2018 West Alabama Tigers football team

The 2018 West Alabama Tigers football team represented University of West Alabama during the 2018 NCAA Division II football season. They were led by fifth-year head coach Brett Gilliland. The Tigers played their home games at Tiger Stadium and are members of the Gulf South Conference.

2018 West Alabama Tigers football
ConferenceGulf South Conference
Record8–4 (5–3 GSC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorDon Bailey (3rd season)
Defensive coordinatorSteve Sisa (2nd season)
Home stadiumTiger Stadium
(capacity: 7,000)
2018 Gulf South Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 1 Valdosta State $^  8 –0   14 –0  
No. 16 West Georgia ^  7 –1   10 –2  
Florida Tech ^  5 –3   8 –4  
West Alabama ^  5 –3   8 –4  
West Florida  4 –4   6 –5  
North Greenville  3 –4   4 –6  
Delta State  2 –6   2 –8  
Mississippi College  1 –6   3 –7  
Shorter  0 –8   0 –11  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant
Rankings from AFCA Poll

Preseason

Gulf South Conference coaches poll

On August 2, 2018, the Gulf South Conference released their preseason coaches poll with the Tigers predicted to finish in 1st place in the conference.[1]

Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1West Alabama62 (6)
2West Florida59 (3)
3West Georgia44
4Delta State41
5Valdosta State38
6Florida Tech32
7North Greenville24
8Mississippi College16
9Shorter8

Preseason All-Gulf South Conference Team

The Tigers had seven players at seven positions selected to the preseason all-Gulf South Conference team.[2]

Schedule

West Alabama 2018 football schedule consists of six home and five away games in the regular season. The Tigers will host GSC foes Delta State, Florida Tech, Valdosta State, and West Florida, and will travel to Mississippi College, North Greenville, Shorter, and West Georgia.[3]

The Tigers will host two of the three non-conference games against Lenoir–Rhyne from the South Atlantic Conference (SAC) and Miles College from the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) and will travel to Limestone, which is an independent team.

Three of the eleven games will be broadcast on ESPN3, as part of the Gulf South Conference Game of the Week.[4]

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 306:00 p.m.Lenoir–Rhyne*No. 12
W 36–323,248
September 66:00 p.m.Miles*No. 11
  • Tiger Stadium
  • Livingston, AL
W 37–214,543
September 156:00 p.m.Valdosta StateNo. 8
  • Tiger Stadium
  • Livingston, AL
L 24–583,285
September 2212:00 p.m.at Limestone*No. 23
W 16–131,632
September 296:00 p.m.at North GreenvilleNo. 21
ESPN3L 16–203,695
October 612:00 p.m.at Shorter
W 48–171,384
October 132:00 p.m.Delta State
  • Tiger Stadium
  • Livingston, AL
ESPN3W 17–143,872
October 201:00 p.m.at No. 3 West Georgia
L 25–273,687
October 274:00 p.m.Florida Techdagger
  • Tiger Stadium
  • Livingston, AL
ESPN3W 29–225,106
November 32:00 p.m.at Mississippi College
W 24–34,347
November 102:00 p.m.West Florida
  • Tiger Stadium
  • Livingston, AL
W 45–74,303
November 1712:00 p.m.at No. 25 Bowie State
L 35–411,531
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AFCA Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

[5]

Rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
— = Not ranked. RV = Received votes.
Week
PollPre1234567891011Final
AFCA121182321RV—————RVRV

Game summaries

Lenoir-Rhyne
1 2 3 4 Total
Bears 3 10 6 13 32
Tigers 7 7 0 22 36

Miles
1 2 3 4 Total
Golden Bears 7 7 0 7 21
Tigers 6 14 14 3 37

Valdosta State
1 2 3 4 Total
Blazers 21 14 10 13 58
Tigers 7 7 7 3 24

At Limestone
1 2 3 4 Total
Tigers 3 10 0 3 16
Saints 10 3 0 0 13

At North Greenville
1 2 3 4 Total
Tigers 7 0 9 0 16
Crusaders 0 10 0 10 20

At Shorter
1 2 3 4 Total
Tigers 14 17 14 3 48
Hawks 7 0 3 7 17

Delta State
1 2 3 4 Total
Statesmen 7 0 7 0 14
Tigers 7 7 0 3 17

At West Georgia
1 2 3 4 Total
Tigers 7 0 6 12 25
Wolves 7 7 3 10 27

Florida Tech
1 2 3 4 Total
Panthers 0 10 9 3 22
Tigers 14 0 7 8 29

At Mississippi College
1 2 3 4 Total
Tigers 0 10 7 7 24
Choctaws 0 3 0 0 3

West Florida
1 2 3 4 Total
Argonauts 7 0 0 0 7
Tigers 16 13 9 7 45

At Bowie State
1 2 3 4 Total
Tigers 7 7 7 14 35
Bulldogs 0 17 10 14 41

References
  1. "West Alabama Tops GSC Football Preseason Poll". Gulf South Conference. August 2, 2018. Retrieved August 29, 2018.
  2. Compete. Graduate. Impact (2018). "Gulf South Conference" (PDF). Football_2018_Preseason_All_GSC_Table.
  3. "TIGERS OPEN 2018 FOOTBALL SEASON WITH THREE HOME GAMES" (Press release). University of West Alabama Department of Athletics. January 29, 2018. Retrieved July 5, 2018.
  4. "GSC Announces 2018 Football Game of the Week Schedule". Gulf South Conference. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
  5. "2018 West Alabama Tigers Football Schedule". University of West Alabama Department of Athletics. Retrieved July 5, 2018.
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