2018 Rhode Island Rams football team

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.

2018 Rhode Island Rams football
ConferenceColonial Athletic Association
Record6–5 (4–4 CAA)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorWill Fleming (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorPete Rekstis (5th season)
Home stadiumMeade Stadium
Seasons
← 2017
2019 →
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

Preseason

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CAA Poll

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In the CAA preseason poll released on July 24, 2018, the Rams were predicted to finish in last 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

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The Rams had two players selected to the preseason all-CAA team.

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 307:00 p.m.at No. 15 DelawareCBSI Digital/CBS SportsLiveW 21–1917,945
September 81:00 p.m.AlbanyFCS/FSGOW 45–266,520
September 1512:00 p.m.at UConn*No. 25SNY/ESPN3L 49–5620,691
September 287:00 p.m.at Harvard*No. 22ESPN+W 23–169,123
October 61:00 p.m.Brown*No. 18
CAA.tvW 48–06,141
October 1312:00 p.m.No. 21 Maine No. 16
  • Meade Stadium
  • Kingston, RI
CAA.tvL 36–387,301
October 206:00 p.m.at No. 18 Stony BrookNo. 22L 14–5212,701
October 2712:00 p.m.William & Mary
  • Meade Stadium
  • Kingston, RI
CAA.tvW 21–101,688
November 31:00 p.m.at No. 8 ElonL 21–2410,513
November 102:00 p.m.at No. 9 James MadisonMASN/SNYL 31–4824,199
November 1712:00 p.m.New Hampshire
  • Meade Stadium
  • Kingston, RI
CAA.tvW 24–213,012
  • *Non-conference game
  •  Homecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Game summaries

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At Delaware

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1 2 3 4 Total
Rams 0 7 14 0 21
No. 15 Fightin' Blue Hens 0 10 3 6 19

Albany

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1 2 3 4 Total
Great Danes 7 0 0 19 26
Rams 14 17 14 0 45

At UConn

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1 2 3 4 Total
No. 25 Rams 7 21 14 7 49
Huskies 14 28 7 7 56

At Harvard

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1 2 3 4 Total
No. 22 Rams 2 14 7 0 23
Crimson 3 0 6 7 16

Brown

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1 2 3 4 Total
Bears 0 0 0 0 0
No. 18 Rams 3 24 14 7 48

Maine

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

At Stony Brook

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1 2 3 4 Total
No. 22 Rams 0 7 0 7 14
No. 18 Seawolves 10 14 14 14 52

William & Mary

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1 2 3 4 Total
Tribe 7 0 3 0 10
Rams 14 0 7 0 21

At Elon

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1 2 3 4 Total
Rams 7 0 0 14 21
No. 8 Phoenix 0 21 0 3 24

At James Madison

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1 2 3 4 Total
Rams 7 7 10 7 31
No. 9 Dukes 14 13 7 14 48

New Hampshire

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1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 0 0 7 14 21
Rams 3 7 7 7 24

Ranking movements

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Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre123456789101112Final
STATS FCSRV252322181622RVRVRVRVRV
CoachesRVRV2320171523RVRVRVRVRV

References

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  1. ^ Washburn, Rob (July 24, 2018). "James Madison Favored To Win Fourth Straight CAA Football Title in 2018". Colonial Athletic Association. Retrieved July 24, 2018.