2018 Eastern Washington Eagles football team

2018 Eastern Washington Eagles football
Conference Big Sky Conference
Ranking
STATS No. 4
FCS Coaches No. 3
2018 record 5–1 (3–0 Big Sky)
Head coach Aaron Best (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator Bodie Reeder (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator Jeff Schmedding (4th season)
Home stadium Roos Field
(Capacity: 8,600)
2018 Big Sky football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 4 Eastern Washington  3 –0     5 –1  
Idaho State  3 –0     4 –1  
No. 14 UC Davis  2 –0     4 –1  
No. 22 Montana  2 –1     4 –2  
Northern Arizona  2 –1     3 –3  
Montana State  1 –1     3 –2  
No. 13 Weber State  1 –1     3 –2  
Idaho  1 –2     2 –3  
Cal Poly  1 –2     2 –4  
Portland State  1 –2     2 –4  
Sacramento State  0 –2     2 –3  
Southern Utah  0 –2     0 –5  
Northern Colorado  0 –3     0 –6  
  • *Although North Dakota is classified as an independent, games against them still count as Big Sky conference games.
Rankings from STATS FCS Poll

The 2018 Eastern Washington Eagles football team represents Eastern Washington University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The team is coached by Aaron Best, who is in his second season with Eastern Washington. The Eagles play their home games at Roos Field in Cheney, Washington and are a member of the Big Sky Conference.

Previous season

The Eagles finished the 2017 season 7–4, 6–2 in Big Sky play to finish in a three-way 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.

Preseason

Polls

On July 16, 2018 during the Big Sky Kickoff in Spokane, Washington, the Eagles were predicted to win the Big Sky by both the coaches and media.[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 Eagles had three players selected to the Preseason All-Conference Team.[2]

Gage Gubrud – Sr. QB

Antoine Custer – Jr. RB

Jay-Tee Tiuli – Sr. DT

Award watch lists

Award Player Position Year
Walter Payton Award[3] Gage Gubrud QB SR

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 11:05 p.m.Central Washington*No. 9
SWXW 58–138,658
September 83:05 p.m.at No. 18 Northern Arizona*No. 6
SWXW 31–268,938
September 155:05 p.m.at Washington State*No. 6
P12NL 24–5932,952
September 221:05 p.m.Cal PolyNo. 6
  • Roos Field
  • Cheney, WA
SWXW 70–179,156
September 291:05 p.m.at Montana StateNo. 5
RTNWW 34–1718,667
October 612:05 p.m.Southern UtahNo. 5
  • Roos Field
  • Cheney, WA
RTNWW 55–178,887
October 133:05 p.m.at No. 13 Weber StateNo. 4
ELVN  
October 2712:05 p.m.Idahodagger
  • Roos Field
  • Cheney, WA
RTNW  
November 311:05 a.m.at Northern Colorado
Pluto TV 241  
November 101:05 p.m.UC Davis
  • Roos Field
  • Cheney, WA
SWX  
November 167:05 p.m.at Portland State
Pluto TV 232  
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • 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. Northern Arizona will be a non-conference game and will have no effect on the Big Sky standings.

Game summaries

Central Washington

1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 0 13 0 0 13
No. 9 Eagles 20 14 10 14 58
Overall record Last meeting Result
34–30–4 2010 EWU, 35–32

at Northern Arizona

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 6 Eagles 14 7 7 3 31
No. 18 Lumberjacks 0 10 3 13 26
Overall record Last meeting Result
20–12 2016 EWU, 50–35

at Washington State

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 6 Eagles 0 10 14 0 24
Cougars 14 14 7 24 59
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–3 2016 EWU, 45–42

Cal Poly

1 2 3 4 Total
Mustangs 3 7 7 0 17
No. 6 Eagles 14 21 14 21 70
Overall record Last meeting Result
7–2 2016 EWU, 42–21

at Montana State

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 5 Eagles 14 10 3 7 34
Bobcats 10 0 0 7 17
Overall record Last meeting Result
31–10 2017 EWU, 31–19

Southern Utah

1 2 3 4 Total
Thunderbirds 3 7 7 0 17
No. 5 Eagles 14 20 21 0 55
Overall record Last meeting Result
6–3 2017 SUU, 46–28

at Weber State

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 4 Eagles 0
No. 13 Wildcats 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
19–15 2017 WSU, 28–20

Idaho

1 2 3 4 Total
Vandals 0
Eagles 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
6–15 2012 EWU, 20–3

at Northern Colorado

1 2 3 4 Total
Eagles 0
Bears 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
11–1 2016 EWU, 49–31

UC Davis

1 2 3 4 Total
Aggies 0
Eagles 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
6–0 2017 EWU, 41–38

at Portland State

1 2 3 4 Total
Eagles 0
Vikings 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
19–20–1 2017 EWU, 59–33

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final 
STATS 9 6 6 6 5 5 4  
Coaches 7 5 5 6–T 5 4–T 3

References

  1. ↑ https://www.bigskyconf.com/news/2018/7/16/football-eastern-washington-picked-to-win-the-big-sky.aspx
  2. ↑ http://bigskyconf.com/news/2018/7/16/doss-buss-headline-big-sky-football-preseason-all-conference-team.aspx
  3. ↑ "FCS football: 2018 Walter Payton Award watch list". August 1, 2018. Retrieved August 1, 2018.
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