away from Wisconsin. The offense as a whole is run by offensive coordinator Nick Sheridan, who should officially be joining the Spartans soon following Alabama's elimination from the College Football Playoff.

There are college football victories and they are program-defining college football victories. Western Kentucky experienced the latter on Tuesday night — rallying past Southern Miss 27-16 in the New Orleans Bowl at the Caesars Superdome.

In this week’s edition of Topper Tuesday, brought to you by our friends over at Franklin Bank & Trust, WKU football head coach Tyson Helton and News 40’s Samantha Money are in the Big Easy to preview the Hilltoppers matchup with Southern Miss in the 2025 New Orleans Bowl.

Georgia football staffer David Metcalf is expected to be hired by Western Kentucky.

USM saw its lead after three quarters emphatically erased by a fourth-quarter flurry Tuesday night, as Western Kentucky University claimed a 27-16 victory in the 25th annual New Orleans Bowl at Caesars Superdome.

Tosh Lupoi and the California Golden Bears hired Western Kentucky defensive coordinator Da’Von Brown, one of the youngest coordinators at the FBS level, as a co-defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach on Friday, Dec. 26.

Southern Miss football fell flat in the second half and lost to Western Kentucky in the New Orleans Bowl on Dec. 23.

Preview the Dec. 23 matchup between the Southern Miss Golden Eagles and Western Kentucky Hilltoppers with predictions, odds, over/under, spread, betting lines and more.

LJ Hackman saved the day for Western Kentucky on Sunday afternoon. Playing with four fouls down the stretch, the 6-foot-3 junior guard scored seven points in the final 2:51 to lift the Hilltoppers over Louisiana Tech 66-61 in a hotly contested Conference USA basketball game in E.