2018 Indiana State Sycamores football team

The 2018 Indiana State Sycamores football team represented Indiana State University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by second-year head coach Curt Mallory and played their home games at Memorial Stadium. They were a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference. They finished the season 7–4, 5–3 in MVFC play to finish in a tie for third place. Despite being ranked in the top 25 at the end of the regular season, they were not selected to participate in the FCS Playoffs.

2018 Indiana State Sycamores football
ConferenceMissouri Valley Football Conference
Ranking
FCS CoachesNo. 25
2018 record7–4 (5–3 MVFC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorJeff Hecklinski (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorBrad Wilson (2nd season)
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
(Capacity: 12,764)
2018 Missouri Valley Football Conference standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 1 North Dakota State $^  8 0     15 0  
No. 3 South Dakota State ^  6 2     10 3  
No. 23 Northern Iowa ^  5 3     7 6  
Indiana State  5 3     7 4  
Western Illinois  4 4     5 6  
Illinois State  3 5     6 5  
Youngstown State  3 5     4 7  
South Dakota  3 5     4 7  
Missouri State  2 6     4 7  
Southern Illinois  1 7     2 9  
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS Poll

Previous season

The Sycamores finished the 2017 season 0–11, 0–8 in MVFC play to finish in last place.

Preseason

Preseason MVFC poll

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)
1North Dakota State390 (39)
2South Dakota State270
3Northern Iowa258
4Youngstown State248
5Illinois State248
6South Dakota206
7Western Illinois163
8Southern Illinois139
9Missouri State90
10Indiana State41

Preseason All-MVFC Teams

The Sycamores placed six players on the preseason all-MVFC teams.[2]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 307:00 p.m.Quincy*ESPN3W 49–06,243
September 87:00 p.m.at Louisville*ACCN ExtraL 7–3144,520
September 157:00 p.m.at Eastern Illinois*ESPN+W 55–416,420
September 277:00 p.m.No. 23 Northern Iowa
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Terre Haute, IN
ESPN3L 0–335,487
October 67:00 p.m.at No. 3 South Dakota StateESPN+L 51–54 OT10,318
October 132:00 p.m.Missouri State
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Terre Haute, IN
ESPN+L 26–296,721
October 203:00 p.m.at Southern IllinoisESPN+W 24–216,435
October 272:00 p.m.at Youngstown StateESPN+W 43–1710,870
November 31:00 p.m.South Dakota
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Terre Haute, IN
ESPN+W 51–48 3OT5,816
November 101:00 p.m.No. 23 Illinois State
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Terre Haute, IN
ESPN3W 28–234,016
November 172:00 p.m.at Western IllinoisESPN3W 15–131,813
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Game summaries

Quincy

1 2 3 4 Total
Hawks 0 0 0 0 0
Sycamores 14 7 14 14 49

at Louisville

1 2 3 4 Total
Sycamores 7 0 0 0 7
Cardinals 7 0 7 17 31

at Eastern Illinois

1 2 3 4 Total
Sycamores 17 14 14 10 55
Panthers 20 0 7 14 41

Northern Iowa

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 23 Panthers 3 6 14 10 33
Sycamores 0 0 0 0 0

at South Dakota State

1 2 3 4 Total
Sycamores 10 7 7 24 48
No. 3 Jackrabbits 7 14 21 6 48

Missouri State

1 2 3 4 Total
Bears 7 14 0 8 29
Sycamores 0 10 7 9 26

at Southern Illinois

1 2 3 4 Total
Sycamores 7 7 10 0 24
Salukis 7 0 0 14 21

at Youngstown State

1 2 3 4 Total
Sycamores 3 13 7 20 43
Penguins 7 3 7 0 17

South Dakota

1 2 3 4OT2OT3OT Total
Coyotes 7 7 7 10773 48
Sycamores 14 7 0 10776 51

Illinois State

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 23 Redbirds 10 0 7 6 23
Sycamores 0 21 0 7 28

at Western Illinois

1 2 3 4 Total
Sycamores 3 6 3 3 15
Leathernecks 3 0 10 0 13

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final 
STATS FCS NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR RV 25 RV 
Coaches NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR RV 24 22 25

References

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