2018 UC Davis Aggies football team

2018 UC Davis Aggies football
Conference Big Sky Conference
Ranking
STATS No. 14
FCS Coaches No. 19
2018 record 4–1 (2–0 Big Sky)
Head coach Dan Hawkins (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator Tim Plough (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator Robert Tucker (2nd season)
Home stadium Aggie Stadium
(Capacity: 10,743)
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 UC Davis Aggies football team represents the University of California, Davis during the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Aggies are led by second–year head coach Dan Hawkins and play their home games at Aggie Stadium as members of the Big Sky Conference.

Previous season

The Aggies finished the 2017 season 5–6, 3–5 in Big Sky play to finish in eighth place.

Preseason

Polls

On July 16, 2018 during the Big Sky Kickoff in Spokane, Washington, the Aggies were predicted to finish in ninth place in both the coaches and media poll.[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 Aggies had two players selected to the Preseason All-Conference Team.[2]

Keelan Doss – Sr. WR. Also selected as the preseason offensive player of the year.

Wes Preece – Jr. TE

Award watch lists

Award Player Position Year
Walter Payton Award[3] Keelan Doss WR SR
Jake Maier QB JR

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 307:00 p.m.at San Jose State*
W 44–3812,675
September 87:00 p.m.San Diego*
Pluto TV 245W 54–217,305
September 1511:00 a.m.at No. 9 (FBS) Stanford*No. 23
P12NL 10–3031,772
September 227:00 p.m.IdahoNo. 21
  • Aggie Stadium
  • Davis, CA
ELVNW 44–218,179
October 611:00 a.m.at Northern ColoradoNo. 16
Pluto TV 241W 49–364,155
October 134:00 p.m.Idaho StateNo. 14
  • Aggie Stadium
  • Davis, CA
Pluto TV 245
October 204:05 p.m.at Cal Poly
Pluto TV 244
October 271:00 p.m.at Montana
SWX
November 31:00 p.m.Northern Arizona
  • Aggie Stadium
  • Davis, CA
Pluto TV 245
November 101:05 p.m.at Eastern Washington
SWX
November 171:00 p.m.Sacramento State
ELVN

Game summaries

at San Jose State

1 2 3 4 Total
Aggies 14 21 2 7 44
Spartans 14 7 10 7 38
Overall record Last meeting Result
4–5–2 2013 SJSU, 45–13

San Diego

1 2 3 4 Total
Toreros 0 0 21 0 21
Aggies 7 13 7 27 54
Overall record Last meeting Result
5–1 2017 UCD, 35–7

at Stanford

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 23 Aggies 3 0 0 7 10
No. 9 (FBS) Cardinal 0 17 10 3 30
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–2 2013 STAN, 45–0

Idaho

1 2 3 4 Total
Vandals 0 7 0 14 21
No. 21 Aggies 14 13 17 0 44
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–1 1997 IDA, 44–14

at Northern Colorado

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 16 Aggies 14 14 14 7 49
Bears 0 10 0 26 36
Overall record Last meeting Result
7–3 2016 UCD, 34–21

Idaho State

1 2 3 4 Total
Bengals 0
No. 14 Aggies 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
3–0 2017 UCD, 56–17

at Cal Poly

1 2 3 4 Total
Aggies 0
Mustangs 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
21–20–2 2017 UCD, 31–28

at Montana

1 2 3 4 Total
Aggies 0
Grizzlies 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–7 2015 MONT, 27–13

Northern Arizona

1 2 3 4 Total
Lumberjacks 0
Aggies 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–4 2017 NAU, 45–31

at Eastern Washington

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

Sacramento State

1 2 3 4 Total
Hornets 0
Aggies 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
45–20 2017 SAC, 52–47

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 RV RV 23 21 19 16 14  
Coaches NR RV RV 25 22 21 19

References

  1. ↑ "Eastern Washington Picked to Win the Big Sky".
  2. ↑ "Doss, Buss Headline Big Sky Football Preseason All-Conference Team".
  3. ↑ "FCS football: 2018 Walter Payton Award watch list". August 1, 2018. Retrieved August 1, 2018.
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