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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