The 2018 Delta State Statesmen football team represented
Delta State University in the
2018 NCAA Division II football season
The 2018 NCAA Division II football season, part of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division II level, began on August 30, 2018, and ended with the Division II champio ...
. They were led by sixth-year head coach
Todd Cooley. The Statesmen played their home games at
McCool Stadium and were 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 Statesmen predicted to finish in 4th place in the conference.
Preseason All-Gulf South Conference Team
The Statesmen had three players at three positions selected to the preseason all-Gulf South Conference team.
Offense
Innis Claud V – OG
Defense
Ovenson Cledanord – LB
Tramond Lofton – DL
Schedule
Delta State 2018 football schedule consists of five home and away games in the regular season. The Statesmen will host GSC foes
Mississippi College,
North Greenville,
Shorter, and
West Florida, and will travel to
Florida Tech,
Valdosta State
Valdosta State University (VSU or Valdosta State) is a public university in Valdosta, Georgia. It is one of the four comprehensive universities in the University System of Georgia. , VSU had over 12,000 undergraduate and graduate students. VS ...
,
West Alabama
The University of West Alabama (UWA) is a public university in Livingston, Alabama. Founded in 1835, the school began as a church-supported school for young women called Livingston Female Academy. The original Board of Trustees of Livingston Fe ...
and
West Georgia
The University of West Georgia is a public university in Carrollton, Georgia. The university offers a satellite campus in Newnan, Georgia, select classes at its Douglasville Center, and off-campus Museum Studies classes at the Atlanta History ...
.
The Statesmen will host one of the two non-conference games against
Grand Valley State
Grand Valley State University (GVSU, GV, or Grand Valley) is a public university in Allendale Charter Township, Michigan, Allendale, Michigan. It was established in 1960 as Grand Valley State College. Its main campus is situated on approximately ...
from the
Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference and will travel to
Tarleton State
Tarleton State University is a public university with its main campus in Stephenville, Texas. It is a founding member of the Texas A&M University System and enrolled over 14,000 students in the fall of 2020.
History
John Tarleton Agricultural ...
from the
Lone Star Conference.
Three of the ten games will be broadcast on
ESPN3
ESPN3 (formerly ESPN360 and ESPN3.com) is an online streaming service owned by ESPN Inc., a joint venture between The Walt Disney Company (which operates the network, through its 80% controlling ownership interest) and Hearst Communications ...
, as part of the Gulf South Conference Game of the Week.
Rankings
Game summaries
At Tarleton State
Grand Valley State
At Florida Tech
North Greenville
West Florida
At Valdosta State
At West Alabama
Shorter
At West Georgia
Mississippi College
References
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