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American college football season
The 2018 UC Davis football team represented the University of California, Davis as a member of the Big Sky Conference during the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season . Led by second-year head coach Dan Hawkins , the Aggies compiled an overall record of 10–3 with a mark of 7–1 in conference play, sharing the Big Sky titlewith Eastern Washington and Weber State . UC Davis received an at-large bid to the NCAA Division I Football Championship playoffs where, after a first round bye, they defeated Northern Iowa in the second round before losing in the quarterfinals to Eastern Washington. The Aggies played home games at Aggie Stadium in Davis, California .
On July 16, 2018, during the Big Sky Kickoff in Spokane, Washington , the Aggies were predicted to finish in ninth place in both the coaches and 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 Aggies had two players selected to the Preseason All-Conference Team.[ 2]
Keelan Doss – Sr. WR. Also selected as the preseason offensive player of the year.
Wes Preece – Jr. TE
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance 7:00 p.m. at San Jose State * W 44–3812,675
September 8 7:00 p.m. San Diego * Pluto TV 245W 54–217,305
September 15 11:00 a.m. at No. 9 (FBS ) Stanford * No. 23 P12N L 10–3031,772
September 22 7:00 p.m. Idaho No. 21 ELVN W 44–218,179
October 6 11:00 a.m. at Northern Colorado No. 16 Pluto TV 241 W 49–364,155
October 13 4:00 p.m. Idaho State No. 14 Pluto TV 245 W 44–37 OT 10,849
October 20 4:05 p.m. at Cal Poly No. 10 Pluto TV 244 W 52–108,503
October 27 1:00 p.m. at Montana No. 6 SWX W 49–2124,141
November 3 1:00 p.m. Northern Arizona No. 6 Pluto TV 245 W 42–207,890
November 10 1:05 p.m. at No. 5 Eastern Washington No. 4 SWX L 20–598,789
November 17 1:00 p.m. vs. Sacramento State No. 9 ELVN W 56–132,482
December 1 4:00 p.m. Northern Iowa * No. 7 ESPN3 W 23–168,306
December 8 1:00 p.m. at No. 4 Eastern Washington* No. 7 Roos Field Cheney, WA (NCAA Division I Quarterfinal) ESPN3 L 29–345,503
^ The game against Sacramento State on November 17 was moved to Mackay Stadium in Reno, Nevada due to unhealthy air quality as a result of the Camp Fire in Northern California .[ 4]
[ 5]
1
2
3
4
Total
Aggies
14
21
2
7
44
Spartans
14
7
10
7
38
1
2
3
4
Total
Toreros
0
0
21
0
21
Aggies
7
13
7
27
54
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 23 Aggies
3
0
0
7
10
No. 9 (FBS ) Cardinal
0
17
10
3
30
1
2
3
4
Total
Vandals
0
7
0
14
21
No. 21 Aggies
14
13
17
0
44
At Northern Colorado [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 16 Aggies
14
14
14
7
49
Bears
0
10
0
26
36
1
2
3
4 OT
Total
Bengals
9
14
7
7 0
37
No. 14 Aggies
7
7
8
15 7
44
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 10 Aggies
0
31
7
14
52
Mustangs
10
0
0
0
10
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 6 Aggies
3
0
10
36
49
Grizzlies
7
14
0
0
21
1
2
3
4
Total
Lumberjacks
0
6
0
14
20
No. 6 Aggies
21
0
7
14
42
At Eastern Washington [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 4 Aggies
10
7
3
0
20
No. 5 Eagles
7
14
14
24
59
Vs. Sacramento State [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Hornets
3
7
3
0
13
No. 9 Aggies
14
21
7
14
56
Vs. Northern Iowa–Second Round[ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Panthers
6
0
7
3
16
No. 7 Aggies
10
6
7
0
23
At Eastern Washington–Quarterfinals[ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 7 Aggies
0
14
7
8
29
No. 4 Eagles
7
7
0
20
34
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked RV = Received votes Week Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final STATS FCS RV RV 23 21 19 16 14 10 6 6 4 9 7 7 Coaches — RV RV 25 22 21 19 16 13 9 7 11 7 8
Venues Bowls & rivalries Culture & lore People Seasons
College Division / Division II I-AA/FCS
Northern Arizona (1978)
Montana State (1979)
Boise State (1980)
Idaho State (1981)
Montana , Idaho , & Montana State (1982)
Nevada (1983)
Montana State (1984)
Idaho (1985)
Nevada (1986)
Idaho (1987)
Idaho (1988)
Idaho (1989)
Nevada (1990)
Nevada (1991)
Idaho & Eastern Washington (1992)
Montana (1993)
Boise State (1994)
Montana (1995)
Montana (1996)
Eastern Washington (1997)
Montana (1998)
Montana (1999)
Montana (2000)
Montana (2001)
Montana , Montana State , & Idaho State (2002)
Montana State , Montana , & Northern Arizona (2003)
Montana & Eastern Washington (2004)
Eastern Washington , Montana State , & Montana (2005)
Montana (2006)
Montana (2007)
Weber State & Montana (2008)
Montana (2009)
Montana State & Eastern Washington (2010)
Montana State & Montana (2011)
Eastern Washington , Montana State , & Cal Poly (2012)
Eastern Washington (2013)
Eastern Washington (2014)
Southern Utah (2015)
Eastern Washington & North Dakota (2016)
Southern Utah & Weber State (2017)
Eastern Washington , UC Davis , & Weber State (2018)
Sacramento State & Weber State (2019)
Weber State (2020)
Sacramento State (2021)
Montana State & Sacramento State (2022)
Montana (2023)
Montana State (2024)
National championships in bold