American college football season
The 2018 Cal Poly Mustangs football team represented California Polytechnic State University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season . The Mustangs were led by tenth-year head coach Tim Walsh and played their home games at Alex G. Spanos Stadium . They were members of the Big Sky Conference . They finished the season 5–6, 4–4 in Big Sky play to finish in a tie for sixth place.
Preseason [ edit ] On July 16, 2018 during the Big Sky Kickoff in Spokane, Washington , the Mustangs were predicted to finish in tenth place in the coaches poll and eleventh place in the media poll.[1]
Coaches poll Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place) 1 Eastern Washington 134 (6) 2 Weber State 124 (3) 3 Northern Arizona 121 (3) 4 Idaho 101 (1) 5 Sacramento State 94 6 Southern Utah 91 7 Montana 82 8 Montana State 76 9 UC Davis 64 10 Cal Poly 40 11 Northern Colorado 30 12 Idaho State 29 13 Portland State 21
Media poll Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place) 1 Eastern Washington 651 (27) 2 Weber State 636 (19) 3 Northern Arizona 535 (1) 4 Montana 496 (2) 5 Idaho 483 (3) 6 Southern Utah 449 (1) 7 Sacramento State 415 8 Montana State 391 (1) 9 UC Davis 331 (1) 10 Idaho State 170 11 Cal Poly 169 12 Northern Colorado 166 13 Portland State 103
Preseason All-Conference Team [ edit ] The Mustangs had one player selected to the Preseason All-Conference Team.[2]
Joe Protheroe – Sr. FB
Schedule [ edit ] Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance September 1 12:30 p.m. at No. 1 North Dakota State * ESPN+ L 3–4918,483 September 8 6:05 p.m. No. 10 Weber State * Pluto TV 244L 17–246,020 September 14 7:05 p.m. Brown * Alex G. Spanos Stadium San Luis Obispo, CA Pluto TV 244 W 44–157,725 September 22 1:05 p.m. at No. 6 Eastern Washington Pluto TV 234 L 17–709,156 September 29 4:05 p.m. No. 17 Montana Alex G. Spanos Stadium San Luis Obispo, CA ELVN L 28–487,157 October 6 6:00 p.m. at Sacramento State Pluto TV 233 W 41–278,930 October 20 4:05 p.m. No. 10 UC Davis Pluto TV 244 L 10–528,503 October 27 4:00 p.m. at Northern Arizona Pluto TV 239 W 38–286,102 November 3 1:00 p.m. at Montana State SWX L 42–4916,747 November 10 4:05 p.m. No. 24 Idaho State Alex G. Spanos Stadium San Luis Obispo, CA Pluto TV 244 W 37–145,250 November 17 4:05 p.m. Southern Utah Alex G. Spanos Stadium San Luis Obispo, CA Pluto TV 244 W 38–244,520 *Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time
Despite also being a member of the Big Sky, the game vs. Weber State will be a non-conference game and will have no effect on the Big Sky standings.
Game summaries [ edit ] At North Dakota State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Mustangs 3 0 0 0 3 No. 1 Bison 7 21 14 7 49
Weber State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total No. 10 Wildcats 7 3 7 7 24 Mustangs 0 3 7 7 17
1 2 3 4 Total Bears 0 15 0 0 15 Mustangs 3 21 13 7 44
At Eastern Washington [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Mustangs 3 7 7 0 17 No. 6 Eagles 14 21 14 21 70
Montana [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total No. 17 Grizzlies 17 14 10 7 48 Mustangs 0 7 14 7 28
At Sacramento State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Mustangs 14 7 6 14 41 Hornets 14 0 3 10 27
UC Davis [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total No. 10 Aggies 0 31 7 14 52 Mustangs 10 0 0 0 10
At Northern Arizona [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Mustangs 0 28 10 0 38 Lumberjacks 7 0 7 14 28
At Montana State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Mustangs 7 7 7 21 42 Bobcats 14 14 14 7 49
At Idaho State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total No. 24 Bengals 0 7 7 0 14 Mustangs 3 10 7 17 37
Southern Utah [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Thunderbirds 14 7 0 3 24 Mustangs 0 21 7 10 38
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