2018 Maine Black Bears football team

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Ranking
STATS	No. 21
FCS Coaches	No. 22

2018 Colonial Athletic Association football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 4 Maine $^		7	–	1					10	–	4
No. 9 James Madison ^		6	–	2					9	–	4
No. 16 Stony Brook ^		5	–	3					7	–	5
No. 20 Towson ^		5	–	3					7	–	5
No. 24 Delaware ^		5	–	3					7	–	5
No. 19 Elon ^		4	–	3					6	–	5
Rhode Island		4	–	4					6	–	5
William & Mary		3	–	4					4	–	6
New Hampshire		3	–	5					4	–	7
Villanova		2	–	6					5	–	6
Richmond		2	–	6					4	–	7
Albany		1	–	7					3	–	8
$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2018 Maine Black Bears football team represents the University of Maine in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They play their home games at Alfond Stadium. They are a member of the Colonial Athletic Association. They are led by third-year head coach Joe Harasymiak.

Previous season

The Black Bears finished the 2017 season 4–6, 3–5 in CAA play to finish in a three-way tie for seventh place.

Preseason

CAA Poll

In the CAA preseason poll released on July 24, 2018, the Black Bears were predicted to finish in eighth place.

Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
1	James Madison	241 (21)
2	New Hampshire	206 (2)
3	Delaware	182
4	Stony Brook	169
5	Elon	168 (1)
6	Villanova	164
7	Richmond	127
8	Maine	81
9	Albany	78
10	Towson	74
11	William & Mary	55
12	Rhode Island	39

Preseason All-CAA Team

The Black Bears had three players selected to the preseason all-CAA team.

Defense

Kayon Whitaker – DL

Special Teams

Earnest Edwards – KR

Mozai Nelson – Specialist

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 30	7:00 p.m.	No. 7 New Hampshire		Alfond Stadium Orono, ME (Battle for the Brice-Cowell Musket)	FCS/FSGO	W 35–7	6,597
September 8	7:30 p.m.	at Western Kentucky*	No. 22	Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium Bowling Green, KY	ESPN+	W 31–28	15,178
September 22	3:00 p.m.	at Central Michigan*	No. 13	Kelly/Shorts Stadium Mount Pleasant, MI	ESPN+	L 5–17	16,474
September 29	1:00 p.m.	at Yale*	No. 16	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	ESPN+	L 14–35	7,889
October 6	3:30 p.m.	No. 19 Villanova	No. 25	Alfond Stadium Orono, ME	FCS/WVII/WIPL	W 13–10	6,894
October 13	12:00 p.m.	at No. 16 Rhode Island	No. 21	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI		W 38–36	7,301
October 20	3:30 p.m.	at William & Mary		Zable Stadium Williamsburg, VA	Cox Yurview
October 27	1:00 p.m.	Albany		Alfond Stadium Orono, ME	FCS/WVII/WIPL
November 3	4:00 p.m.	at Towson		Johnny Unitas Stadium Towson, MD	CBSI Digital/CBS SportsLive
November 10	3:00 p.m.	at Richmond		Robins Stadium Richmond, VA	NBCS WA+
November 17	12:00 p.m.	Elon		Alfond Stadium Orono, ME	FCS/WVII/WIPL
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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Game summaries

New Hampshire

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 7 Wildcats	0	0	0	7	7
Black Bears	0	22	7	6	35

See also: 2018 New Hampshire Wildcats football team and Battle for the Brice-Cowell Musket

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
44–56–8	2017	L, 23–24

at Western Kentucky

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 22 Black Bears	0	14	14	3	31
Hilltoppers	21	0	0	7	28

See also: 2018 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

at Central Michigan

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 13 Black Bears	0	0	3	2	5
Chippewas	0	10	0	7	17

See also: 2018 Central Michigan Chippewas football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

at Yale

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 16 Black Bears	0	0	7	7	14
Bulldogs	7	7	14	7	35

See also: 2018 Yale Bulldogs football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–8–1	2015	L, 10–21

Villanova

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 19 Wildcats	3	0	7	0	10
No. 25 Black Bears	0	3	7	3	13

See also: 2018 Villanova Wildcats football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
9–12	2017	L, 0–31

at Rhode Island

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 21 Black Bears	7	7	8	16	38
No. 16 Rams	10	6	14	6	36

See also: 2018 Rhode Island Rams football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
59–34–3	2017	W, 51–27

at William & Mary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Black Bears					0
Tribe					0

See also: 2018 William & Mary Tribe football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
6–7	2017	W, 23–6

Albany

	1	2	3	4	Total
Great Danes					0
Black Bears					0

See also: 2018 Albany Great Danes football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
6–5	2017	W, 12–10

at Towson

	1	2	3	4	Total
Black Bears					0
Tigers					0

See also: 2018 Towson Tigers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
6–5	2015	L, 7–10

at Richmond

	1	2	3	4	Total
Black Bears					0
Spiders					0

See also: 2018 Richmond Spiders football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
13–13	2015	L, 17–48

Elon

	1	2	3	4	Total
Phoenix					0
Black Bears					0

See also: 2018 Elon Phoenix football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–1	2015	L, 22–27

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
STATS FCS	—	22	17	13	16	25	21
Coaches	—	25	20	16	16	25	22