Western Kentucky Hilltoppers vs. Jacksonville State Gamecocks - News - November 29, 2025 | FOX Sports

Western Kentucky

8-4

8-4

34

FINAL

37

8-4

Jacksonville St

8-4

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Brock Rechsteiner - DNP for Week 14 Rechsteiner (undisclosed) sat out Saturday's win over Western Kentucky.

Impact Rechsteiner missed his first game of the season as he's currently battling an undisclosed injury. He has caught 33 passes for 356 yards and four touchdowns in 10 games this season and will look to make his return to the field for Friday's conference championship matchup versus Kennesaw State.

NOVEMBER 30, 2025 • ROTOWIRE

Jacksonville State beats Western Kentucky 37-34 to reach CUSA championship game

Garrison Rippa kicked a 28-yard field goal as time expired to send Jacksonville State to the Conference USA championship game with a 37-34 win over Western Kentucky on Saturday aft...

NOVEMBER 29, 2025 • Associated Press

Pearson Baldwin - Finds end zone Baldwin caught two passes for 18 yards and a touchdown against WKU on Saturday.

Impact That's back-to-back games with a touchdown for Baldwin. As is often the case for a tight end, those are also his only touchdowns on the season as he heads into the conference title game.

NOVEMBER 29, 2025 • ROTOWIRE

Deondre Johnson - Another touchdown in another win Johnson caught five passes for 122 yards and a touchdown versus WKU on Saturday.

Impact The Gamecocks could have gotten into the conference title game just off of the legs of Caden Creel and Cam Cook, but when Johnson emerged out of nowhere the offense did gain another dimension. The redshirt sophomore had five catches over his first seven games. Over his last five he has 15 catches for 491 yards and six scores.

NOVEMBER 29, 2025 • ROTOWIRE

Cam Cook - TD streak continues Cook ran 25 times for 137 yards and a touchdown and added two catches for 31 yards against WKU on Saturday.

Impact That makes three games in a row with over 130 rushing yards and a touchdown for Cook. Also, his ninth game in a row with a touchdown. Cook is already closing in on 1,600 rushing yards and he has 15 rushing touchdowns. He will play in the conference title game next week, but then it becomes a question of if he plays in the bowl, or if he has the transfer portal on his mind. Hopefully he plays both games to see just how big his numbers can get on the season.

NOVEMBER 29, 2025 • ROTOWIRE

Caden Creel - Huge game in huge win Creel went 12-for-19 for 204 yards and two touchdowns against WKU on Saturday. He also ran 20 times for 143 yards and a touchdown, but lost a fumble.

Impact Hey, you can get away with losing a fumble when you run for 143 yards and a score as a quarterback. Creel didn't even start all season and he's going to end up with over 1,000 yards rushing. That's an easy call, as this win earned JSU a spot in the conference title game.

NOVEMBER 29, 2025 • ROTOWIRE

Moussa Barry - Notches 68 yards Barry caught three passes for 68 yards against JSU on Saturday.

Impact Barry led the Hilltoppers in receiving yards in this game, but that hasn't been the norm. He ended up a secondary option this year, and will either need to hope the depth chart opens up ahead of him for 2026 or that he can find more opportunity elsewhere.

NOVEMBER 29, 2025 • ROTOWIRE

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers

Jacksonville State Gamecocks

STANDINGS

CONFERENCE USA		W-L	CONF	STRK
1	Kennesaw State	10-4	7-1	L1
2	Jacksonville State	9-5	7-1	W1
3	Western Kentucky	9-4	6-2	W1
4	Louisiana Tech	8-5	5-3	W3
5	Florida International	7-6	5-3	L1
6	Missouri State	7-6	5-3	L3
7	Delaware	7-6	4-4	W2
8	Liberty	4-8	3-5	L4
9	New Mexico State	4-8	2-6	L1
10	Middle Tennessee	3-9	2-6	W2
11	UTEP	2-10	1-7	L5
12	Sam Houston	2-10	1-7	L2

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EVENT INFO

AmFirst Stadium

AmFirst Stadium

Jacksonville, AL

Nov 29, 2025

16,733

3 Hours 12 Minutes