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American college football season
The 2018 Indiana State Sycamores football team represented Indiana State University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season . They were led by second-year head coach Curt Mallory and played their home games at Memorial Stadium . They were a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference . They finished the season 7–4, 5–3 in MVFC play to finish in a tie for third place. Despite being ranked in the top 25 at the end of the regular season, they were not selected to participate in the FCS Playoffs.
Preseason [ edit ]
Preseason MVFC poll [ edit ]
The MVFC released their preseason poll on July 29, 2018, with the Sycamores predicted to finish in last place.[1]
Predicted finish
Team
Votes (1st place)
1
North Dakota State
390 (39)
2
South Dakota State
270
3
Northern Iowa
258
4
Youngstown State
248
5
Illinois State
248
6
South Dakota
206
7
Western Illinois
163
8
Southern Illinois
139
9
Missouri State
90
10
Indiana State
41
Preseason All-MVFC Teams [ edit ]
The Sycamores placed six players on the preseason all-MVFC teams.[2]
Offense
2nd team
Jerry Nunez – K
Defense
2nd team
Inoke Moala – DL
Derrek Tuszka – DL
Jonas Griffith – LB
Katrell Moss – LB
Rondell Green – DB
Schedule [ edit ]
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance 7:00 p.m. Quincy * ESPN3 W 49–06,243
September 8 7:00 p.m. at Louisville * ACCN Extra L 7–3144,520
September 15 7:00 p.m. at Eastern Illinois * ESPN+ W 55–416,420
7:00 p.m. No. 23 Northern Iowa Memorial Stadium Terre Haute, IN ESPN3 L 0–335,487
October 6 7:00 p.m. at No. 3 South Dakota State ESPN+ L 51–54 OT 10,318
October 13 2:00 p.m. Missouri State Memorial Stadium Terre Haute, IN ESPN+ L 26–296,721
October 20 3:00 p.m. at Southern Illinois ESPN+ W 24–216,435
October 27 2:00 p.m. at Youngstown State ESPN+ W 43–1710,870
November 3 1:00 p.m. South Dakota Memorial Stadium Terre Haute, IN ESPN+ W 51–48 3OT 5,816
November 10 1:00 p.m. No. 23 Illinois State Memorial Stadium Terre Haute, IN ESPN3 W 28–234,016
November 17 2:00 p.m. at Western Illinois ESPN3 W 15–131,813
*Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time
Game summaries [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Hawks
0
0
0
0
0
Sycamores
14
7
14
14
49
At Louisville [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Sycamores
7
0
0
0
7
Cardinals
7
0
7
17
31
At Eastern Illinois [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Sycamores
17
14
14
10
55
Panthers
20
0
7
14
41
Northern Iowa [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 23 Panthers
3
6
14
10
33
Sycamores
0
0
0
0
0
At South Dakota State [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Sycamores
10
7
7
24
48
No. 3 Jackrabbits
7
14
21
6
48
Missouri State [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Bears
7
14
0
8
29
Sycamores
0
10
7
9
26
At Southern Illinois [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Sycamores
7
7
10
0
24
Salukis
7
0
0
14
21
At Youngstown State [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Sycamores
3
13
7
20
43
Penguins
7
3
7
0
17
South Dakota [ edit ]
1
2
3
4 OT 2OT 3OT
Total
Coyotes
7
7
7
10 7 7 3
48
Sycamores
14
7
0
10 7 7 6
51
Illinois State [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 23 Redbirds
10
0
7
6
23
Sycamores
0
21
0
7
28
At Western Illinois [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Sycamores
3
6
3
3
15
Leathernecks
3
0
10
0
13
Ranking movements [ edit ]
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked RV = Received votes Week Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final STATS FCS — — — — — — — — — — — RV 25 RV Coaches — — — — — — — — — — RV 24 22 25
References [ edit ]
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