# 2018 Mississippi College Choctaws football team

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).

## 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.
| 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

The Choctaws had one player at one position selected to the preseason all-Gulf South Conference team.

## 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.
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| August 30 | 7:00 p.m. | Clark Atlanta* | Robinson-Hale StadiumClinton, MS | | W 31–30 | 3,834 |
| September 8 | 6:00 p.m. | Southwest Baptist* | Robinson–Hale StadiumClinton, MS | | W 34-9 | 3,572 |
| September 15 | 6:00 p.m. | at North Greenville | Younts StadiumTigerville, SC | | Canceled | |
| September 22 | 7:00 p.m. | No. 10 West Florida | Robinson–Hale StadiumClinton, MS | ESPN3 | L 21-34 | 3,347 |
| September 29 | 7:00 p.m. | No. 13 Valdosta State | Robinson–Hale StadiumClinton, MS | | L 42-63 | 2,654 |
| October 6 | 6:00 p.m. | at Florida Tech | Florida Tech Panther StadiumMelbourne, FL | | L 24-31 | 2,543 |
| October 13 | 6:00 p.m. | at North Alabama* | Braly Municipal StadiumFlorence, AL | | L 17-34 | 9,230 |
| October 20 | 12:00 p.m. | at Shorter | Barron StadiumRome, GA | ESPN3 | W 37-24 | 1,225 |
| October 27 | 3:00 p.m. | No. 3 West Georgia | Robinson–Hale StadiumClinton, MS | | L 21-36 | 6,872 |
| November 3 | 2:00 p.m. | West Alabama | Robinson–Hale StadiumClinton, MS | | L 3-24 | 4,347 |
| November 10 | 2:00 p.m. | at Delta State | McCool StadiumCleveland, MS (rivalry) | | L 21-28 | 5,432 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from AFCA Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Central time |||||||
    Schedule Source:
    The game between North Greenville and Mississippi College was cancelled in advance of the arrival of Hurricane Florence. The game will not be rescheduled.

### Rankings

Ranking movements Legend: — = Not ranked :
| | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week |
| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Final |
| AFCA | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## Game summaries
### Clark Atlanta

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Panthers | 6 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 30 |
| Choctaws | 14 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 31 |

### Southwest Baptist

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bearcats | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| Choctaws | 7 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 34 |

### West Florida

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Argonauts | 3 | 7 | 14 | 10 | 34 |
| Choctaws | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 21 |

### Valdosta State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Blazers | 7 | 35 | 14 | 7 | 63 |
| Choctaws | 7 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 42 |

### At Florida Tech

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Choctaws | 0 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 24 |
| Panthers | 3 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 31 |

### At North Alabama

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Choctaws | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 17 |
| Lions | 21 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 34 |

### At Shorter

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Choctaws | 7 | 21 | 3 | 6 | 37 |
| Hawks | 7 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 24 |

### West Georgia

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Wolves | 7 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 36 |
| Choctaws | 0 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 21 |

### West Alabama

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Tigers | 0 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
| Choctaws | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |

### At Delta State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Choctaws | 0 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
| Statesmen | 7 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 28 |