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

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.

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 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.

Schedule

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

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

See also: 2018 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team

Albany

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

See also: 2018 Albany Great Danes football team

At UConn

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

See also: 2018 UConn Huskies football team and Rhode Island–UConn football rivalry

At Harvard

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

See also: 2018 Harvard Crimson football team

Brown

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

See also: 2018 Brown Bears football team and Governor's Cup (Rhode Island)

Maine

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

See also: 2018 Maine Black Bears football team

At Stony Brook

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

See also: 2018 Stony Brook Seawolves football team

William & Mary

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

See also: 2018 William & Mary Tribe football team

At Elon

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

See also: 2018 Elon Phoenix football team

At James Madison

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

See also: 2018 James Madison Dukes football team

New Hampshire

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

See also: 2018 New Hampshire Wildcats football team

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre123456789101112Final
STATS FCS—RV252322181622RVRVRVRVRV
Coaches—RVRV2320171523RVRVRVRVRV

References

  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.
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