2018 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference football season

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2018 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference football season
League NCAA Division II Football
Sport Football
Number of teams16
TV partner(s) ESPN3, ESPNNews
including multiple local broadcasting partners
Regular season
Seasons
  2017
2019  
2018 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
East
No. 17 West Chester xy$^  6 0   10 1  
Kutztown ^  5 1   9 2  
Bloomsburg  4 2   6 5  
Shippensburg  3 3   6 5  
Millersville  2 4   2 9  
Lock Haven  1 5   2 9  
East Stroudsburg  0 6   2 9  
West
No. 12 Slippery Rock xy^  7 0   11 3  
IUP  5 2   8 3  
California (PA)  5 2   7 4  
Edinboro  3 4   6 5  
Mercyhurst  3 4   5 6  
Clarion  2 5   4 7  
Gannon  2 5   2 9  
Seton Hill  1 6   1 10  
Championship: West Chester 33, Slippery Rock 10
  • $ Conference champion
  • x Division champion/co-champions
  • y Championship game participant
  • ^ NCAA Division II playoff participant
Rankings from AFCA poll

The 2018 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference football season was the 54th season of college football of the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC). [1]

2018 was be the year that the PSAC has partnered with ESPN. Approximately four to six PSAC football games were to be aired on ESPN2 ESPN3, ESPNews. The league also renewed the contract with Pennsylvania sports station PCN and entered into the first year of an agreement between AT&T SportsNet and schools in the West Division.

Rankings

Legend
NRNot ranked; not receiving votes
RVReceiving votes
  Improvement in ranking
 Drop in ranking
 Not ranked previous week
 No change in ranking from previous week
**All Rankings from AFCA Coaches
and Regional Rankings polls**
 PreWk
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Final
BloomsburgAFCA Coaches
Regional
CheyneyAFCA Coaches
Regional
East StroudsburgAFCA CoachesNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNR
RegionalNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNR
KutztownAFCA CoachesNRNRRV
RegionalNRNRRV
Lock HavenAFCA CoachesNRNR
RegionalNRNR
MillersvilleAFCA Coaches
Regional
ShippensburgAFCA CoachesNRNR
RegionalNRNR
West ChesterAFCA Coaches
Regional
California (PA)AFCA CoachesNR
RegionalNR
ClarionAFCA CoachesNRNR
RegionalNRNR
EdinboroAFCA Coaches
Regional
GannonAFCA CoachesNR
RegionalNR
Indiana (PA)AFCA Coaches
Regional
MercyhurstAFCA Coaches
Regional
Seton HillAFCA CoachesNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNR
RegionalNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNR
Slippery RockAFCA CoachesNRNRNRNRNRNRNRRVRVRV252423
RegionalNRNRNRNRNRNRRVRVRVRV242424

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References

  1. "PSAC Football Directory". PSAC.