American college football season
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[edit]
CAA Poll[edit]
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[edit]
The Rams had two players selected to the preseason all-CAA team.
Schedule[edit]
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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| 7:00 p.m. | at No. 15 Delaware | | | CBSI Digital/CBS SportsLive | W 21–19 | 17,945 |
September 8 | 1:00 p.m. | Albany | | | FCS/FSGO | W 45–26 | 6,520 |
September 15 | 12:00 p.m. | at UConn* | No. 25 | | SNY/ESPN3 | L 49–56 | 20,691 |
| 7:00 p.m. | at Harvard* | No. 22 | | ESPN+ | W 23–16 | 9,123 |
October 6 | 1:00 p.m. | Brown* | No. 18 | | CAA.tv | W 48–0 | 6,141 |
October 13 | 12:00 p.m. | No. 21 Maine | No. 16 | - Meade Stadium
- Kingston, RI
| CAA.tv | L 36–38 | 7,301 |
October 20 | 6:00 p.m. | at No. 18 Stony Brook | No. 22 | | | L 14–52 | 12,701 |
October 27 | 12:00 p.m. | William & Mary | | - Meade Stadium
- Kingston, RI
| CAA.tv | W 21–10 | 1,688 |
November 3 | 1:00 p.m. | at No. 8 Elon | | | | L 21–24 | 10,513 |
November 10 | 2:00 p.m. | at No. 9 James Madison | | | MASN/SNY | L 31–48 | 24,199 |
November 17 | 12:00 p.m. | New Hampshire | | - Meade Stadium
- Kingston, RI
| CAA.tv | W 24–21 | 3,012 |
- *Non-conference game
- Homecoming
- Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in Eastern time
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Game summaries[edit]
At Delaware[edit]
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Rams | 0 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 21 |
No. 15 Fightin' Blue Hens | 0 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 19 |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Great Danes | 7 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 26 |
Rams | 14 | 17 | 14 | 0 | 45 |
At UConn[edit]
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
No. 25 Rams | 7 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 49 |
Huskies | 14 | 28 | 7 | 7 | 56 |
At Harvard[edit]
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
No. 22 Rams | 2 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 23 |
Crimson | 3 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 16 |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Bears | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
No. 18 Rams | 3 | 24 | 14 | 7 | 48 |
| 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[edit]
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
No. 22 Rams | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
No. 18 Seawolves | 10 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 52 |
William & Mary[edit]
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Tribe | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
Rams | 14 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
At Elon[edit]
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Rams | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 21 |
No. 8 Phoenix | 0 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 24 |
At James Madison[edit]
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Rams | 7 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 31 |
No. 9 Dukes | 14 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 48 |
New Hampshire[edit]
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Wildcats | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 21 |
Rams | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
Ranking movements[edit]
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes | Week |
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
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STATS FCS | — | RV | 25 | 23 | 22 | 18 | 16 | 22 | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | |
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Coaches | — | RV | RV | 23 | 20 | 17 | 15 | 23 | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | |
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