2018 The Citadel Bulldogs football team


The 2018 The Citadel Bulldogs football team represented The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Bulldogs were led by third-year head coach Brent Thompson and played their home games at Johnson Hagood Stadium. They were members of the Southern Conference. They finished the season 5–6, 4–4 in SoCon play to finish in a three-way tie for fifth place.

Previous season

The Bulldogs finished the 2017 season 5–6, 3–5 in SoCon play to finish in a tie for sixth place.

Preseason

Preseason media poll

The SoCon released their preseason media poll on July 25, 2018, with the Bulldogs predicted to finish in seventh place. The same day the coaches released their preseason poll with the Bulldogs also predicted to finish in seventh place.
1Samford204
2Furman174
3Wofford163
4Mercer133
5Western Carolina114
6Chattanooga88
7The Citadel83
8East Tennessee State53
9VMI23

Preseason All-SoCon Teams

The Bulldogs placed five players on the preseason all-SoCon teams.
Offense
1st team
Tyler Davis – OL
2nd team
Drew McEntyre – OL
Defense
1st team
Aron Spann III – RB
2nd team
Ja'Lon Williams – DL
Noah Dawkins – LB

Schedule

at Wofford

Chattanooga

at Mercer

at Towson

East Tennessee State

at VMI

Furman

at Western Carolina

Samford

at Alabama

Charleston Southern