2018 junior college football season

2018 junior college football season
2018 junior college football season
National Championship	Carnie Smith Stadium, Pittsburg, KS, (NJCAA); Charles C. Hughes Stadium, Sacramento, CA, (CCCAA)
Champion(s)	East Mississippi (NJCAA); Laney (CCCAA)
	; junior college football season; 2019 →;

The 2018 junior college football season was the season of intercollegiate junior college football running from September to December 2018. The season ended with two national champions: one from the National Junior College Athletic Association and one from the California Community College Athletic Association (CCCAA).

The NJCAA champion was East Mississippi who defeated Garden City 10–9 in the NJCAA National Football Championship.^[1]^[2] The CCCAA champion was Laney who defeated Ventura 40–35 in the CCCAA State Championship.^[3]^[4]^[5]

Conference standings

NJCAA

2018 Iowa Community College Athletic Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 3 Iowa Western $	2	–	0	10	–	1
No. 13 Iowa Central	1	–	1	8	–	4
Ellsworth	0	–	2	2	–	9

$ – Conference champion Rankings from NJCAA poll

2018 Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
No. 2 Garden City $^	7	–	0	10	–	1
No. 8 Hutchinson	6	–	1	9	–	3
No. 11 Butler (KS)	5	–	2	8	–	4
No. 17 Highland (KS)	4	–	3	6	–	4
Coffeyville	3	–	4	6	–	5
Fort Scott	1	–	6	2	–	8
Independence	1	–	6	2	–	8
Dodge City	1	–	6	2	–	9

$ – Conference champion ^ – NJCAA National Championship participant Rankings from NJCAA Poll

2018 Minnesota College Athletic Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
East Division
Central Lakes #x	6	–	0	7	–	3
Mesabi Range #	4	–	1	7	–	3
Itasca	3	–	2	6	–	3
Rochester C&T	1	–	4	1	–	6
Vermilion	1	–	4	1	–	7
Fond du Lac #	1	–	5	3	–	6
West Division
Northland #xy$	5	–	0	8	–	3
NDSCS #y	4	–	1	9	–	2
Dakota College #	3	–	2	5	–	4
Minnesota West C&T	1	–	4	3	–	5
Minnesota State C&T	0	–	4	1	–	6
Ridgewater	0	–	2	0	–	4
Championship: Northland 34, NDSCS 10
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant # – MCAC playoff participant Ridgewater canceled their season with three games remaining, including two conference games

2018 Mississippi Association of Community and Junior Colleges football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
North Division
No. 1 East Mississippi #xy$^	6	–	0	12	–	0
No. 7 Northwest Mississippi #	5	–	1	8	–	2
Holmes	3	–	3	5	–	4
Itawamba	3	–	3	5	–	4
Mississippi Delta	3	–	6	3	–	6
Northeast Mississippi	1	–	5	1	–	8
Coahoma	0	–	6	0	–	9
South Division
No. 5 Jones (MS) #xy	6	–	0	10	–	2
No. 18 Copiah–Lincoln #	5	–	1	6	–	4
No. 12 Mississippi Gulf Coast	4	–	2	7	–	2
East Central (MS)	3	–	3	4	–	5
Hinds	2	–	4	4	–	5
Pearl River	2	–	5	2	–	7
Southwest Mississippi	0	–	6	1	–	8
Championship: East Mississippi 19, Jones 14
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant ^ – NJCAA National Championship participant # – MACJC playoff participant Rankings from NJCAA Poll

2018 Northeast Football Conference standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
No. 6 Lackawanna $	2	–	0	11	–	0
No. 16 Monroe College	1	–	1	7	–	2
ASA Brooklyn	0	–	2	6	–	3

$ – Conference champion Rankings from NJCAA poll

2018 Southwest Junior College Football Conference standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
No. 4 Kilgore #y$	5	–	2	10	–	2
No. 14 NE Oklahoma A&M #y	5	–	2	8	–	4
No. 15 Blinn #	4	–	3	7	–	4
Navarro #	4	–	3	6	–	5
Cisco	3	–	4	5	–	4
Trinity Valley	3	–	4	4	–	5
Tyler	3	–	4	4	–	5
New Mexico Military	1	–	6	3	–	6
SWJCFC championship: Kilgore 62, Northeastern Oklahoma A&M 19
$ – Conference champion y – Championship game participant # – SWJCFC playoff participant Rankings from NJCAA Poll

