In the CAA preseason poll released on July 24, 2018, the Spiders were predicted to finish in seventh 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 Spiders had four players selected to the preseason all-CAA team.
Offense
Dejon Brissett – WR
John Yarbrough – OL
Defense
Andrew Clyde – DL
Special teams
Griffin Trau – K
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance September 1 6:00 p.m. at Virginia * ESPN3 L 13–42[ 3] 40,524 September 8 6:00 p.m. Fordham * NBCS WA W 52–7[ 4] 8,057 [ a] 5:00 p.m. at Saint Francis (PA) * NECFR W 35–27[ 5] 1,234 September 22 6:00 p.m. at No. 20 Stony Brook CBSI Digital/CBS SportsLiveL 10–36[ 6] 6,272 September 29 3:00 p.m. No. 2 James Madison Robins Stadium Richmond, VA (rivalry ) NBCS WA+ L 10–63[ 7] 8,217 October 6 3:00 p.m. Delaware Robins Stadium Richmond, VA NBCS WA or NBCS WA+ L 28–43[ 8] 8,217 October 13 7:00 p.m. at Albany UAlbany Live Events[ 10] W 27–24[ 9] 4,059 October 20 1:30 p.m. at No. 11 Elon FCS /FSGO L 28–38[ 11] 5,982 November 3 3:00 p.m. Villanova Robins Stadium Richmond, VA NBCS WA or NBCS WA+ L 21–45[ 12] 8,117 November 10 3:00 p.m. No. 16 Maine Robins Stadium Richmond, VA NBCS WA or NBCS WA+ L 9–28[ 13] 7,820 November 17 2:00 p.m. at William & Mary Cox Yurview W 10–6[ 14] 9,739 *Non-conference game Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time
^ Game was originally scheduled for September 15 in Richmond, but relocated due to Hurricane Florence .
1
2
3
4
Total
Spiders
10
0
3
0
13
Cavaliers
14
14
7
7
42
1
2
3
4
Total
Rams
0
0
0
7
7
Spiders
7
10
35
0
52
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1
2
3
4
Total
Spiders
2
7
3
23
35
Red Flash
0
3
17
7
27
1
2
3
4
Total
Spiders
3
0
7
0
10
No. 20 Seawolves
9
7
6
14
36
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 2 Dukes
7
28
21
7
63
Spiders
3
7
0
0
10
1
2
3
4
Total
Fightin' Blue Hens
19
14
10
0
43
Spiders
7
3
6
12
28
1
2
3
4
Total
Spiders
7
10
7
3
27
Great Danes
7
7
7
3
24
1
2
3
4
Total
Spiders
7
7
7
7
28
No. 11 Phoenix
14
7
14
3
38
1
2
3
4
Total
Wildcats
7
13
18
7
45
Spiders
0
7
7
7
21
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 16 Black Bears
14
7
7
0
28
Spiders
0
3
0
6
9
1
2
3
4
Total
Spiders
0
7
3
0
10
Tribe
0
0
0
6
6
^ Washburn, Rob (July 24, 2018). "James Madison Favored To Win Fourth Straight CAA Football Title in 2018" . Colonial Athletic Association. Retrieved July 24, 2018 . ^ "FCS football: 2018 Buck Buchanan Award watch list announced" . August 2, 2018. Retrieved August 2, 2018 .^ "Richmond @ Virginia box score" . Retrieved September 9, 2018 .^ "Fordham @ Richmond box score" . Retrieved September 9, 2018 .^ "Richmond @ St. Francis (PA) box score" . Retrieved September 14, 2018 .^ "Richmond @ Stony Brook box score" . Retrieved September 25, 2018 .^ "James Madison @ Richmond box score" . Retrieved October 2, 2018 .^ "Delaware @ Richmond box score" . Retrieved November 2, 2018 .^ "Richmond @ Albany box score" . Retrieved November 2, 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 .^ "Richmond @ Elon box score" . Retrieved November 2, 2018 .^ "Villanova @ Richmond box score" . Retrieved November 17, 2018 .^ "Maine @ Richmond box score" . Retrieved November 17, 2018 .^ "Richmond @ William & Mary box score" . Retrieved November 17, 2018 .
