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
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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
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 Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time
1
2
3
4
Total
Hawks
0
0
0
0
0
Sycamores
14
7
14
14
49
1
2
3
4
Total
Sycamores
7
0
0
0
7
Cardinals
7
0
7
17
31
1
2
3
4
Total
Sycamores
17
14
14
10
55
Panthers
20
0
7
14
41
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 23 Panthers
3
6
14
10
33
Sycamores
0
0
0
0
0
At South Dakota State
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1
2
3
4
Total
Sycamores
10
7
7
24
48
No. 3 Jackrabbits
7
14
21
6
48
1
2
3
4
Total
Bears
7
14
0
8
29
Sycamores
0
10
7
9
26
At Southern Illinois
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1
2
3
4
Total
Sycamores
7
7
10
0
24
Salukis
7
0
0
14
21
1
2
3
4
Total
Sycamores
3
13
7
20
43
Penguins
7
3
7
0
17
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
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 23 Redbirds
10
0
7
6
23
Sycamores
0
21
0
7
28
1
2
3
4
Total
Sycamores
3
6
3
3
15
Leathernecks
3
0
10
0
13
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking 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