2018 Western States Football League standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
No. 10 Eastern Arizona $	6	–	1	9	–	3
No. 9 Snow	5	–	2	8	–	3
Pima	4	–	2	6	–	4
No. 19 Scottsdale	4	–	3	7	–	4
Arizona Western	4	–	3	6	–	5
Mesa (AZ)	2	–	4	4	–	5
Glendale (AZ)	2	–	5	3	–	8
Phoenix	0	–	7	1	–	10

$ – Conference champion Rankings from NJCAA Poll

2018 NJCAA independents football records
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
No. 20 Nassau		–		8	–	3
Arkansas Baptist		–		5	–	2
Louisburg		–		6	–	3
Erie		–		6	–	4
ASA Miami		–		5	–	5
Georgia Military		–		5	–	5
DuPage		–		4	–	6
Hudson Valley		–		2	–	8
Hocking		–		1	–	9

Rankings from NJCAA Poll

CCCAA

SCFA

2018 American Metro League standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
Chaffey $	6	–	0	10	–	1
Los Angeles Valley	5	–	1	7	–	3
Glendale (CA)	3	–	3	3	–	7
West Los Angeles	3	–	3	3	–	7
Santa Ana	2	–	4	3	–	7
Los Angeles Southwest	1	–	4	2	–	8
Compton	0	–	5	0	–	10

$ – Conference champion

2018 American Mountain League standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
San Bernardino Valley $	5	–	0	9	–	2
Citrus	4	–	1	7	–	4
Mt. San Jacinto	2	–	3	7	–	3
Desert	2	–	3	4	–	6
Antelope Valley	1	–	4	3	–	7
Victor Valley	1	–	4	3	–	7

$ – Conference champion

2018 American Pacific League standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
Allan Hancock $	5	–	0	10	–	1
Pierce	4	–	1	6	–	4
Pasadena City	2	–	3	4	–	6
Santa Monica	2	–	3	4	–	6
Los Angeles Harbor	1	–	4	3	–	7
Santa Barbara City	1	–	4	2	–	8

$ – Conference champion

2018 National Central League standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
El Camino $^	5	–	0	8	–	3
Fullerton	4	–	1	9	–	1
Cerritos	2	–	3	6	–	5
Palomar	2	–	3	5	–	6
Mt. San Antonio	1	–	4	5	–	5
San Diego Mesa	1	–	4	4	–	6

$ – Conference champion ^ – CCCAA playoff participant

2018 National Northern League standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
College of the Canyons $^	5	–	0	10	–	1
Ventura ^	4	–	1	10	–	3
Bakersfield	3	–	2	6	–	5
East Los Angeles	2	–	3	4	–	6
Long Beach City	1	–	4	4	–	6
Moorpark	0	–	5	1	–	9

+ – Conference co-champions ^ – CCCAA playoff participant

2018 National Southern League standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
Riverside City $^	5	–	0	10	–	2
Saddleback	4	–	1	7	–	4
Golden West	3	–	2	5	–	6
Southwestern (CA)	2	–	3	7	–	4
Grossmont	1	–	4	1	–	9
Orange Coast	0	–	5	1	–	9

$ – Conference champion ^ – CCCAA playoff participant

NCFC

2018 American Golden Coast League standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
Reedley $	6	–	0	10	–	1
Hartnell	4	–	2	8	–	3
Cabrillo	4	–	2	7	–	3
Monterey Peninsula	3	–	3	5	–	5
Merced	3	–	3	4	–	6
San Jose City	1	–	5	2	–	8
Gavilan	0	–	6	0	–	10

$ – Conference champion

2018 American Pacific 7 League standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
De Anza $	5	–	0	10	–	1
Yuba	4	–	1	8	–	3
Foothill	2	–	2	5	–	4
Los Medanos	1	–	3	3	–	6
College of the Redwoods	1	–	4	3	–	7
Contra Costa	1	–	4	1	–	9

$ – Conference champion

2018 National Bay 6 League standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
San Mateo $^	5	–	0	8	–	3
Laney ^	4	–	1	11	–	2
CC of San Francisco	3	–	2	7	–	4
Santa Rosa	1	–	3	5	–	5
Chabot	1	–	4	5	–	5
Diablo Valley	0	–	4	2	–	7

