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
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
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance 7:00 p.m. at No. 15 Delaware CBSI Digital/CBS SportsLiveW 21–1917,945 September 8 1:00 p.m. Albany FCS /FSGO W 45–266,520 September 15 12:00 p.m. at UConn * No. 25 SNY /ESPN3 L 49–5620,691 7:00 p.m. at Harvard * No. 22 ESPN+ W 23–169,123 October 6 1:00 p.m. Brown * No. 18 CAA.tv W 48–06,141 October 13 12:00 p.m. No. 21 Maine No. 16 Meade Stadium Kingston, RI CAA.tv L 36–387,301 October 20 6:00 p.m. at No. 18 Stony Brook No. 22 L 14–5212,701 October 27 12:00 p.m. William & Mary Meade Stadium Kingston, RI CAA.tv W 21–101,688 November 3 1:00 p.m. at No. 8 Elon L 21–2410,513 November 10 2:00 p.m. at No. 9 James Madison MASN /SNY L 31–4824,199 November 17 12:00 p.m. New Hampshire Meade Stadium Kingston, RI CAA.tv W 24–213,012 *Non-conference game 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
Albany
1
2
3
4
Total
Great Danes
7
0
0
19
26
Rams
14
17
14
0
45
At UConn
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 25 Rams
7
21
14
7
49
Huskies
14
28
7
7
56
At Harvard
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 22 Rams
2
14
7
0
23
Crimson
3
0
6
7
16
Brown
1
2
3
4
Total
Bears
0
0
0
0
0
No. 18 Rams
3
24
14
7
48
Maine
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
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 22 Rams
0
7
0
7
14
No. 18 Seawolves
10
14
14
14
52
1
2
3
4
Total
Tribe
7
0
3
0
10
Rams
14
0
7
0
21
At Elon
1
2
3
4
Total
Rams
7
0
0
14
21
No. 8 Phoenix
0
21
0
3
24
At James Madison
1
2
3
4
Total
Rams
7
7
10
7
31
No. 9 Dukes
14
13
7
14
48
New Hampshire
1
2
3
4
Total
Wildcats
0
0
7
14
21
Rams
3
7
7
7
24
Ranking movements
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