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 8th place in the conference.[2]
Predicted finish |
Team |
Votes (1st place) |
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.[3]
Special Teams
Chakel Gates – RS
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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.[4]
- Schedule Source:[5]
- ^[a] The game between North Greenville and Mississippi College was cancelled in advance of the arrival of Hurricane Florence.[6] The game will not be rescheduled.
Rankings
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 |
Final |
AFCA |
NR |
NR |
NR |
NR |
NR |
NR |
NR |
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Game summaries
Clark Atlanta
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Panthers |
6 |
14 |
3 |
7 |
30 |
Choctaws |
14 |
7 |
7 |
3 |
31 |
Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
0-1 |
August 31, 2017 |
L 29-32OT |
Southwest Baptist
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Bearcats |
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0 |
Choctaws |
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0 |
Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
0-1 |
September 9, 2017 |
L 9-32 |
West Florida
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Argonauts |
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0 |
Choctaws |
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0 |
Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
0-2 |
October 6, 2017 |
L 14-28 |
Valdosta State
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Blazers |
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|
|
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0 |
Choctaws |
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0 |
Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
8-9-1 |
October 14, 2017 |
L 3-55 |
at Florida Tech
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Choctaws |
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|
|
0 |
Panthers |
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|
0 |
Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
0-4 |
September 23, 2017 |
L 0-35 |
at North Alabama
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Choctaws |
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0 |
Lions |
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0 |
Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
14-18-2 |
November 11, 2017 |
L 7-16 |
at Shorter
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Choctaws |
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0 |
Hawks |
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|
|
|
0 |
Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
2-2 |
November 4, 2017 |
W 30-29 |
West Georgia
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Wolves |
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|
|
0 |
Choctaws |
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|
|
|
0 |
Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
8-8 |
October 21, 2017 |
L 0-28 |
West Alabama
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Tigers |
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0 |
Choctaws |
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0 |
Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
19-23-2 |
September 16, 2017 |
L 13-42 |
at Delta State
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Choctaws |
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0 |
Statesmen |
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0 |
Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
15-21-2 |
September 30, 2017 |
L 17-30 |
References
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Venues | Robinson–Hale Stadium |
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