$ – Conference champion ^ – CCCAA playoff participant

2018 National Norcal League standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
Butte $^	5	–	0	9	–	2
American River	4	–	1	7	–	4
Sierra	3	–	2	7	–	4
College of the Siskiyous	2	–	3	3	–	7
Shasta	1	–	4	2	–	8
Feather River	0	–	5	2	–	8

$ – Conference champion ^ – CCCAA playoff participant

2018 National Valley League standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
Fresno City $^	5	–	0	9	–	3
Modesto	4	–	1	8	–	3
Sacramento City	3	–	2	5	–	6
West Hills Coalinga	2	–	3	4	–	6
College of the Sequoias	1	–	4	2	–	8
San Joaquin Delta	0	–	5	0	–	10

$ – Conference champion ^ – CCCAA playoff participant

Postseason

Playoffs

NJCAA

Championship game December 5 Carnie Smith Stadium—Pittsburg, KS

1	East Mississippi	10

2	Garden City	9

^[6]

CCCAA

SCFA playoffs

Semifinals November 17 Campus sites			Regional finals November 24 Campus sites

1	College of the Canyons	13

4	Ventura	21
			2	Riverside City	21

			4	Ventura	31
2	Riverside City	63

3	El Camino	24

NCFC playoffs

Semifinals November 17 Campus sites			Regional finals November 24 Campus sites

1	Butte	26

4	Fresno City	28
			2	Laney	30

			4	Fresno City	7
2	Laney	14

3	San Mateo	0

State championship

Championship game December 8 Charles C. Hughes Stadium—Sacramento, CA

2	Laney	40

4	Ventura	35

^[7]^[8]

References

^ Higgins, Ron (November 30, 2018). "East Mississippi repeats as NJCAA national football champs in a nailbiter". Mississippi Clarion Ledger. Retrieved October 29, 2024.
^ Hayes, Elton (November 29, 2018). "EMCC edges Garden City to win 2nd straight title, 5th in 8 years". The Meridian Star. Retrieved October 29, 2024.
^ "Laney defeats Ventura College for community college football title". San Francisco Gate. December 8, 2018. Retrieved October 29, 2024.
^ Tower, Laney (February 4, 2019). "High-flying Eagles are №1 team in State!". Medium. Retrieved October 29, 2024.
^ Curley, Joe (December 8, 2018). "Ventura College football can't complete comeback in state championship game". VC Star. Retrieved October 29, 2024.
^ "2018 NJCAA eTeamSponsor Football Championship Game". National Junior College Athletic Association. November 1, 2018. Retrieved October 29, 2024.
^ "2018 CCCAA Football Road to the State Championship" (PDF). California Community College Athletic Association. Retrieved October 29, 2024.
^ Baer, Fred (December 8, 2018). "Laney holds off Ventura to claim first CCCAA Football State Championship, 40-35". California Community College Athletic Association. Retrieved October 29, 2024.

[1] Higgins, Ron (November 30, 2018). "East Mississippi repeats as NJCAA national football champs in a nailbiter". Mississippi Clarion Ledger. Retrieved October 29, 2024.

[2] Hayes, Elton (November 29, 2018). "EMCC edges Garden City to win 2nd straight title, 5th in 8 years". The Meridian Star. Retrieved October 29, 2024.

[3] "Laney defeats Ventura College for community college football title". San Francisco Gate. December 8, 2018. Retrieved October 29, 2024.

[4] Tower, Laney (February 4, 2019). "High-flying Eagles are №1 team in State!". Medium. Retrieved October 29, 2024.

[5] Curley, Joe (December 8, 2018). "Ventura College football can't complete comeback in state championship game". VC Star. Retrieved October 29, 2024.

[6] "2018 NJCAA eTeamSponsor Football Championship Game". National Junior College Athletic Association. November 1, 2018. Retrieved October 29, 2024.

[7] "2018 CCCAA Football Road to the State Championship" (PDF). California Community College Athletic Association. Retrieved October 29, 2024.

[8] Baer, Fred (December 8, 2018). "Laney holds off Ventura to claim first CCCAA Football State Championship, 40-35". California Community College Athletic Association. Retrieved October 29, 2024.

[1]

Conference standings

NJCAA

CCCAA

SCFA

NCFC

Postseason

Playoffs

NJCAA

CCCAA

SCFA playoffs

NCFC playoffs

State championship

See also

References