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 .
Preseason
Gulf South Conference coaches poll
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.
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
The Statesmen had three players at three positions selected to the preseason all-Gulf South Conference team.
Offense
Innis Claud V – OG
Defense
Ovenson Cledanord – LB
Tramond Lofton – DL
Schedule
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.
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance August 30 6:00 p.m. at Tarleton State * L 13–44 4,781 September 8 6:00 p.m. No. 8 Grand Valley State * L 10-21 5,514 September 15 6:00 p.m. at Florida Tech ESPN3 L 12-30 3,567 September 22 6:00 p.m. North Greenville McCool Stadium Cleveland, MS L 20-33 6,660 September 29 6:00 p.m. No. 11 West Florida McCool Stadium Cleveland, MS L 21-30 5,678 October 6 12:00 p.m. at No. 10 Valdosta State L 28-59 2,036 October 13 2:00 p.m. at West Alabama ESPN3 L 14-17 3,872 October 25 6:00 p.m. Shorter McCool Stadium Cleveland, MS ESPN3 W 46-20 3,333 November 3 2:00 p.m. at No. 3 West Georgia L 17-29 3,281 November 10 6:00 p.m. Mississippi College McCool Stadium Cleveland, MS (rivalry ) W 28-21 5,432
Rankings
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking Week Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final AFCA RV RV — — — — — — — — — — —
Game summaries
At Tarleton State
1
2
3
4
Total
Statesmen
3
3
0
7
13
Texans
6
17
21
0
44
Grand Valley State
1
2
3
4
Total
Lakers
0
7
7
7
21
Statesmen
3
0
7
0
10
At Florida Tech
1
2
3
4
Total
Statesmen
0
6
6
0
12
Panthers
21
9
0
0
30
North Greenville
1
2
3
4
Total
Crusaders
14
3
13
3
33
Statesmen
10
0
3
7
20
West Florida
1
2
3
4
Total
Argonauts
3
3
10
14
30
Statesmen
7
14
0
0
21
At Valdosta State
1
2
3
4
Total
Statesmen
14
14
0
0
28
Blazers
14
14
17
14
59
At West Alabama
1
2
3
4
Total
Statesmen
7
0
7
0
14
Tigers
7
7
0
3
17
Shorter
1
2
3
4
Total
Hawks
6
7
0
7
20
Statesmen
14
14
18
0
46
At West Georgia
1
2
3
4
Total
Statesmen
7
10
0
0
17
Wolves
3
9
10
7
29
Mississippi College
1
2
3
4
Total
Choctaws
0
14
0
7
21
Statesmen
7
7
14
0
28
References
"West Alabama Tops GSC Football Preseason Poll" . Gulf South Conference. August 2, 2018. Retrieved August 29, 2018.Gulf South Conference
"GSC Announces 2018 Football Game of the Week Schedule" . Gulf South Conference. Retrieved July 18, 2018."2018 Delta State Statesmen Football Schedule" . Delta State University of Athletics. Retrieved June 22, 2018.
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