The 2018 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team (WKU) represented Western Kentucky University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season.

T. Smith Stadium in Bowling Green, Kentucky as members of the East Division of Conference USA (C–USA).

They were led by second-year head coach Mike Sanford Jr.

[1] On November 25, head coach Mike Sanford Jr. was fired after only two seasons.

Listed in the order that they were released Conference USA released their preseason media poll on July 17, 2018, with the Hilltoppers predicted to finish in fourth place in the East Division.