2018 Jacksonville State Gamecocks football team

2018 Jacksonville State Gamecocks football
Conference Ohio Valley Conference
Ranking
STATS No. 8
FCS Coaches No. 7
2018 record 4–1 (3–0 OVC)
Head coach John Grass (5th season)
Offensive coordinator Jimmy Ogle (19th season)
Defensive coordinator Andrew Warwick (1st season)
Home stadium JSU Stadium
(Capacity: 24,000)
2018 OVC football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 8 Jacksonville State  3 –0     4 –1  
Murray State  2 –0     2 –3  
Southeast Missouri State  1 –1     3 –2  
Eastern Kentucky  1 –1     2 –3  
Tennessee State  1 –1     2 –2  
UT Martin  1 –1     1 –4  
Austin Peay  1 –2     3 –3  
Eastern Illinois  1 –2     1 –5  
Tennessee Tech  0 –3     0 –6  
Rankings from STATS FCS Poll

The 2018 Jacksonville State Gamecocks football team represents Jacksonville State University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They are led by fifth-year head coach John Grass and play their home games at Burgess–Snow Field at JSU Stadium in Jacksonville, Alabama as members of the Ohio Valley Conference.

Previous season

The Gamecocks finished the 2017 season 10–2, 8–0 in OVC play to win the conference championship for the fourth consecutive year.[1] The Gamecocks received the OVC's automatic bid to the FCS Playoffs as the No. 3 overall seed, marking their fifth straight trip to the FCS playoffs.[2] After a bye, they were upset by Kennesaw State in the second round.[3]

On October 14, the Gamecocks won their 27th straight OVC conference game, setting the conference record for consecutive games won.[4]

Preseason

OVC media poll

On July 20, 2018, the media covering the OVC released their preseason poll with the Gamecocks predicted to win the OVC championship.[5] On July 23, the OVC released their coaches poll with the Gamecocks also predicted to become OVC champions.[6]

Media poll
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1Jacksonville State134 (14)
2Austin Peay114 (1)
3UT Martin96
4Tennessee State91
5Eastern Illinois83
6Eastern Kentucky64
7Murray State39
8Southeast Missouri State35
9Tennessee Tech19
Coaches poll
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1Jacksonville State126 (14)
2Austin Peay112 (4)
3UT Martin95
4Eastern Illinois73
5Eastern Kentucky69
6Tennessee State64
7Southeast Missouri State62
8Murray State24
9Tennessee Tech23

Preseason All-OVC team

The Gamecocks had six players selected to the preseason all-OVC team.[7] Defensive lineman Randy Roberinson was also selected as the preseason defensive player of the year.

Award watch lists

Award Player Position Year
Buck Buchanan Award[8] Marlon Bridges S JR

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 257:00 p.m.vs. No. 14 North Carolina A&T*No. 6
ESPNL 17–2013,500
September 86:00 p.m.Mississippi Valley State*No. 13
ESPN+W 71–021,864
September 226:00 p.m.Tennessee TechNo. 10
  • JSU Stadium
  • Jacksonville, AL
ESPN+W 48–2017,403
September 293:00 p.m.Austin PeaydaggerNo. 8
  • JSU Stadium
  • Jacksonville, AL
ESPN3W 48–3219,388
October 63:00 p.m.at Eastern KentuckyNo. 8
ESPN+W 56–76,820
October 133:00 p.m.Eastern IllinoisNo. 8
  • JSU Stadium
  • Jacksonville, AL
ESPN3
October 201:00 p.m.at Southeast Missouri State
ESPN+
October 273:00 p.m.at Murray State
ESPN+
November 31:00 p.m.UT Martin
  • JSU Stadium
  • Jacksonville, AL
ESPN+
November 102:00 p.m.at Tennessee State
ESPN+
November 17vs. Kennesaw State*
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

Game summaries

vs North Carolina A&T

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 14 Aggies 7 0 13 0 20
No. 6 Gamecocks 0 3 14 0 17
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–1 1995 JSU, 21–10

Mississippi Valley State

1 2 3 4 Total
Delta Devils 0 0 0 0 0
No. 13 Gamecocks 15 21 21 14 71
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–0 2015 JSU, 49–7

Tennessee Tech

1 2 3 4 Total
Golden Eagles 3 3 7 7 20
No. 10 Gamecocks 10 14 7 17 48
Overall record Last meeting Result
15–5 2017 JSU, 34–7

Austin Peay

1 2 3 4 Total
Governors 9 3 14 6 32
No. 8 Gamecocks 0 14 14 20 48
Overall record Last meeting Result
19–6–3 2017 JSU, 34–14

at Eastern Kentucky

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 8 Gamecocks 14 14 7 21 56
Colonels 0 0 0 7 7
Overall record Last meeting Result
9–6 2017 JSU, 41–25

Eastern Illinois

1 2 3 4 Total
Governors 0
No. 8 Gamecocks 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
9–6 2017 JSU, 30–14

at Southeast Missouri State

1 2 3 4 Total
Gamecocks 0
Redhawks 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
17–5 2017 JSU, 23–7

at Murray State

1 2 3 4 Total
Gamecocks 0
Racers 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
13–2 2017 JSU, 59–23

UT Martin

1 2 3 4 Total
Skyhawks 0
Gamecocks 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
32–7 2017 JSU, 14–7

at Tennessee State

1 2 3 4 Total
Gamecocks 0
Tigers 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
10–2 2017 JSU, 36–6

vs Kennesaw State

1 2 3 4 Total
Gamecocks 0
Owls 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–1 2017 FCS Playoffs KSU, 17–7

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 FCS 6 13 12 10 8 8 8  
Coaches 6 12 11 9 8 8 7

References

  1. ↑ "Gamecocks Hold Off UT Martin to Claim Fourth-Straight OVC Championship". Jacksonville State University. Retrieved 2018-01-17.
  2. ↑ "Jacksonville State Earns No. 3 National Seed for NCAA Division I Football Championship". Retrieved 2018-01-17.
  3. ↑ "JSU loses to red-hot Kennesaw State 17-7 in opening FCS playoff game". AL.com. Retrieved 2018-01-17.
  4. ↑ "Jacksonville State football sets Ohio Valley Conference record with 27th consecutive conference victory". NCAA.com. 2017-10-14. Retrieved 2018-01-17.
  5. ↑ http://www.ovcsports.com/news/2018/7/10/media-pollsters-tab-jacksonville-state-as-2018-ovc-football-preseason-favorites.aspx
  6. ↑ http://www.ovcsports.com/news/2018/7/10/jacksonville-state-picked-as-2018-ohio-valley-conference-football-favorites.aspx?path=football
  7. ↑ http://www.ovcsports.com/news/2018/7/10/semos-terry-jsus-bridges-named-ovc-preseason-football-players-of-the-year.aspx?path=football
  8. ↑ "FCS football: 2018 Buck Buchanan Award watch list announced". August 2, 2018. Retrieved August 2, 2018.
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