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).
Preseason
Gulf South Conference coaches poll
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
The Choctaws had one player at one position selected to the preseason all-Gulf South Conference team.[ 3]
Special teams
Chakel Gates – RS
Schedule
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]
Rankings
Ranking movementsLegend: — = Not ranked Week Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final AFCA — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Game summaries
Clark Atlanta
1
2
3
4
Total
Panthers
6
14
3
7
30
Choctaws
14
7
7
3
31
Southwest Baptist
1
2
3
4
Total
Bearcats
3
0
0
6
9
Choctaws
7
10
10
7
34
West Florida
1
2
3
4
Total
Argonauts
3
7
14
10
34
Choctaws
0
0
14
7
21
Valdosta State
1
2
3
4
Total
Blazers
7
35
14
7
63
Choctaws
7
14
14
7
42
At Florida Tech
1
2
3
4
Total
Choctaws
0
14
7
3
24
Panthers
3
7
7
14
31
At North Alabama
1
2
3
4
Total
Choctaws
7
7
3
0
17
Lions
21
10
0
3
34
At Shorter
1
2
3
4
Total
Choctaws
7
21
3
6
37
Hawks
7
0
7
10
24
West Georgia
1
2
3
4
Total
Wolves
7
10
7
12
36
Choctaws
0
14
7
0
21
West Alabama
1
2
3
4
Total
Tigers
0
10
7
7
24
Choctaws
0
3
0
0
3
At Delta State
1
2
3
4
Total
Choctaws
0
14
0
7
21
Statesmen
7
7
14
0
28
References
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