# 2018 Chattanooga Mocs football team

The 2018 Chattanooga Mocs football team represented the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon). The Mocs were led by second-year head coach Tom Arth and played their home games at Finley Stadium in Chattanooga, Tennessee. They finished the season 6–5 overall and 4–4 in SoCon play to place in a three-way tie for fifth.
On December 14, head coach Arth resigned to become the head coach at Akron. He finished at Chattanooga with a two-year record of 9–13.

## Preseason
### Preseason media poll

The SoCon released their preseason media poll on July 25, 2018, with the Mocs predicted to finish in sixth place. The same day the coaches released their preseason poll with the Mocs predicted to finish in fifth place.
Media poll :
| Predicted finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
| 1 | Samford | 204 (20) |
| 2 | Furman | 174 (2) |
| 3 | Wofford | 163 (1) |
| 4 | Mercer | 133 |
| 5 | Western Carolina | 114 |
| 6 | Chattanooga | 88 |
| 7 | The Citadel | 83 |
| 8 | East Tennessee State | 53 |
| 9 | VMI | 23 |
Coaches poll :
| Predicted finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
| 1 | Samford | 63 (7) |
| 2 | Wofford | 53 (1) |
| 3 | Furman | 52 (1) |
| 4 | Western Carolina | 39 |
| 5 | Chattanooga | 34 |
| 6 | Mercer | 32 |
| 7 | The Citadel | 28 |
| 8 | East Tennessee State | 15 |
| 9 | VMI | 8 |

#### Preseason All-SoCon Teams

The Mocs placed six players on the preseason all-SoCon teams.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| August 30 | 7:00 p.m. | Tennessee Tech* | | Finley StadiumChattanooga, TN | ESPN3 | W 34–10 | 9,020 |
| September 8 | 6:00 p.m. | at The Citadel | | Johnson Hagood StadiumCharleston, SC | ESPN+ | W 29–28 $^{OT}$ | 8,076 |
| September 15 | 4:00 p.m. | at UT Martin* | | Graham StadiumMartin, TN | ESPN+ | W 34–24 | 4,414 |
| September 22 | 7:00 p.m. | No. 17 Samford | | Finley StadiumChattanooga, TN | ESPN+ | W 27–20 | 10,469 |
| September 29 | 7:30 p.m. | at East Tennessee State | No. 20 | William B. Greene Jr. StadiumJohnson City, TN | ESPN+ | L 14–17 | 9,277 |
| October 6 | 3:00 p.m. | No. 7 Wofford | | Finley StadiumChattanooga, TN | ESPN+ | L 10–21 | 8,010 |
| October 13 | 3:30 p.m. | at Western Carolina | | E. J. Whitmire StadiumCullowhee, NC | ESPN+ | W 26–6 | 7,362 |
| October 27 | 3:00 p.m. | VMI | | Finley StadiumChattanooga, TN | ESPN+ | W 34–27 | 8,201 |
| November 3 | 1:00 p.m. | at Furman | | Paladin StadiumGreenville, SC | ESPN3 | L 10–16 | 4,332 |
| November 10 | 1:00 p.m. | Mercer | | Finley StadiumChattanooga, TN | ESPN+ | L 9–13 | 8,014 |
| November 17 | 7:30 p.m. | at South Carolina* | | Williams-Brice StadiumColumbia, SC | SECN Alternate | L 9–49 | 72,832 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from STATS Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Eastern time ||||||||

## Game summaries
### Tennessee Tech

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Golden Eagles | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| Mocs | 6 | 7 | 21 | 0 | 34 |

### At The Citadel

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Total |
| Mocs | 14 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 29 |
| Bulldogs | 0 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 28 |

### At UT Martin

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Mocs | 10 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 34 |
| Skyhawks | 0 | 7 | 0 | 17 | 24 |

### Samford

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 17 Bulldogs | 0 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 20 |
| Mocs | 10 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 27 |

### At East Tennessee State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 20 Mocs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14 |
| Buccaneers | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17 |

### Wofford

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 7 Terriers | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
| Mocs | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |

### At Western Carolina

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Mocs | 9 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 26 |
| Catamounts | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |

### VMI

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Keydets | 14 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 27 |
| Mocs | 7 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 34 |

### At Furman

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Mocs | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| Paladins | 7 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 16 |

### Mercer

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bears | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 13 |
| Mocs | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 |

### At South Carolina

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Mocs | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| Gamecocks | 14 | 14 | 7 | 14 | 49 |

## Ranking movements

Ranking movements Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked RV = Received votes :
| | Week | 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 | 12 | Final |
| STATS FCS | — | RV | RV | RV | 20 | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | — | |
| Coaches | — | — | — | RV | 24 | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | — | |