2018 Idaho State Bengals football team

The 2018 Idaho State Bengals football team represented Idaho State University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Bengals were led by second-year head coach Rob Phenicie and played their home games at Holt Arena. They were a member of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 6–5, 5–3 in Big Sky play to finish in a tie for fourth place.

2018 Idaho State Bengals football
ConferenceBig Sky Conference
2018 record6–5 (5–3 Big Sky)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorMike Ferriter (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorRoger Cooper (1st season)
Home stadiumHolt Arena
(Capacity: 12,000)
2018 Big Sky Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 6 Weber State +^  7 1     10 3  
No. 2 Eastern Washington +^  7 1     12 3  
No. 7 UC Davis +^  7 1     10 3  
No. 17 Montana State ^  5 3     8 5  
Idaho State  5 3     6 5  
Montana  4 4     6 5  
Cal Poly  4 4     5 6  
Northern Arizona  3 4     4 6  
Portland State  3 5     4 7  
Idaho  3 5     4 7  
Northern Colorado  2 6     2 9  
Southern Utah  1 7     1 10  
Sacramento State  0 7     2 8  
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ FCS playoff participant
  • Although North Dakota was classified as an independent, games against them still counted as Big Sky Conference games.
Rankings from STATS Poll

Previous season

The Bengals finished the 2017 season 4–7, 2–6 in Big Sky play to finish in a three-way tie for ninth place.

Preseason

Polls

On July 16, 2018 during the Big Sky Kickoff in Spokane, Washington, the Bengals were predicted to finish in twelfth place in the coaches poll and tenth place in the media poll.[1]

Coaches poll
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1 Eastern Washington 134 (6)
2 Weber State 124 (3)
3 Northern Arizona 121 (3)
4 Idaho 101 (1)
5 Sacramento State 94
6 Southern Utah 91
7 Montana 82
8 Montana State 76
9 UC Davis 64
10 Cal Poly 40
11 Northern Colorado 30
12 Idaho State 29
13 Portland State 21
Media poll
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1 Eastern Washington 651 (27)
2 Weber State 636 (19)
3 Northern Arizona 535 (1)
4 Montana 496 (2)
5 Idaho 483 (3)
6 Southern Utah 449 (1)
7 Sacramento State 415
8 Montana State 391 (1)
9 UC Davis 331 (1)
10 Idaho State 170
11 Cal Poly 169
12 Northern Colorado 166
13 Portland State 103

Preseason All-Conference Team

The Bengals had one player selected to the Preseason All-Conference Team.[2]

James Madison – Sr. RB

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 316:30 p.m.Western State*Pluto TV 243W 45–105,062
September 154:00 p.m.at California*P12NL 23–4537,104
September 223:00 p.m.at No. 22 North DakotaPluto TV 240W 25–2111,157
September 292:30 p.m.Northern Arizona
  • Holt Arena
  • Pocatello, ID
Pluto TV 243W 56–429,129
October 63:30 p.m.Idaho
Pluto TV 243W 62–2811,015
October 135:00 p.m.at No. 14 UC DavisPluto TV 245L 37–44 OT10,849
October 2012:00 p.m.at Liberty*ESPN3L 41–4816,502
October 273:30 p.m.Montana State
  • Holt Arena
  • Pocatello, ID
ELVNW 24–178,851
November 33:00 p.m.at Portland StateELVNW 48–453,924
November 105:00 p.m.at Cal PolyNo. 24Pluto TV 244L 14–375,250
November 172:30 p.m.No. 3 Weber State
  • Holt Arena
  • Pocatello, ID
Pluto TV 235L 13–2610,077

Game summaries

Western State

1 2 3 4 Total
Mountaineers 0 3 7 0 10
Bengals 14 17 14 0 45

at California

1 2 3 4 Total
Bengals 0 3 6 14 23
Golden Bears 7 21 3 14 45

at North Dakota

1 2 3 4 Total
Bengals 6 13 0 6 25
No. 22 Fighting Hawks 14 7 0 0 21

Northern Arizona

1 2 3 4 Total
Lumberjacks 7 7 14 14 42
Bengals 7 28 14 7 56

Idaho

1 2 3 4 Total
Vandals 7 7 14 0 28
Bengals 14 21 20 7 62

at UC Davis

1 2 3 4OT Total
Bengals 9 14 7 70 37
No. 14 Aggies 7 7 8 157 44

at Liberty

1 2 3 4 Total
Bengals 0 17 14 10 41
Flames 7 13 14 14 48

Montana State

1 2 3 4 Total
Bobcats 7 0 0 10 17
Bengals 0 17 7 0 24

at Portland State

1 2 3 4 Total
Bengals 14 17 10 7 48
Vikings 3 21 14 7 45

at Cal Poly

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 24 Bengals 0 7 7 0 14
Mustangs 3 10 7 17 37

Weber State

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 3 Wildcats 3 13 7 3 26
Bengals 0 0 13 0 13

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final 
STATS NR NR NR NR RV RV RV RV RV RV 24 RV RV  
Coaches NR NR NR NR NR RV RV RV RV RV 25 RV RV

References

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