2018 Cal Poly Mustangs football team

The 2018 Cal Poly Mustangs football team represented California Polytechnic State University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Mustangs were led by tenth-year head coach Tim Walsh and played their home games at Alex G. Spanos Stadium. They were members of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 5–6, 4–4 in Big Sky play to finish in a tie for sixth place.

2018 Cal Poly Mustangs football
ConferenceBig Sky Conference
2018 record5–6 (4–4 Big Sky)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorJim Craft (1st season)
Offensive schemeTriple Option
Defensive coordinatorJosh Brown (8th season)
Base defense3-4
Home stadiumAlex G. Spanos Stadium
(Capacity: 11,075)
2018 Big Sky Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 6 Weber State +^  7 1     10 3  
No. 2 Eastern Washington +^  7 1     12 3  
No. 7 UC Davis +^  7 1     10 3  
No. 17 Montana State ^  5 3     8 5  
Idaho State  5 3     6 5  
Montana  4 4     6 5  
Cal Poly  4 4     5 6  
Northern Arizona  3 4     4 6  
Portland State  3 5     4 7  
Idaho  3 5     4 7  
Northern Colorado  2 6     2 9  
Southern Utah  1 7     1 10  
Sacramento State  0 7     2 8  
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ FCS playoff participant
  • Although North Dakota was classified as an independent, games against them still counted as Big Sky Conference games.
Rankings from STATS Poll

Previous season

The Mustangs finished the 2017 season 1–10, 1–7 in Big Sky play to finish in 12th place.

Preseason

Polls

On July 16, 2018 during the Big Sky Kickoff in Spokane, Washington, the Mustangs were predicted to finish in tenth place in the coaches poll and eleventh place in the media poll.[1]

Coaches poll
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1 Eastern Washington 134 (6)
2 Weber State 124 (3)
3 Northern Arizona 121 (3)
4 Idaho 101 (1)
5 Sacramento State 94
6 Southern Utah 91
7 Montana 82
8 Montana State 76
9 UC Davis 64
10 Cal Poly 40
11 Northern Colorado 30
12 Idaho State 29
13 Portland State 21
Media poll
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1 Eastern Washington 651 (27)
2 Weber State 636 (19)
3 Northern Arizona 535 (1)
4 Montana 496 (2)
5 Idaho 483 (3)
6 Southern Utah 449 (1)
7 Sacramento State 415
8 Montana State 391 (1)
9 UC Davis 331 (1)
10 Idaho State 170
11 Cal Poly 169
12 Northern Colorado 166
13 Portland State 103

Preseason All-Conference Team

The Mustangs had one player selected to the Preseason All-Conference Team.[2]

Joe Protheroe – Sr. FB

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 112:30 p.m.at No. 1 North Dakota State*ESPN+L 3–4918,483
September 86:05 p.m.No. 10 Weber State*Pluto TV 244L 17–246,020
September 147:05 p.m.Brown*
  • Alex G. Spanos Stadium
  • San Luis Obispo, CA
Pluto TV 244W 44–157,725
September 221:05 p.m.at No. 6 Eastern WashingtonPluto TV 234L 17–709,156
September 294:05 p.m.No. 17 Montana
  • Alex G. Spanos Stadium
  • San Luis Obispo, CA
ELVNL 28–487,157
October 66:00 p.m.at Sacramento StatePluto TV 233W 41–278,930
October 204:05 p.m.No. 10 UC Davis
Pluto TV 244L 10–528,503
October 274:00 p.m.at Northern ArizonaPluto TV 239W 38–286,102
November 31:00 p.m.at Montana StateSWXL 42–4916,747
November 104:05 p.m.No. 24 Idaho State
  • Alex G. Spanos Stadium
  • San Luis Obispo, CA
Pluto TV 244W 37–145,250
November 174:05 p.m.Southern Utah
  • Alex G. Spanos Stadium
  • San Luis Obispo, CA
Pluto TV 244W 38–244,520
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Pacific time

Despite also being a member of the Big Sky, the game vs. Weber State will be a non-conference game and will have no effect on the Big Sky standings.

Game summaries

at North Dakota State

1 2 3 4 Total
Mustangs 3 0 0 0 3
No. 1 Bison 7 21 14 7 49

Weber State

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 10 Wildcats 7 3 7 7 24
Mustangs 0 3 7 7 17

Brown

1 2 3 4 Total
Bears 0 15 0 0 15
Mustangs 3 21 13 7 44

at Eastern Washington

1 2 3 4 Total
Mustangs 3 7 7 0 17
No. 6 Eagles 14 21 14 21 70

Montana

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 17 Grizzlies 17 14 10 7 48
Mustangs 0 7 14 7 28

at Sacramento State

1 2 3 4 Total
Mustangs 14 7 6 14 41
Hornets 14 0 3 10 27

UC Davis

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 10 Aggies 0 31 7 14 52
Mustangs 10 0 0 0 10

at Northern Arizona

1 2 3 4 Total
Mustangs 0 28 10 0 38
Lumberjacks 7 0 7 14 28

at Montana State

1 2 3 4 Total
Mustangs 7 7 7 21 42
Bobcats 14 14 14 7 49

at Idaho State

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 24 Bengals 0 7 7 0 14
Mustangs 3 10 7 17 37

Southern Utah

1 2 3 4 Total
Thunderbirds 14 7 0 3 24
Mustangs 0 21 7 10 38

References

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