American college football season
The 2018 Mississippi College Choctaws football team represented Mississippi College during the 2018 NCAA Division II football season . They were led by fifth-year head coach John Bland . The Choctaws played their home games at Robinson-Hale Stadium and were members of the Gulf South Conference (GSC).
Gulf South Conference coaches poll [ edit ] On August 2, 2018, the Gulf South Conference released their preseason coaches poll with the Choctaws predicted to finish eighth place in the conference.[ 2]
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 Choctaws had one player at one position selected to the preseason all-Gulf South Conference team.[ 3]
Special teams Chakel Gates – RS
Mississippi College 2018 football schedule consists of six home and five away games in the regular season. The Choctaws will host GSC foes Valdosta State , West Alabama , West Florida , West Georgia , and will travel to Delta State , Florida Tech , North Greenville , and Shorter .
The Choctaws will host two of the three non-conference games against Clark Atlanta from the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference and Southwest Baptist Bearcats football from the Great Lakes Valley Conference , and will travel to North Alabama , which is a FCS Independent team.
Two of the eleven games will be broadcast on ESPN3 , as part of the Gulf South Conference Game of the Week.[ 4]
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance August 30 7:00 p.m. Clark Atlanta * W 31–303,834 September 8 6:00 p.m. Southwest Baptist * Robinson–Hale Stadium Clinton, MS W 34-93,572 September 15 6:00 p.m. at North Greenville Canceled [a] September 22 7:00 p.m. No. 10 West Florida Robinson–Hale Stadium Clinton, MS ESPN3 L 21-343,347 September 29 7:00 p.m. No. 13 Valdosta State Robinson–Hale Stadium Clinton, MS L 42-632,654 October 6 6:00 p.m. at Florida Tech L 24-312,543 October 13 6:00 p.m. at North Alabama * L 17-349,230 October 20 12:00 p.m. at Shorter ESPN3 W 37-241,225 October 27 3:00 p.m. No. 3 West Georgia Robinson–Hale Stadium Clinton, MS L 21-366,872 November 3 2:00 p.m. West Alabama Robinson–Hale Stadium Clinton, MS L 3-244,347 November 10 2:00 p.m. at Delta State L 21-285,432 *Non-conference game Rankings from AFCA Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time
Schedule Source: [ 5] ^[a] Hurricane Florence .[ 6] Ranking movementsLegend: — = Not ranked Week Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final AFCA — — — — — — — — — — — — —
1 2 3 4 Total Panthers 6 14 3 7 30 Choctaws 14 7 7 3 31
1 2 3 4 Total Bearcats 3 0 0 6 9 Choctaws 7 10 10 7 34
1 2 3 4 Total Argonauts 3 7 14 10 34 Choctaws 0 0 14 7 21
1 2 3 4 Total Blazers 7 35 14 7 63 Choctaws 7 14 14 7 42
1 2 3 4 Total Choctaws 0 14 7 3 24 Panthers 3 7 7 14 31
1 2 3 4 Total Choctaws 7 7 3 0 17 Lions 21 10 0 3 34
1 2 3 4 Total Choctaws 7 21 3 6 37 Hawks 7 0 7 10 24
1 2 3 4 Total Wolves 7 10 7 12 36 Choctaws 0 14 7 0 21
1 2 3 4 Total Tigers 0 10 7 7 24 Choctaws 0 3 0 0 3
1 2 3 4 Total Choctaws 0 14 0 7 21 Statesmen 7 7 14 0 28
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