Gulf South Conference coaches poll
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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.[ 1]
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
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The Statesmen had three players at three positions selected to the preseason all-Gulf South Conference team.[ 2]
Offense
Innis Claud V – OG
Defense
Ovenson Cledanord – LB
Tramond Lofton – DL
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 , West Alabama and West Georgia .
The Statesmen will host one of the two non-conference games against Grand Valley State from the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference and will travel to Tarleton State from the Lone Star Conference .
Three of the ten games will be broadcast on ESPN3 , as part of the Gulf South Conference Game of the Week.[ 3]
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance August 30 6:00 p.m. at Tarleton State * L 13–444,781 September 8 6:00 p.m. No. 8 Grand Valley State * L 10-215,514 September 15 6:00 p.m. at Florida Tech ESPN3 L 12-303,567 September 22 6:00 p.m. North Greenville McCool Stadium Cleveland, MS L 20-336,660 September 29 6:00 p.m. No. 11 West Florida McCool Stadium Cleveland, MS L 21-305,678 October 6 12:00 p.m. at No. 10 Valdosta State L 28-592,036 October 13 2:00 p.m. at West Alabama ESPN3 L 14-173,872 October 25 6:00 p.m. Shorter McCool Stadium Cleveland, MS ESPN3 W 46-203,333 November 3 2:00 p.m. at No. 3 West Georgia L 17-293,281 November 10 6:00 p.m. Mississippi College McCool Stadium Cleveland, MS (rivalry ) W 28-215,432
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Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking Week Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final AFCA RV RV — — — — — — — — — — —
1
2
3
4
Total
Statesmen
3
3
0
7
13
Texans
6
17
21
0
44
1
2
3
4
Total
Lakers
0
7
7
7
21
Statesmen
3
0
7
0
10
1
2
3
4
Total
Statesmen
0
6
6
0
12
Panthers
21
9
0
0
30
1
2
3
4
Total
Crusaders
14
3
13
3
33
Statesmen
10
0
3
7
20
1
2
3
4
Total
Argonauts
3
3
10
14
30
Statesmen
7
14
0
0
21
1
2
3
4
Total
Statesmen
14
14
0
0
28
Blazers
14
14
17
14
59
1
2
3
4
Total
Statesmen
7
0
7
0
14
Tigers
7
7
0
3
17
1
2
3
4
Total
Hawks
6
7
0
7
20
Statesmen
14
14
18
0
46
1
2
3
4
Total
Statesmen
7
10
0
0
17
Wolves
3
9
10
7
29
1
2
3
4
Total
Choctaws
0
14
0
7
21
Statesmen
7
7
14
0
28
