Jackson State·SWAC

2018 — The 2018 Season

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

Record 5-5
Final result No postseason
AP final — post-bowls
SP+ -9.6 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
L @ Sout Mis 7-55 W @ Flor A&M 18-16 L vs Alab A&M 16-21 W @ Arka Blu 30-27 W vs Miss Sta 23-7 L vs Nort Ala 7-24 L @ Southern 7-41 W vs Prai A&M 34-28 W @ Alab Sta 20-2 L @ Alco Sta 3-24
Defining moments
The statement

The 2018 season's largest margin: Jackson State 20, Alabama State 2. A 18-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: Jackson State 7, Southern Miss 55. A 48-point margin the season is remembered by.

"JSU"
— Jackson State fanbase voice · 2018· synthesized
What it meant

2018 is a middle chapter for Jackson 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.