The 2018 Mississippi College Choctaws football team represented Mississippi College during the 2018 NCAA Division II football season. They were led by fifth-year head coach John Bland. The Choctaws played their home games at Robinson-Hale Stadium and were members of the Gulf South Conference (GSC).
Preseason
Gulf South Conference coaches poll On August 2, 2018, the Gulf South Conference released their preseason coaches poll with the Choctaws predicted to finish eighth place in the conference.
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 The Choctaws had one player at one position selected to the preseason all-Gulf South Conference team.
Special teams Chakel Gates – RS
Schedule Mississippi College 2018 football schedule consists of six home and five away games in the regular season. The Choctaws will host GSC foes Valdosta State, West Alabama, West Florida, West Georgia, and will travel to Delta State, Florida Tech, North Greenville, and Shorter.
The Choctaws will host two of the three non-conference games against Clark Atlanta from the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference and Southwest Baptist Bearcats football from the Great Lakes Valley Conference, and will travel to North Alabama, which is a FCS Independent team.
Two of the eleven games will be broadcast on ESPN3, as part of the Gulf South Conference Game of the Week.
Schedule source: The game between North Greenville and Mississippi College was cancelled in advance of the arrival of Hurricane Florence. The game will not be rescheduled.
Rankings
Game summaries
Clark Atlanta
Southwest Baptist
West Florida
Valdosta State
At Florida Tech
At North Alabama
At Shorter
West Georgia
West Alabama
At Delta State
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