The 2018 Duke Blue Devils football team represented Duke University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) in the Coastal Division. The team was led by head coach David Cutcliffe, in his 11th year, and played its home games at Wallace Wade Stadium in Durham, North Carolina. The Blue Devils finished the regular season with an 8–5 overall record. They went 3–5 in ACC play to finish in sixth place in the Coastal Division. They were invited to the Independence Bowl, where they defeated Temple.
Recruiting
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Recruits
The Blue Devils signed a total of 16 recruits.
Preseason
Award watch lists Listed in the order that they were released Lott TrophyBen HumphriesLBSRRimington TrophyZach HarmonCSRChuck Bednarik AwardMark GilbertCBJRJoe Giles-HarrisLBJRMaxwell AwardDaniel JonesQBJRDavey O'Brien AwardDaniel JonesQBJRDoak Walker AwardBrittain BrownRBSOFred Biletnikoff AwardT. J. RahmingWRSRJohn Mackey AwardDaniel HelmTESRButkus AwardJoe Giles-HarrisLBJRJim Thorpe AwardMark GilbertCBJRBronko Nagurski TrophyMark GilbertCBJRJoe Giles-HarrisLBJRPaul Hornung AwardBrittain BrownRB/KRSOWuerffel TrophyJonathan LloydWRSRWalter Camp AwardJoe Gilles-HarrisLBJRJohnny Unitas Golden Arm AwardDaniel JonesQBJRManning AwardDaniel JonesQBJR
ACC media poll The ACC media poll was released on July 24, 2018.
Media poll (Coastal) 1 Miami 998 (122) 2 Virginia Tech 838 (16) 3 Georgia Tech 654 (8) 4 Duke 607 (1) 5 Pittsburgh 420 6 North Carolina 370 (1) 7 Virginia 257
Schedule
Roster
Game summaries
Army
At Northwestern
At Baylor
North Carolina Central
Virginia Tech
At Georgia Tech
Virginia
At Pittsburgh
At Miami (FL)
North Carolina
At Clemson
Wake Forest
Vs. Temple (Independence Bowl)
Rankings
2019 NFL draft
Daniel Jones New York Giants 1st 6 QB
References