American college football season
The 2018 Delta State Statesmen football team represented Delta State University in the 2018 NCAA Division II football season . They were led by sixth-year head coach Todd Cooley . The Statesmen played their home games at McCool Stadium and were members of the Gulf South Conference .
Gulf South Conference coaches poll [ edit ] On August 2, 2018, the Gulf South Conference released their preseason coaches poll with the Statesmen predicted to finish in 4th place in the conference.[ 1]
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place) 1 West Alabama 62 (6) 2 West Florida 59 (3) 3 West Georgia 44 4 Delta State 41 5 Valdosta State 38 6 Florida Tech 32 7 North Greenville 24 8 Mississippi College 16 9 Shorter 8
Preseason All-Gulf South Conference Team [ edit ] The Statesmen had three players at three positions selected to the preseason all-Gulf South Conference team.[ 2]
Offense
Innis Claud V – OG
Defense
Ovenson Cledanord – LB
Tramond Lofton – DL
Delta State 2018 football schedule consists of five home and away games in the regular season. The Statesmen will host GSC foes Mississippi College , North Greenville , Shorter , and West Florida , and will travel to Florida Tech , Valdosta State , West Alabama and West Georgia .
The Statesmen will host one of the two non-conference games against Grand Valley State from the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference and will travel to Tarleton State from the Lone Star Conference .
Three of the ten games will be broadcast on ESPN3 , as part of the Gulf South Conference Game of the Week.[ 3]
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance August 30 6:00 p.m. at Tarleton State * L 13–444,781 September 8 6:00 p.m. No. 8 Grand Valley State * L 10-215,514 September 15 6:00 p.m. at Florida Tech ESPN3 L 12-303,567 September 22 6:00 p.m. North Greenville McCool Stadium Cleveland, MS L 20-336,660 September 29 6:00 p.m. No. 11 West Florida McCool Stadium Cleveland, MS L 21-305,678 October 6 12:00 p.m. at No. 10 Valdosta State L 28-592,036 October 13 2:00 p.m. at West Alabama ESPN3 L 14-173,872 October 25 6:00 p.m. Shorter McCool Stadium Cleveland, MS ESPN3 W 46-203,333 November 3 2:00 p.m. at No. 3 West Georgia L 17-293,281 November 10 6:00 p.m. Mississippi College McCool Stadium Cleveland, MS (rivalry ) W 28-215,432
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Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked RV = Received votes Week Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final AFCA RV RV — — — — — — — — — — —
1 2 3 4 Total Statesmen 3 3 0 7 13 Texans 6 17 21 0 44
1 2 3 4 Total Lakers 0 7 7 7 21 Statesmen 3 0 7 0 10
1 2 3 4 Total Statesmen 0 6 6 0 12 Panthers 21 9 0 0 30
1 2 3 4 Total Crusaders 14 3 13 3 33 Statesmen 10 0 3 7 20
1 2 3 4 Total Argonauts 3 3 10 14 30 Statesmen 7 14 0 0 21
1 2 3 4 Total Statesmen 14 14 0 0 28 Blazers 14 14 17 14 59
1 2 3 4 Total Statesmen 7 0 7 0 14 Tigers 7 7 0 3 17
1 2 3 4 Total Hawks 6 7 0 7 20 Statesmen 14 14 18 0 46
1 2 3 4 Total Statesmen 7 10 0 0 17 Wolves 3 9 10 7 29
Mississippi College [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Choctaws 0 14 0 7 21 Statesmen 7 7 14 0 28
Venues Bowls & rivalries People Seasons National championship seasons in bold