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American college football season
The 2018 Cal Poly Mustangs football team represented California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo as member of the Big Sky Conference during the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season . Led by tenth-year head coach Tim Walsh , Cal Poly compiled an overall record of 5–6 with a mark of 4–4 in conference play, tying for sixth place in the Big Sky. The Mustangs played home games at Mustang Stadium in San Luis Obispo, California .
On July 16, 2018 during the Big Sky Kickoff in Spokane, Washington , the Mustangs were predicted to finish in tenth place in the coaches poll and eleventh place in the media poll.[ 1]
Coaches poll
Predicted finish
Team
Votes (1st place)
1
Eastern Washington
134 (6)
2
Weber State
124 (3)
3
Northern Arizona
121 (3)
4
Idaho
101 (1)
5
Sacramento State
94
6
Southern Utah
91
7
Montana
82
8
Montana State
76
9
UC Davis
64
10
Cal Poly
40
11
Northern Colorado
30
12
Idaho State
29
13
Portland State
21
Media poll
Predicted finish
Team
Votes (1st place)
1
Eastern Washington
651 (27)
2
Weber State
636 (19)
3
Northern Arizona
535 (1)
4
Montana
496 (2)
5
Idaho
483 (3)
6
Southern Utah
449 (1)
7
Sacramento State
415
8
Montana State
391 (1)
9
UC Davis
331 (1)
10
Idaho State
170
11
Cal Poly
169
12
Northern Colorado
166
13
Portland State
103
Preseason All-Conference Team [ edit ] The Mustangs had one player selected to the Preseason All-Conference Team.[ 2]
Joe Protheroe – Sr. FB
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance September 1 12:30 p.m. at No. 1 North Dakota State * ESPN+ L 3–4918,483 September 8 6:05 p.m. No. 10 Weber State * Pluto TV 244L 17–246,020 September 14 7:05 p.m. Brown * Alex G. Spanos Stadium San Luis Obispo, CA Pluto TV 244 W 44–157,725 September 22 1:05 p.m. at No. 6 Eastern Washington Pluto TV 234 L 17–709,156 September 29 4:05 p.m. No. 17 Montana Alex G. Spanos Stadium San Luis Obispo, CA ELVN L 28–487,157 October 6 6:00 p.m. at Sacramento State Pluto TV 233 W 41–278,930 October 20 4:05 p.m. No. 10 UC Davis Pluto TV 244 L 10–528,503 October 27 4:00 p.m. at Northern Arizona Pluto TV 239 W 38–286,102 November 3 1:00 p.m. at Montana State SWX L 42–4916,747 November 10 4:05 p.m. No. 24 Idaho State Alex G. Spanos Stadium San Luis Obispo, CA Pluto TV 244 W 37–145,250 November 17 4:05 p.m. Southern Utah Alex G. Spanos Stadium San Luis Obispo, CA Pluto TV 244 W 38–244,520 *Non-conference game Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time
The game with Weber State, fellow Big Sky Conference member, on September 8 was considered a non-conference game and had no effect on the Big Sky standings.[ 3] [ 4]
At North Dakota State [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Mustangs
3
0
0
0
3
No. 1 Bison
7
21
14
7
49
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 10 Wildcats
7
3
7
7
24
Mustangs
0
3
7
7
17
1
2
3
4
Total
Bears
0
15
0
0
15
Mustangs
3
21
13
7
44
At Eastern Washington [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Mustangs
3
7
7
0
17
No. 6 Eagles
14
21
14
21
70
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 17 Grizzlies
17
14
10
7
48
Mustangs
0
7
14
7
28
At Sacramento State [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Mustangs
14
7
6
14
41
Hornets
14
0
3
10
27
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 10 Aggies
0
31
7
14
52
Mustangs
10
0
0
0
10
At Northern Arizona [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Mustangs
0
28
10
0
38
Lumberjacks
7
0
7
14
28
1
2
3
4
Total
Mustangs
7
7
7
21
42
Bobcats
14
14
14
7
49
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 24 Bengals
0
7
7
0
14
Mustangs
3
10
7
17
37
1
2
3
4
Total
Thunderbirds
14
7
0
3
24
Mustangs
0
21
7
10
38
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