2018 West Georgia Wolves football team

2018 West Georgia Wolves football
2018 West Georgia Wolves football
Conference	Gulf South Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 16
Record	10–2 (7–1 GSC)
Head coach	David Dean (2nd season);
Offensive coordinator	Sam Gregg (5th season)
Defensive coordinator	Dustin Landry (1st season)
Home stadium	University Stadium
	Seasons ← 2017 2019 →

2018 Gulf South Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 1 Valdosta State $^	8	–	0	14	–	0
No. 16 West Georgia ^	7	–	1	10	–	2
Florida Tech ^	5	–	3	8	–	4
West Alabama ^	5	–	3	8	–	4
West Florida	4	–	4	6	–	5
North Greenville	3	–	4	4	–	6
Delta State	2	–	6	2	–	8
Mississippi College	1	–	6	3	–	7
Shorter	0	–	8	0	–	11

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant Rankings from AFCA Poll

The 2018 West Georgia Wolves football team represented the University of West Georgia in the 2018 NCAA Division II football season. They were led by second-year head coach David Dean. The Wolves played their home games at University Stadium and were members of the Gulf South Conference.

Schedule

West Georgia 2018 football schedule consists of six home and five away games in the regular season. The Wolves will host GSC foes Florida Tech, West Alabama, Delta State, and North Greenville, and will travel to Mississippi College, and Shorter, Valdosta State, and West Florida.^[1]

The Wolves will host two of the three non-conference games against Catawba from the South Atlantic Conference (SAC) and Limestone also from SAC and will travel to Albany State from the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.

Two of the eleven games will be broadcast on ESPN3, as part of the Gulf South Conference Game of the Week.^[2]

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	2:00 p.m.	Catawba*	No. 19	University Stadium Carrollton, GA		W 34-3	3,200
September 8	2:00 p.m.	Limestone*	No. 13	University Stadium Carrollton, GA		W 42-14	2,900
September 15	7:00 p.m.	at Albany State*	No. 10	Albany State University Coliseum Albany, GA		W 45-21	5,000
September 22	2:00 p.m.	Florida Tech	No. 8	University Stadium Carrollton, GA		W 30-21	2,524
September 29	1:00 p.m.	at Shorter	No. 6	Barron Stadium Rome, GA		W 58-27	1,345
October 6	2:00 p.m.	North Greenville	No. 5	University Stadium Carrollton, GA	ESPN3	W 31-7	1,788
October 13	7:00 p.m.	at No. 10 West Florida	No. 4	Blue Wahoos Stadium Pensacola, FL	ESPN3	W 27-7	6,838
October 20	2:00 p.m.	West Alabama	No. 3	University Stadium Carrollton, GA		W 27-25	3,687
October 27	4:00 p.m.	at Mississippi College	No. 3	Robinson-Hale Stadium Clinton, MS		W 36-21	6,872
November 3	2:00 p.m.	Delta State	No. 3	University Stadium Carrollton, GA		W 29-17	3,281
November 10	7:00 p.m.	at No. 5 Valdosta State	No. 3	Bazemore–Hyder Stadium Valdosta, GA (Rivalry)	ESPN3	L 31-47	10,558
November 17	12:00 p.m.	Wingate	No. 10	University Stadium Carrollton, GA (Division II Playoffs First Round)		L 31-41	1,702
*Non-conference game Rankings from AFCA Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Schedule Source:^[3]

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
AFCA	19	13	10	8	6	5	4	4	3	3	3	10	16

	1	2	3	4	Total
Indians	3	0	0	0	3
Wolves	0	7	6	21	34

	1	2	3	4	Total
Saints	7	0	7	0	14
Wolves	21	7	14	0	42

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wolves	7	10	21	7	45
Rams	7	14	0	0	21

	1	2	3	4	Total
Panthers	7	7	7	0	21
Wolves	7	0	10	13	30

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wolves	14	24	13	7	58
Hawks	0	14	7	6	27

	1	2	3	4	Total
Crusaders	0	0	0	7	7
Wolves	7	17	7	0	31

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wolves	3	10	7	7	27
Argonauts	0	7	0	0	7

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tigers	7	0	6	12	25
Wolves	7	7	3	10	27

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wolves	7	10	7	12	36
Choctaws	0	14	7	0	21

	1	2	3	4	Total
Statesmen	7	10	0	0	17
Wolves	3	9	10	7	29

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wolves	7	14	7	3	31
Blazers	10	24	3	10	47

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulldogs	10	10	7	14	41
Wolves	7	10	14	0	31

^ "UWG Announces 2018 Football Schedule" (Press release). University of West Georgia Department of Athletics. February 12, 2018. Retrieved July 10, 2018.
^ "GSC Announces 2018 Football Game of the Week Schedule". Gulf South Conference. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
^ "West Georgia 2018 Football Schedule". University of Georgia Department of Athletics. Retrieved July 10, 2018.

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