Cal Poly·Big Sky

2018 — The 2018 Season

Cal Poly's 2018 season (5-6) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 5-6
Final result No postseason
AP final — post-bowls
SP+ -8.9 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
L @ Nort Sta 3-49 L vs Webe Sta 17-24 W vs Brown 44-15 L @ East Was 17-70 L vs Montana 28-48 W @ Sacr Sta 41-27 L vs UC Davis 10-52 W @ Nort Ari 38-28 L @ Mont Sta 42-49 W vs Idah Sta 37-14 W vs Sout Uta 38-24
Defining moments
The statement

The 2018 season's largest margin: Cal Poly 44, Brown 15. A 29-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: Cal Poly 17, Eastern Washington 70. A 53-point margin the season is remembered by.

"Ride High, You Mustangs"
— Cal Poly fanbase voice · 2018· synthesized
What it meant

2018 is a middle chapter for Cal Poly — 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.