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2018 Cal Poly

5–⁠6 (4–⁠5 Big Sky).

Schedule and results

Cal Poly in 2018, game by game: lost at North Dakota State 3–49; lost vs. Weber State 17–24; won vs. Brown 44–15; lost at Eastern Washington 17–70; lost vs. Montana 28–48; won at Sacramento State 41–27; lost vs. UC Davis 10–52; won at Northern Arizona 38–28; lost at Montana State 42–49; won vs. Idaho State 37–14; won vs. Southern Utah 38–24+29−53Lost 3–49 at North Dakota State-46North Dakota St…Lost 17–24 vs. Weber State-7Weber StateWon 44–15 vs. Brown+29BrownLost 17–70 at Eastern Washington-53Eastern Washing…Lost 28–48 vs. Montana-20MontanaWon 41–27 at Sacramento State+14Sacramento StateLost 10–52 vs. UC Davis-42UC DavisWon 38–28 at Northern Arizona+10Northern ArizonaLost 42–49 at Montana State-7Montana StateWon 37–14 vs. Idaho State+23Idaho StateWon 38–24 vs. Southern Utah+14Southern Utah
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 1atNorth Dakota StateL 3–⁠498%
Sep 8vsWeber StateL 17–⁠2428%
Sep 14vsBrownW 44–⁠1558%
Sep 22atEastern WashingtonL 17–⁠7018%
Sep 29vsMontanaL 28–⁠4830%
Oct 6atSacramento StateW 41–⁠2723%
Oct 20vsUC DavisL 10–⁠5232%
Oct 27atNorthern ArizonaW 38–⁠2832%
Nov 3atMontana StateL 42–⁠4932%
Nov 10vsIdaho StateW 37–⁠1443%
Nov 17vsSouthern UtahW 38–⁠2463%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Southern Utah 38–⁠24; unranked in the final AP poll; 7th in the Big Sky.

In program history: The 14th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 56 on file).

Record
5–⁠6
Conference
4–⁠5 7th in Big Sky
AP final
Unranked
Points
315–⁠400
Coach
—
Elo
1278 +84 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−21.3 No. 36 of 125 in FCS
Recruiting class
No. 233
Offensive coordinator
Jim Craft
Defensive coordinator
Josh Brown
Offense
Spread triple-option
Defense
3–⁠4

Top recruits in the 2018 class

Daniel Machado OG★★No. 3321
Jalen Hamler PRO

247Sports composite rankings via CollegeFootballData.com; national rank in the class.

The 2018 class by position

SignedStarsRating
Offensive line12.00.760

High-school signees by position group, with their average stars and 247Sports composite rating (out of 1), via CollegeFootballData.com. Athletes are signees with no set position.

2018 Big Sky standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Eastern Washington9–⁠112–⁠3
Weber State7–⁠110–⁠3
UC Davis7–⁠210–⁠3
Montana State5–⁠38–⁠5
Idaho State4–⁠36–⁠5
Montana4–⁠36–⁠5
Cal Poly4–⁠55–⁠6
Portland State3–⁠44–⁠7
Northern Arizona2–⁠54–⁠6
Idaho2–⁠54–⁠7
Northern Colorado2–⁠62–⁠9
Sacramento State1–⁠62–⁠8
Southern Utah1–⁠71–⁠10

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.