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American college football season
The 2018 Rhode Island Rams football team represented the University of Rhode Island in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fifth-year head coach Jim Fleming and played their home games at Meade Stadium. They were a member of the Colonial Athletic Association. They finished the season 6–5, 4–4 in CAA play to finish in seventh place.
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
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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 Rams had two players selected to the preseason all-CAA team.
Offense
Aaron Parker – WR
Defense
Brandon Ginnetti – DL
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Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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| 7:00 p.m. | at No. 15 Delaware | | | CBSI Digital/CBS SportsLive | W 21–19 | 17,945 |
September 8 | 1:00 p.m. | Albany | | | FCS/FSGO | W 45–26 | 6,520 |
September 15 | 12:00 p.m. | at UConn* | No. 25 | | SNY/ESPN3 | L 49–56 | 20,691 |
| 7:00 p.m. | at Harvard* | No. 22 | | ESPN+ | W 23–16 | 9,123 |
October 6 | 1:00 p.m. | Brown* | No. 18 | | CAA.tv | W 48–0 | 6,141 |
October 13 | 12:00 p.m. | No. 21 Maine![dagger](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Dagger-14-plain.png) | No. 16 | - Meade Stadium
- Kingston, RI
| CAA.tv | L 36–38 | 7,301 |
October 20 | 6:00 p.m. | at No. 18 Stony Brook | No. 22 | | | L 14–52 | 12,701 |
October 27 | 12:00 p.m. | William & Mary | | - Meade Stadium
- Kingston, RI
| CAA.tv | W 21–10 | 1,688 |
November 3 | 1:00 p.m. | at No. 8 Elon | | | | L 21–24 | 10,513 |
November 10 | 2:00 p.m. | at No. 9 James Madison | | | MASN/SNY | L 31–48 | 24,199 |
November 17 | 12:00 p.m. | New Hampshire | | - Meade Stadium
- Kingston, RI
| CAA.tv | W 24–21 | 3,012 |
- *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
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 UConn
|
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 |
No. 22 Rams
|
0
|
7
|
0
|
7 |
14 |
No. 18 Seawolves
|
10
|
14
|
14
|
14 |
52 |
Overall record
|
Last meeting
|
Result
|
0–5
|
2017
|
L, 18–35
|
William & Mary
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Tribe
|
7
|
0
|
3
|
0 |
10 |
Rams
|
14
|
0
|
7
|
0 |
21 |
Overall record
|
Last meeting
|
Result
|
3–13
|
2013
|
L, 0–20
|
at Elon
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Rams
|
7
|
0
|
0
|
14 |
21 |
No. 8 Phoenix
|
0
|
21
|
0
|
3 |
24 |
Overall record
|
Last meeting
|
Result
|
1–1
|
2017
|
L, 34–35
|
at James Madison
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Rams
|
7
|
7
|
10
|
7 |
31 |
No. 9 Dukes
|
14
|
13
|
7
|
14 |
48 |
Overall record
|
Last meeting
|
Result
|
3–10
|
2017
|
L, 3–38
|
New Hampshire
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Wildcats
|
0
|
0
|
7
|
14 |
21 |
Rams
|
3
|
7
|
7
|
7 |
24 |
Overall record
|
Last meeting
|
Result
|
28–59–5
|
2017
|
L, 14–28
|
Ranking movements
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes | Week |
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
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STATS FCS | — | RV | 25 | 23 | 22 | 18 | 16 | 22 | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | |
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Coaches | — | RV | RV | 23 | 20 | 17 | 15 | 23 | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | |
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