West Liberty Hilltoppers

Mountain EastWheeling, WVWest Family Stadium

2026: 6–⁠1 (4–⁠0 Mountain East). Last: beat West Virginia Wesleyan 41–⁠21 at home. Next: at Glenville State, Saturday, Oct 24, 1:30 p.m. ET.

  1. L 27–⁠30Walsh
  2. W 28–⁠24Seton Hill
  3. W 35–⁠14at Post
  4. W 30–⁠24Frostburg State
  5. W 43–⁠42Concord
  6. W 41–⁠38at West Virginia State
  7. W 41–⁠21West Virginia Wesleyan
  8. Oct 24at Glenville State
  9. Oct 31at Fairmont State
  10. Nov 7Charleston (WV)
  11. Nov 14at Wheeling

West Liberty has played football since at least 1931 and is 26–⁠43 in the 69 games on record. This season, they’re 6–⁠1.

Résumé

Record on file
26–⁠43 .377; how we count
Postseason
0–⁠0 bowls, title games, playoff
AP No. 1 finishes
0
Weeks at No. 1
0 of 0 ranked
Elo now
1140
Best season by Elo
2006 rated 1218
Seasons
11 since 1931, 69 games

2026 season 6–⁠1

RosterFull 2026 season

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

This season, game by game

West Liberty’s Elo through 2026: 1044 going into the opener, 1140 after the latest game.102510501075110011251150Elo 1044 going in; lost to Walsh 30–27Elo 1033 going in; beat Seton Hill 28–24Elo 1048 going in; beat Post 35–14Elo 1080 going in; beat Frostburg State 30–24Elo 1107 going in; beat Concord 43–42Elo 1112 going in; beat West Virginia State 41–38Elo 1127 going in; beat West Virginia Wesleyan 41–21Now: Elo 1140 after the latest game1140
Elo going into each game, then after the latest. Filled dots: wins; open: losses.

Program strength since 1931

Best seasons ever
West Liberty end-of-season Elo from 1931 to 2026, best in 2006 at 1218.1300150017001900194019601980200020202006 peak: Elo 1218
End-of-season Elo. Dashed line: 1500, an average FBS team.

Most-played series

All rivalries
OpponentGamesWLU record
Wheeling62–⁠4
Glenville State63–⁠3
West Virginia Wesleyan66–⁠0
Frostburg State61–⁠5
Concord63–⁠3
Walsh50–⁠5
West Virginia State52–⁠3
Fairmont State52–⁠3
Every opponent (19)

Every program West Liberty has played, A to Z, with West Liberty’s record against it. Each links to the series, game by game.

Season by season

National champions
SeasonRecordConf.AP preAP finalCoachEloSP+
20266–⁠14–⁠01140
20253–⁠83–⁠5992
20242–⁠92–⁠7980
20234–⁠64–⁠51090
20224–⁠73–⁠71032
20214–⁠74–⁠61099
20202–⁠21167
20140–⁠11184
20130–⁠11197
20061–⁠01218
19310–⁠11197

No season on file for 1932–⁠2005, 2007–⁠12, 2015–⁠19: the program may not have played, or our source may be missing them.

All 11 seasons on file are complete, game by game: every win and loss in the record has its game here.

Records are computed from every game on file at CollegeFootballData.com, whose coverage of the earliest seasons can be incomplete. Elo is this site’s own rating; see how it works on the records page.