2018 Mississippi College Choctaws football team

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2018
Robinson-Hale Stadium
Seasons
2018 Gulf South Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 1 Valdosta State $^   8 – 0     14 – 0  
No. 16 West Georgia ^   7 – 1     10 – 2  
Florida Tech ^   5 – 3     8 – 4  
West Alabama ^   5 – 3     8 – 4  
West Florida   4 – 4     6 – 5  
North Greenville
   3 – 4     4 – 6  
Delta State   2 – 6     2 – 8  
Mississippi College   1 – 6     3 – 7  
Shorter
   0 – 8     0 – 11  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant
Rankings from AFCA Poll

The 2018 Mississippi College Choctaws football team represented

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]

Schedule

Mississippi College 2018 football schedule consists of six home and five away games in the regular season. The Choctaws will host GSC foes

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]

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 307:00 p.m.
Robinson-Hale Stadium
  • Clinton, MS
    		• W 31–303,834
    September 86:00 p.m.Southwest Baptist*
    • Robinson–Hale Stadium
    • Clinton, MS
    		W 34-93,572
    September 156:00 p.m.at
    North Greenville
    		 Canceled[a]
    September 227:00 p.m.No. 10 West Florida
    • Robinson–Hale Stadium
    • Clinton, MS
    		ESPN3L 21-343,347
    September 297:00 p.m.No. 13 Valdosta State
    • Robinson–Hale Stadium
    • Clinton, MS
    		L 42-632,654
    October 66:00 p.m.at Florida Tech
    		L 24-312,543
    October 136:00 p.m.at North Alabama*
    		L 17-349,230
    October 2012:00 p.m.at
    Shorter
    		ESPN3W 37-241,225
    October 273:00 p.m.No. 3 West Georgiadagger
    • Robinson–Hale Stadium
    • Clinton, MS
    		L 21-366,872
    November 32:00 p.m.West Alabama
    • Robinson–Hale Stadium
    • Clinton, MS
    		L 3-244,347
    November 102:00 p.m.at Delta State
    		L 21-285,432
    • *Non-conference game
    • daggerHomecoming
    • Rankings from AFCA Poll released prior to the game
    • All times are in Central time
    Schedule Source:[5]
    ^[a] The game between North Greenville and Mississippi College was cancelled in advance of the arrival of Hurricane Florence.[6] The game will not be rescheduled.

    Rankings

    Ranking movements
    Legend: — = Not ranked
    Week
    PollPre1234567891011Final
    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

    1. ^ "Tommy Laurendine Joins Mississippi College Football Staff" (Press release). Mississippi College Athletics. January 12, 2018. Retrieved June 25, 2018.
    2. ^ "West Alabama Tops GSC Football Preseason Poll". Gulf South Conference. August 2, 2018. Retrieved August 28, 2018.
    3. ^ "Gulf South Conference 2018" (PDF). amazonaws.com. Retrieved March 6, 2023.
    4. ^ "GSC Announces 2018 Football Game of the Week Schedule". Gulf South Conference. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
    5. ^ "2018 Football Schedule". Florida Today. Retrieved June 25, 2018.
    6. ^ "MC football game against NGU canceled ahead of Hurricane Florence". WLBT3. September 12, 2018. Retrieved September 12, 2018.


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