The 2018 San Diego State Aztecs football team represented
San Diego State University in the
2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season
The 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season was the highest level college football competition in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in 2018.
The regular season began on August 25, 2018, and ended ...
. The Aztecs were led by eighth-year head coach
Rocky Long and played their home games at
SDCCU Stadium. San Diego State was a member of the
Mountain West Conference in the West Division. They finished the season 7–6, 4–4 in Mountain West play to finish in fourth place in the West Division. They were invited to the
Frisco Bowl where they lost to
Ohio.
Previous season
San Diego State started the season 6–0, where one of the wins is against No. 19
Stanford
Stanford University, officially Leland Stanford Junior University, is a private research university in Stanford, California. The campus occupies , among the largest in the United States, and enrolls over 17,000 students. Stanford is considere ...
in front of 43,040 spectators at home on
CBS Sports Network. The winning streak resulted the Aztecs ranked in the
AP Poll for four consecutive weeks, with the No. 19 ranking as San Diego State's peak. The Aztecs then lost to
Boise State
Boise State University (BSU) is a public research university in Boise, Idaho. Founded in 1932 by the Episcopal Church, it became an independent junior college in 1934 and has been awarding baccalaureate and master's degrees It became a publ ...
and rival
Fresno State, and began a new winning streak. The end result was an eighth straight bowl appearance in the
2017 Armed Forces Bowl
The 2017 Armed Forces Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 23, 2017, at Amon G. Carter Stadium on the campus of Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas. The fifteenth edition of the Armed Forces Bowl featured the ...
, where the Aztecs lost to
Army 35–42 then finished the season 10–3 overall, and 6–2 in conference play. In spite of a bowl loss, head coach
Rocky Long agreed to a contract extension until the 2022–23 school year.
NFL Draft Selections
The Aztecs had two individuals selected in the
2018 NFL Draft
The 2018 NFL Draft was the 83rd annual meeting of National Football League (NFL) franchises to select newly eligible players for the 2018 NFL season. The draft was held on April 26–28 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas; it was the first draft ...
.
Recruiting
Position key
Recruits
The Aztecs signed a total of 24 recruits.
Preseason
Award watch lists
Listed in the order that they were released
Mountain West media days
During the Mountain West media days held July 24–25 at the
Cosmopolitan on the
Las Vegas Strip, the Aztecs were predicted to finish in second place in the West Division.
Media poll
Preseason All-Mountain West Team
The Aztecs had three players selected to the preseason all-Mountain West team.
Offense
Keith Ismael
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– OL
Tyler Roemer – OL
Defense
Tariq Thompson – DB
Schedule
Sources:
Game summaries
At Stanford
Sacramento State
Arizona State
Eastern Michigan
At Boise State
Air Force
San Jose State
At Nevada
At New Mexico
UNLV
At Fresno State
Hawaii
Vs. Ohio ( Frisco Bowl)
Honors
Mountain West
Players drafted into the NFL
References
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