Arkansas State·Sun Belt

2018 — The Winning Chapter

Arkansas State's 2018 season (8-5) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 8-5
Final result Bowl season Lost the Arizona Bowl
AP final — post-bowls
SP+ +0.9 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
W vs Sout Sta 48-21 L @ Alabama 7-57 W @ Tulsa 29-20 W vs UNLV 27-20 L @ Geor Sou 21-28 L vs App Sta 9-35 W vs Geor Sta 51-35 L @ Louisi 43-47 W vs Sout Ala 38-14 W @ Coas Car 44-16 W vs UL Mon 31-17 W @ Texa Sta 33-7 L @ Nevada 13-16 Bowl

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2018.

Defining moments
The statement

The 2018 season's largest margin: Arkansas State 44, Coastal Carolina 16. A 28-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: Arkansas State 7, Alabama 57. A 50-point margin the season is remembered by.

The postseason

The season's last act: Arkansas State fell to Nevada 13-16 in the postseason.

"Wolves Up"
— Arkansas State fanbase voice · 2018· synthesized
What it meant

2018 is a middle chapter for Arkansas State — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.