2018 Utah State Aggies football team

2018 Utah State Aggies football
Conference Mountain West Conference
Division Mountain Division
2018 record 4–1 (1–0 MW)
Head coach Matt Wells (6th season)
Offensive coordinator David Yost (2nd season)
Co-defensive coordinator Frank Maile (3rd season)
Co-defensive coordinator Keith Patterson (1st season)
Home stadium Maverik Stadium
(Capacity: 25,100)
2018 Mountain West football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
Mountain Division
Utah State  2 –0     5 –1  
Boise State  2 –1     4 –2  
Colorado State  2 –1     3 –4  
New Mexico  1 –1     3 –3  
Air Force  0 –3     2 –4  
Wyoming  0 –3     2 –5  
West Division
Hawaii  3 –0     6 –2  
Fresno State  2 –0     5 –1  
San Diego State  2 –0     5 –1  
Nevada  1 –2     3 –4  
UNLV  0 –2     2 –4  
San Jose State  0 –3     0 –6  
Championship: December 1, 2018
As of October 16, 2018; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2018 Utah State Aggies football team represents Utah State University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Aggies are led by sixth-year head coach Matt Wells and play their home games at Merlin Olsen Field at Maverik Stadium. They compete as members of the Mountain Division of the Mountain West Conference.

Previous season

The Aggies finished the 2017 season 6–7, 4–4 in Mountain West play to finish in a tie for fourth place in the Mountain Division. They were invited to the Arizona Bowl where they lost to New Mexico State.

Preseason

Award watch lists

Listed in the order that they were released

Award Player Position Year
Rimington Trophy[1] Quin Ficklin C SR
John Mackey Award[2] Dax Raymond TE JR
Lou Groza Award[3] Dominik Eberle K JR
Wuerffel Trophy[4] Jacoby Wildman DL JR

Mountain West media days

During the Mountain West media days held July 24–25 at the Cosmopolitan on the Las Vegas Strip, the Aggies were predicted to finish in fourth place in the Mountain Division.[5]

Media poll

Mountain Division
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1Boise State132 (22)
2Wyoming95
3Colorado State82
4Utah State78
5Air Force52
6New Mexico23

Preseason All-Mountain West Team

The Aggies had two players selected to the preseason all-Mountain West team.[6]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 315:00 p.m.at No. 11 Michigan State*
BTNL 31–3873,114
September 86:00 p.m.New Mexico State*
StadiumW 60–1318,223
September 136:00 p.m.Tennessee Tech*
  • Maverik Stadium
  • Logan, UT
StadiumW 73–1215,011
September 228:15 p.m.Air Force
  • Maverik Stadium
  • Logan, UT
ESPN2W 42–3222,720
October 57:00 p.m.at BYU*
ESPN2W 45–2058,087
October 132:00 p.m.UNLVdagger
  • Maverik Stadium
  • Logan, UT
StadiumW 59–2821,212
October 2012:30 p.m.at Wyoming
ATTSNRM
October 272:00 p.m.New Mexico
  • Maverik Stadium
  • Logan, UT
Stadium
November 310:00 p.m.at Hawaii
SPEC HI
November 102:00 p.m.San Jose State
  • Maverik Stadium
  • Logan, UT
Stadium
November 1712:00 p.m.at Colorado State
ATTSNRM
November 24at Boise State
ESPN Networks
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Mountain time

Source:[7] Mountain west championship

Game summaries

at Michigan State

1 2 3 4 Total
Aggies 7 7 10 7 31
No. 11 Spartans 6 14 7 11 38
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

New Mexico State

1 2 3 4 Total
NMSU Aggies 7 3 3 0 13
USU Aggies 16 17 14 13 60
Overall record Last meeting Result
30–8 2017 NMSU, 26–20OT

Tennessee Tech

1 2 3 4 Total
Golden Eagles 3 3 3 3 12
Aggies 17 28 7 21 73
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

Air Force

1 2 3 4 Total
Falcons 0 14 3 15 32
Aggies 7 14 14 7 42
Overall record Last meeting Result
2–4 2017 AF, 38–35

at BYU

1 2 3 4 Total
Aggies 14 7 14 10 45
Cougars 0 7 6 7 20
Overall record Last meeting Result
36–48–3 2017 USU, 40–24

UNLV

1 2 3 4 Total
Rebels 0
Aggies 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
16–7 2017 USU, 52–28

at Wyoming

1 2 3 4 Total
Aggies 0
Cowboys 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
38–26–4 2017 WYO, 28–23

New Mexico

1 2 3 4 Total
Lobos 0
Aggies 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
11–13 2017 USU, 24–10

at Hawaii

1 2 3 4 Total
Aggies 0
Rainbow Warriors 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
9–6 2017 USU, 38–0

San Jose State

1 2 3 4 Total
Spartans 0
Aggies 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
17–20–1 2017 USU, 61–10

at Colorado State

1 2 3 4 Total
Aggies 0
Rams 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
9–6 2017 USU, 38–0

at Boise State

1 2 3 4 Total
Aggies 0
Broncos 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
5–17 2017 BSU, 41–14

References

  1. ↑ "Rimington Trophy Press Release". May 30, 2018. Retrieved July 14, 2018.
  2. ↑ "2018 John Mackey Award Preseason Watch List Released" (PDF). July 20, 2018. Retrieved July 20, 2018.
  3. ↑ "Lou Groza Collegiate Place-Kicker Award Announces 2018 Preseason Watch List". July 25, 2018. Retrieved July 25, 2018.
  4. ↑ "Wuerffel Trophy Unveils 2018 Watch List". July 26, 2018. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
  5. ↑ https://themw.com/news/2018/7/24/boise-state-fresno-state-picked-to-win-2018-mountain-west-football-divisional-titles.aspx
  6. ↑ https://themw.com/news/2018/7/24/2018-mountain-west-football-preseason-all-conference-team.aspx
  7. ↑ "2018 Utah State Aggies football schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved March 31, 2018.
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