2018 Mississippi College Choctaws football team

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2018 Mississippi College Choctaws football
Conference Gulf South Conference
Record3–7 (1–6 GSC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Tommy Laurendine [1] (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorMichael Collins (3rd season)
Home stadium Robinson-Hale Stadium
Seasons
  2017
2019  
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 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).

Contents

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 finishTeamVotes (1st place)
1West Alabama62 (6)
2West Florida59 (3)
3West Georgia44
4Delta State41
5Valdosta State38
6Florida Tech32
7North Greenville24
8Mississippi College16
9Shorter8

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 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]

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 307:00 p.m. Clark Atlanta *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
ESPN3 L 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 Georgia Dagger-14-plain.png
  • 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
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • 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

1234Total
Panthers6143730
Choctaws1477331

Southwest Baptist

1234Total
Bearcats30069
Choctaws71010734

West Florida

1234Total
Argonauts37141034
Choctaws0014721

Valdosta State

1234Total
Blazers73514763
Choctaws71414742

At Florida Tech

1234Total
Choctaws0147324
Panthers3771431

At North Alabama

1234Total
Choctaws773017
Lions21100334

At Shorter

1234Total
Choctaws7213637
Hawks7071024

West Georgia

1234Total
Wolves71071236
Choctaws0147021

West Alabama

1234Total
Tigers0107724
Choctaws03003

At Delta State

1234Total
Choctaws0140721
Statesmen7714028

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.