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American college football season
The 2018 Villanova Wildcats football team represented Villanova University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season . They were led by second-year head coach Mark Ferrante and played their home games at Villanova Stadium . They were a member of the Colonial Athletic Association . They finished the season 5–6, 2–6 in CAA play to finish in a tie for tenth place.
Previous season
The Wildcats finished the 2017 season 5–6, 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 Wildcats were predicted to finish in sixth place.[ 1]
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 Wildcats had two players selected to the preseason all-CAA team including quarterback Trevor Knight being selected as offensive player of the year.
Schedule
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance September 1 12:00 p.m. at Temple * No. 19 ESPNews W 19–1732,357 September 8 12:30 p.m. at Lehigh * No. 12 Stadium W 31–95,104 September 15 3:30 p.m. Towson No. 10 FCS /FSGO L 35–455,719 September 22 6:00 p.m. Bucknell * No. 15 Villanova Stadium Villanova, PA W 49–79,341 September 29 6:00 p.m. at No. 18 Stony Brook No. 13 FCS/FSGO L 27–297,720 October 6 3:30 p.m. at No. 25 Maine No. 19 FCS L 10–136,894 October 13 1:00 p.m. No. 6 James Madison Villanova Stadium Villanova, PA FCS/FSGO L 0–375,219 October 27 3:30 p.m. New Hampshire Villanova Stadium Villanova, PA CBSI Digital /CBS SportsLiveL 0–343,919 November 3 3:00 p.m. at Richmond NBCS WA W 45–218,117 November 10 1:00 p.m. William & Mary Villanova Stadium Villanova, PA FCS/FSGO L 17–244,105 November 17 12:00 p.m. at No. 17 Delaware NBCS PHIL /SNY W 42–2118,752 *Non-conference game Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time
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Game summaries
at Temple
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 19 Wildcats
13
0
0
6
19
Owls
3
7
7
0
17
at Lehigh
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 12 Wildcats
7
13
11
0
31
Mountain Hawks
3
0
0
6
9
Towson
1
2
3
4
Total
Tigers
21
14
7
3
45
No. 10 Wildcats
14
7
7
7
35
Bucknell
1
2
3
4
Total
Bison
0
7
0
0
7
No. 15 Wildcats
28
14
0
7
49
at Stony Brook
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 13 Wildcats
7
14
0
6
27
No. 18 Seawolves
0
6
17
6
29
at Maine
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 19 Wildcats
3
0
7
0
10
No. 25 Black Bears
0
3
7
3
13
James Madison
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 6 Dukes
6
10
14
7
37
Wildcats
0
0
0
0
0
New Hampshire
1
2
3
4
Total
UNH Wildcats
10
14
7
3
34
Nova Wildcats
0
0
0
0
0
at Richmond
1
2
3
4
Total
Wildcats
7
13
18
7
45
Spiders
0
7
7
7
21
1
2
3
4
Total
Tribe
0
14
10
0
24
Wildcats
0
7
0
10
17
at Delaware
1
2
3
4
Total
Wildcats
14
7
7
14
42
No. 17 Fightin' Blue Hens
7
0
14
0
21
Ranking movements
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking Week Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final STATS FCS 19 12 10 15 13–T 19 RV — — — — — — Coaches 19 11 10 14 14 19 25 RV — — — — —
References
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