The 2018 South Florida Bulls football team represented the University of South Florida (USF) in the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They played their home games at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida, and were led by second-year head coach Charlie Strong. The Bulls competed as members of the East Division of the American Athletic Conference. They finished the season 7–6, 3–5 in AAC play to finish in fourth place in the East Division. They were invited to the Gasparilla Bowl where they lost to Marshall.
The 2018 Bulls became the first team in college football history to start a season 7–0 and lose their final six games.
Preseason The Bulls replaced 11 starters from a 10-2 season in 2017. One of the biggest storylines of the offseason was the addition of graduate transfer Blake Barnett who was named the starting quarterback following stints at Alabama and Arizona State.
Award watch lists Listed in the order that they were released John Mackey AwardMitchell WilcoxTEJROutland TrophyMarcus NormanTJRWuerffel TrophyJaymon ThomasDBSR
AAC media poll The AAC media poll was released on July 24, 2018, with the Bulls predicted to finish in second place in the AAC East Division.
Media poll (East) 1 UCF 175 (25) 2 USF 140 (5) 3 Temple 132 4 Cincinnati 91 5 UConn 51 6 East Carolina 41
Schedule
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Game summaries
Elon
Georgia Tech
At Illinois
East Carolina
At Massachusetts
At Tulsa
UConn
At Houston
Tulane
At Cincinnati
At Temple
UCF
Marshall (Gasparilla Bowl)
Rankings
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