 Western Kentucky will compete for the first time in the East division of Conference USA which has seven schools in total while the West division has six.Due to the two uneven divisions, WKU will only play five schools from the East division and will not play Florida International this season.Western Kentucky will play three teams from the West division, Louisiana Tech, UTEP, and UTSA, which will complete the eight conference games each member of the CUSA has to play.