Preseason
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CAA Poll
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In the CAA preseason poll released on July 24, 2018, the Fightin' Blue Hens were predicted to finish in third 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
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The Fightin' Blue Hens had five players selected to the preseason all-CAA team.[1]
Offense
Kani Kane – RB
Charles Scarff – TE
Mario Farinella – OL
Defense
Tony Reeder – LB
Nasir Adderley – S
Award watch lists
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Schedule
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Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance 7:00 p.m. Rhode Island No. 15 CBSI Digital, CBS SportsLiveL 19–2117,945
September 8 3:30 p.m. Lafayette * Delaware Stadium Newark, DE MASN W 37–012,781
September 15 3:30 p.m. Cornell * Delaware Stadium Newark, DE BHAA W 27–1014,511
September 22 2:00 p.m. at No. 1 North Dakota State * ESPN+ L 10–3818,883
October 6 3:00 p.m. at Richmond NBCS WA W 43–288,217
October 13 3:30 p.m. No. 5 Elon Delaware Stadium Newark, DE NBCS PHIL W 28–1619,209
October 20 3:30 p.m. at New Hampshire No. 24 CBSI Digital, CBS SportsLive W 38–1411,992
October 27 3:30 p.m. No. 10 Towson No. 21 Delaware Stadium Newark, DE FCS , FSGO W 40–3614,593
November 3 3:30 p.m. at Albany No. 13 UAlbany Live Events[4] W 21–163,182
November 10 1:00 p.m. at No. 12 Stony Brook No. 11 CBSI Digital/CBS SportsLive L 3–176,667
November 17 12:00 p.m. Villanova No. 17 NBCS PHIL L 21–4218,752
November 24 3:00 p.m. at No. 6 James Madison * No. 21 ESPN3 L 6–207,297
*Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time
[5] [6]
Coaching staff
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Game summaries
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Rhode Island
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1
2
3
4
Total
Rams
0
7
14
0
21
No. 15 Blue Hens
0
10
3
6
19
This marks the first time Delaware opens with a conference game since 2007 (49–31 win at William & Mary ).
Lafayette
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1
2
3
4
Total
Leopards
0
0
0
0
0
Blue Hens
14
7
7
9
37
1
2
3
4
Total
Big Red
3
0
0
7
10
Blue Hens
7
7
0
13
27
At North Dakota State
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1
2
3
4
Total
Blue Hens
0
0
0
10
10
No. 1 Bison
28
7
3
0
38
At Richmond
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1
2
3
4
Total
Blue Hens
19
14
10
0
43
Spiders
7
3
6
12
28
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 5 Phoenix
7
3
6
0
16
Blue Hens
0
7
7
14
28
At New Hampshire
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1
2
3
4
Total
No. 24 Blue Hens
10
7
14
7
38
Wildcats
0
7
0
7
14
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 10 Tigers
5
13
10
8
36
No. 21 Blue Hens
0
6
21
13
40
At Albany
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1
2
3
4
Total
No. 13 Blue Hens
0
12
3
6
21
Great Danes
0
3
7
6
16
At Stony Brook
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1
2
3
4
Total
No. 11 Blue Hens
0
0
0
3
3
No. 12 Seawolves
0
3
7
7
17
Villanova
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1
2
3
4
Total
Wildcats
14
7
7
14
42
No. 17 Blue Hens
7
0
14
0
21
At James Madison–NCAA Division I First Round
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1
2
3
4
Total
No. 21 Blue Hens
0
3
3
0
6
No. 6 Dukes
3
9
8
0
20
Ranking movements
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Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking RV = Received votes Week Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final STATS FCS 15 RV RV RV RV RV RV 24 21 13 11 17 21 24 Coaches 16 RV RV RV RV RV RV 25 21 16 12 18 23 23
Players drafted into the NFL
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References
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^ a b Washburn, Rob (July 24, 2018). "James Madison Favored To Win Fourth Straight CAA Football Title In 2018" . CAA Sports. Retrieved August 30, 2018 .
^ "FCS football: 2018 Buck Buchanan Award watch list announced" (Press release). NCAA. August 2, 2018. Retrieved August 2, 2018 .
^ "Nine added to Buck Buchanan Award Watch List" . STATS. November 8, 2018. Retrieved November 8, 2018 .
^ "Upcoming Live Events" . The Official Athletics Site of the University of Albany. Archived from the original on October 14, 2018. Retrieved November 2, 2018 .
^ "Delaware Blue Hens Schedule 2018" . ESPN . Retrieved November 9, 2022 .
^ "2018 Football Schedule" . Delaware Blue Hens . Retrieved November 9, 2022 .