The 2018 Indiana State Sycamores football team represented Indiana State University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by second-year head coach Curt Mallory and played their home games at Memorial Stadium. They were a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference. They finished the season 7–4, 5–3 in MVFC play to finish in a tie for third place. Despite being ranked in the top 25 at the end of the regular season, they were not selected to participate in the FCS Playoffs.
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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| 7:00 p.m. | Quincy* | | ESPN3 | W 49–0 | 6,243 |
| September 8 | 7:00 p.m. | at Louisville* | | ACCN Extra | L 7–31 | 44,520 |
| September 15 | 7:00 p.m. | at Eastern Illinois* | | ESPN+ | W 55–41 | 6,420 |
| 7:00 p.m. | No. 23 Northern Iowa | - Memorial Stadium
- Terre Haute, IN
| ESPN3 | L 0–33 | 5,487 |
| October 6 | 7:00 p.m. | at No. 3 South Dakota State | | ESPN+ | L 51–54 OT | 10,318 |
| October 13 | 2:00 p.m. | Missouri State | - Memorial Stadium
- Terre Haute, IN
| ESPN+ | L 26–29 | 6,721 |
| October 20 | 3:00 p.m. | at Southern Illinois | | ESPN+ | W 24–21 | 6,435 |
| October 27 | 2:00 p.m. | at Youngstown State | | ESPN+ | W 43–17 | 10,870 |
| November 3 | 1:00 p.m. | South Dakota | - Memorial Stadium
- Terre Haute, IN
| ESPN+ | W 51–48 3OT | 5,816 |
| November 10 | 1:00 p.m. | No. 23 Illinois State | - Memorial Stadium
- Terre Haute, IN
| ESPN3 | W 28–23 | 4,016 |
| November 17 | 2:00 p.m. | at Western Illinois | | ESPN3 | W 15–13 | 1,813 |
- *Non-conference game
- Homecoming
- Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in Eastern time
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Preseason
Preseason MVFC poll
The MVFC released their preseason poll on July 29, 2018, with the Sycamores predicted to finish in last place.[4]
Preseason All-MVFC Teams
The Sycamores placed six players on the preseason all-MVFC teams.[5]
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Offense
2nd team
Jerry Nunez – K
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Defense
2nd team
Inoke Moala – DL
Derrek Tuszka – DL
Jonas Griffith – LB
Katrell Moss – LB
Rondell Green – DB
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Game summaries
Quincy
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|
Total |
| Hawks
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0
|
0
|
0
|
0 |
0 |
| Sycamores
|
14
|
7
|
14
|
14 |
49 |
At Louisville
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|
|
|
|
|
Total |
| Sycamores
|
7
|
0
|
0
|
0 |
7 |
| Cardinals
|
7
|
0
|
7
|
17 |
31 |
At Eastern Illinois
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|
|
|
|
|
Total |
| Sycamores
|
17
|
14
|
14
|
10 |
55 |
| Panthers
|
20
|
0
|
7
|
14 |
41 |
Northern Iowa
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|
|
|
|
|
Total |
| No. 23 Panthers
|
3
|
6
|
14
|
10 |
33 |
| Sycamores
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0 |
0 |
At South Dakota State
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|
|
|
|
|
Total |
| Sycamores
|
10
|
7
|
7
|
24 |
48 |
| No. 3 Jackrabbits
|
7
|
14
|
21
|
6 |
48 |
Missouri State
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|
|
|
|
|
Total |
| Bears
|
7
|
14
|
0
|
8 |
29 |
| Sycamores
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0
|
10
|
7
|
9 |
26 |
At Southern Illinois
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|
|
|
|
|
Total |
| Sycamores
|
7
|
7
|
10
|
0 |
24 |
| Salukis
|
7
|
0
|
0
|
14 |
21 |
At Youngstown State
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
| Sycamores
|
3
|
13
|
7
|
20 |
43 |
| Penguins
|
7
|
3
|
7
|
0 |
17 |
South Dakota
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|
|
|
|
| | | |
Total |
| Coyotes
|
7
|
7
|
7
|
10 | 7 | 7 | 3 |
48 |
| Sycamores
|
14
|
7
|
0
|
10 | 7 | 7 | 6 |
51 |
Illinois State
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|
|
|
|
|
Total |
| No. 23 Redbirds
|
10
|
0
|
7
|
6 |
23 |
| Sycamores
|
0
|
21
|
0
|
7 |
28 |
At Western Illinois
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
| Sycamores
|
3
|
6
|
3
|
3 |
15 |
| Leathernecks
|
3
|
0
|
10
|
0 |
13 |
Rankings
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 | RV |
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| Coaches | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | RV | 24 | 22 | 25 |
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