American college football season
The 2018 West Alabama Tigers football team represented University of West Alabama during the 2018 NCAA Division II football season . They were led by fifth-year head coach Brett Gilliland . The Tigers played their home games at Tiger Stadium and are 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 Tigers predicted to finish in 1st 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
The Tigers had seven players at seven positions selected to the preseason all-Gulf South Conference team.[ 2]
Offense
Brandon Anderson – OT
Qua Boyd – TE
Call Dyer – C
Harry Satterwhite – QB
Defense
Darius Ellis – DL
Terry Samuel – LB
Special teams
Zach Gaines – P
Schedule
West Alabama 2018 football schedule consists of six home and five away games in the regular season. The Tigers will host GSC foes Delta State , Florida Tech , Valdosta State , and West Florida , and will travel to Mississippi College , North Greenville , Shorter , and West Georgia .[ 3]
The Tigers will host two of the three non-conference games against Lenoir–Rhyne from the South Atlantic Conference (SAC) and Miles College from the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) and will travel to Limestone , which is an independent team.
Three of the eleven games will be broadcast on ESPN3 , as part of the Gulf South Conference Game of the Week.[ 4]
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance August 30 6:00 p.m. Lenoir–Rhyne * No. 12 W 36–323,248
September 6 6:00 p.m. Miles * No. 11 Tiger Stadium Livingston, AL W 37–214,543
September 15 6:00 p.m. Valdosta State No. 8 Tiger Stadium Livingston, AL L 24–583,285
September 22 12:00 p.m. at Limestone * No. 23 W 16–131,632
September 29 6:00 p.m. at North Greenville No. 21 ESPN3 L 16–203,695
October 6 12:00 p.m. at Shorter W 48–171,384
October 13 2:00 p.m. Delta State Tiger Stadium Livingston, AL ESPN3 W 17–143,872
October 20 1:00 p.m. at No. 3 West Georgia L 25–273,687
October 27 4:00 p.m. Florida Tech Tiger Stadium Livingston, AL ESPN3 W 29–225,106
November 3 2:00 p.m. at Mississippi College W 24–34,347
November 10 2:00 p.m. West Florida Tiger Stadium Livingston, AL W 45–74,303
November 17 12:00 p.m. at No. 25 Bowie State L 35–411,531
*Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from AFCA Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time
[ 5]
Rankings
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 12 11 8 23 21 RV — — — — — RV RV
Game summaries
Lenoir-Rhyne
1
2
3
4
Total
Bears
3
10
6
13
32
Tigers
7
7
0
22
36
Miles
1
2
3
4
Total
Golden Bears
7
7
0
7
21
Tigers
6
14
14
3
37
Valdosta State
1
2
3
4
Total
Blazers
21
14
10
13
58
Tigers
7
7
7
3
24
At Limestone
1
2
3
4
Total
Tigers
3
10
0
3
16
Saints
10
3
0
0
13
At North Greenville
1
2
3
4
Total
Tigers
7
0
9
0
16
Crusaders
0
10
0
10
20
At Shorter
1
2
3
4
Total
Tigers
14
17
14
3
48
Hawks
7
0
3
7
17
Delta State
1
2
3
4
Total
Statesmen
7
0
7
0
14
Tigers
7
7
0
3
17
At West Georgia
1
2
3
4
Total
Tigers
7
0
6
12
25
Wolves
7
7
3
10
27
Florida Tech
1
2
3
4
Total
Panthers
0
10
9
3
22
Tigers
14
0
7
8
29
At Mississippi College
1
2
3
4
Total
Tigers
0
10
7
7
24
Choctaws
0
3
0
0
3
West Florida
1
2
3
4
Total
Argonauts
7
0
0
0
7
Tigers
16
13
9
7
45
At Bowie State
1
2
3
4
Total
Tigers
7
7
7
14
35
Bulldogs
0
17
10
14
41
References
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