- Source: 2018 Valdosta State Blazers football team
The 2018 Valdosta State Blazers football team represented Valdosta State University as a member of the Gulf South Conference (GSC) during the 2018 NCAA Division II football season. They were led by third-year head coach Kerwin Bell, who also served as offensive coordinator. The Blazers played their home games at Bazemore–Hyder Stadium in Valdosta, Georgia. Valdosta State compiled an overall record of 14–0 with a conference mark of 8–0, winning the GSC title. They beat Ferris State in the NCAA Division II Championship Game to win the program's fourth national title.
Preseason
= Gulf South Conference coaches poll
=On August 2, 2018, the Gulf South Conference released their preseason coaches poll with the Blazers predicted to finish in fifth place in the conference.
= Preseason All-Gulf South Conference Team
=The Blazers had five players at five positions selected to the preseason all-Gulf South Conference team.
Schedule
Valdosta State's 2018 regular season football schedule consisted of five home games, four away games, and one neutral site game. The Blazers hosted GSC foes Delta State, North Greenville, Shorter, and West Georgia, and traveled to Florida Tech, Mississippi College, West Alabama, and West Florida. Three games were broadcast on ESPN3, as part of the Gulf South Conference Game of the Week.
The Blazers hosted non-conference foe Albany State from the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) and competed in the Okefenokee Classic against Fort Valley State, also from the (SIAC).
After an undefeated regular season, the Blazers were the No. 1 seed in the NCAA Division II playoffs.
Rankings
Game summaries
= Albany State
== Fort Valley State
== At West Alabama
== Shorter
== At Mississippi College
== Delta State
== At Florida Tech
== North Greenville
== At West Florida
== West Georgia
== Bowie State
== Lenoir-Rhyne
== Notre Dame (OH)
== Ferris State
=Players drafted into the NFL
References
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- List of Valdosta State Blazers football seasons
- 2021 Valdosta State Blazers football team
- 2019 Valdosta State Blazers football team
- Valdosta State University
- 2017 Valdosta State Blazers football team
- Chris Hatcher (American football)
- Valdosta State–West Georgia football rivalry
