2018 Rhode Island Rams football team

2018 Rhode Island Rams football
Conference Colonial Athletic Association
Ranking
STATS No. 16
FCS Coaches No. 15
2018 record 4–2 (2–1 CAA)
Head coach Jim Fleming (5th season)
Offensive coordinator Will Fleming (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator Pete Rekstis (5th season)
Home stadium Meade Stadium
(Capacity: 6,555)
2018 CAA football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 17 Towson  2 –0     4 –1  
No. 16 Rhode Island  2 –1     4 –2  
No. 5 Elon  2 –0     4 –1  
No. 21 Maine  3 –0     4 –2  
No. 6 James Madison  2 –1     4 –2  
No. 19 Stony Brook  2 –1     4 –2  
Delaware  1 –1     3 –2  
William & Mary  1 –1     2 –3  
Albany  0 –2     2 –3  
New Hampshire  0 –2     1 –4  
Villanova  0 –3     3 –3  
Richmond  0 –3     2 –4  
Rankings from STATS FCS Poll

The 2018 Rhode Island Rams football team represents the University of Rhode Island in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They are led by fifth-year head coach Jim Fleming and play their home games at Meade Stadium. They are a member of the Colonial Athletic Association.

Previous season

The Rams finished the 2017 season 3–8, 2–6 in CAA play to finish in a tie for tenth place.

Preseason

CAA Poll

In the CAA preseason poll released on July 24, 2018, the Rams were predicted to finish in last place.[1]

Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1James Madison241 (21)
2New Hampshire206 (2)
3Delaware182
4Stony Brook169
5Elon168 (1)
6Villanova164
7Richmond127
8Maine81
9Albany78
10Towson74
11William & Mary55
12Rhode Island39

Preseason All-CAA Team

The Rams had two players selected to the preseason all-CAA team.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 307:00 p.m.at No. 15 Delaware
CBSI Digital/CBS SportsLiveW 21–1917,945
September 81:00 p.m.Albany
FCS/FSGOW 45–266,520
September 1512:00 p.m.at Connecticut*No. 25
SNY/ESPN3L 49–5620,691
September 287:00 p.m.at Harvard*No. 22
ESPN+W 23–169,123
October 61:00 p.m.Brown*No. 18
CAA.tvW 48–06,141
October 1312:00 p.m.No. 21 MainedaggerNo. 16
  • Meade Stadium
  • Kingston, RI
CAA.tvL 36–387,301
October 206:00 p.m.at Stony Brook
  
October 2712:00 p.m.William & Mary
  • Meade Stadium
  • Kingston, RI
CAA.tv  
November 31:00 p.m.at Elon
  
November 102:00 p.m.at James Madison
MASN/SNY  
November 1712:00 p.m.New Hampshire
  • Meade Stadium
  • Kingston, RI
CAA.tv  
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Game summaries

at Delaware

1 2 3 4 Total
Rams 0 7 14 0 21
No. 15 Fightin' Blue Hens 0 10 3 6 19
Overall record Last meeting Result
9–22 2015 W, 20–0

Albany

1 2 3 4 Total
Great Danes 7 0 0 19 26
Rams 14 17 14 0 45
Overall record Last meeting Result
2–3 2017 W, 31–14

at Connecticut

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 25 Rams 7 21 14 7 49
Huskies 14 28 7 7 56
Overall record Last meeting Result
34–51–8 2009 L, 10–52

at Harvard

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 22 Rams 2 14 7 0 23
Crimson 3 0 6 7 16
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–2 2017 W, 17–10

Brown

1 2 3 4 Total
Bears 0 0 0 0 0
No. 18 Rams 3 24 14 7 48
Overall record Last meeting Result
27–73–2 2017 L, 21–24

Maine

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 21 Black Bears 7 7 8 16 38
No. 16 Rams 10 6 14 6 36
Overall record Last meeting Result
34–59–3 2017 L, 27–51

at Stony Brook

1 2 3 4 Total
Rams 0
Seawolves 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–5 2017 L, 18–35

William & Mary

1 2 3 4 Total
Tribe 0
Rams 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
3–13 2013 L, 0–20

at Elon

1 2 3 4 Total
Rams 0
Phoenix 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–1 2017 L, 34–35

at James Madison

1 2 3 4 Total
Rams 0
Dukes 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
3–10 2017 L, 3–38

New Hampshire

1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 0
Rams 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
28–59–5 2017 L, 14–28

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 NR RV 25 23 22 18 16  
Coaches NR RV RV 23 20 17 15

References

  1. ↑ Washburn, Rob (July 24, 2018). "James Madison Favored To Win Fourth Straight CAA Football Title in 2018". Colonial Athletic Association. Retrieved July 24, 2018.
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