In the CAA preseason poll released on July 24, 2018, the Phoenix were predicted to finish in fifth place.[2]
Predicted finish
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Team
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Votes (1st place)
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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
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The Phoenix had two players selected to the preseason all-CAA team.
Offense
CJ Toogood – OL
Defense
Warren Messer – LB
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Date | Zeit | Opponent | Rank | Website | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 1 | 6:00 p.m. | at South Florida* | No. 12 | | ESPN3 | L 14–34 | 31,217 |
September 8 | 6:00 p.m. | No. 25 Furman* | No. 15 | | CBSI Digital/CBS SportsLive | W 45–7 | 8,058 |
September 15 | 6:00 p.m. | at William & Mary | No. 14 | | | Canceled[a] | |
September 22 | 6:00 p.m. | at Charleston Southern* | No. 12 | | ESPN+ | W 31–22 | 2,465 |
September 29 | 1:30 p.m. | New Hampshire | No. 11 | | PAA | W 30–9 | 10,856 |
October 6 | 1:30 p.m. | at No. 2 James Madison | No. 10 | | MASN/SNY | W 27–24 | 25,484 |
October 13 | 3:30 p.m. | at Delaware | No. 5 | | NBCS PHIL | L 16–28 | 19,209 |
October 20 | 1:30 p.m. | Richmond | No. 11 | | FCS/FSGO | W 38–28 | 5,982 |
November 3 | 1:30 p.m. | Rhode Island | No. 8 | | PAA | W 24–21 | 10,513 |
November 10 | 12:00 p.m. | No. 20 Towson | No. 7 | | PAA | L 10–41 | 5,927 |
November 17 | 12:00 p.m. | at No. 16 Maine | No. 14 | | FCS | L 26–27 | 6,584 |
November 24 | 2:00 p.m. | at No. 13 Wofford* | No. 17 | | ESPN3 | L 7–19 | 2,157 |
- *Non-conference game
- Homecoming
- Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in Eastern time
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- ^ The William & Mary game was postponed due to Hurricane Florence; it was intended to be rescheduled, but was canceled on September 19, 2018.[4]
Source:[5]
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1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
No. 12 Phoenix
|
0
|
0
|
7
|
7 |
14 |
Bulls
|
7
|
17
|
7
|
3 |
34 |
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
No. 25 Paladins
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
7 |
7 |
No. 15 Phoenix
|
14
|
14
|
10
|
7 |
45 |
At Charleston Southern
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|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
No. 12 Phoenix
|
3
|
7
|
21
|
0 |
31 |
Buccaneers
|
13
|
6
|
3
|
0 |
22 |
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Wildcats
|
3
|
6
|
0
|
0 |
9 |
No. 11 Phoenix
|
7
|
17
|
3
|
3 |
30 |
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
No. 10 Phoenix
|
0
|
7
|
3
|
17 |
27 |
No. 2 Dukes
|
3
|
6
|
3
|
12 |
24 |
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
No. 5 Phoenix
|
7
|
3
|
6
|
0 |
16 |
Fightin' Blue Hens
|
0
|
7
|
7
|
14 |
28 |
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Spiders
|
7
|
7
|
7
|
7 |
28 |
No. 11 Phoenix
|
14
|
7
|
14
|
3 |
38 |
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Rams
|
7
|
0
|
0
|
14 |
21 |
No. 8 Phoenix
|
0
|
21
|
0
|
3 |
24 |
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
No. 20 Tigers
|
7
|
7
|
10
|
17 |
41 |
No. 7 Phoenix
|
0
|
3
|
7
|
0 |
10 |
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
No. 14 Phoenix
|
0
|
10
|
10
|
6 |
26 |
No. 16 Black Bears
|
0
|
13
|
14
|
0 |
27 |
At Wofford–First Round
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|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
No. 17 Phoenix
|
0
|
7
|
0
|
0 |
7 |
No. 13 Terriers
|
3
|
3
|
10
|
3 |
19 |
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking | 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 | 12 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 14 | 17 | 19 |
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Coaches | 13 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 19 |
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Players drafted into the NFL
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