American college football season
The2018 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team representedOklahoma State University in the2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season . The Cowboys played their home games at theBoone Pickens Stadium inStillwater, Oklahoma and competed in theBig 12 Conference . They were led by 14th-year head coachMike Gundy . They finished the season 7–6, 3–6 in Big 12 play to finish tied for seventh. They were invited to theLiberty Bowl where they defeated #24Missouri 38-33, ending the season with a 4-1 record against teams in thetop 25 .
Listed in the order that they were released
The Big 12 media poll was released on July 12, 2018, with the Cowboys predicted to finish in fifth place.[ 9]
Media poll Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place) 1 Oklahoma 509 (46) 2 West Virginia 432 (2) 3 TCU 390 (1) 4 Texas 370 (1) 5 Oklahoma State 300 6 Kansas State 283 (2) 7 Iowa State 250 8 Texas Tech 149 9 Baylor 125 10 Kansas 52
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance August 30 7:00 p.m. Missouri State * No. 24 FS1 W 59-1450,103 September 8 7:00 p.m. South Alabama * No. 23 Boone Pickens Stadium Stillwater, OK FSN W 62-653,923 September 15 2:30 p.m. No. 17Boise State * No. 24 Boone Pickens Stadium Stillwater, OK ESPN W 48-2054,974 September 22 6:00 p.m. Texas Tech No. 14 Boone Pickens Stadium Stillwater, OK FS1 L 14-4453,166 September 29 11:00 a.m. atKansas FSN W 51-2018,364 October 6 2:30 p.m. Iowa State No. 23 Boone Pickens Stadium Stillwater, OK ESPN2 L 45-4952,995 October 13 11:00 a.m. atKansas State ESPNU L 9-3350,245 October 27 7:00 p.m. No. 5Texas Boone Pickens Stadium Stillwater, OK ABC W 42-3756,790 November 3 11:00 a.m. atBaylor FS1 W 34-3043,492 November 10 2:30 p.m. at No. 6Oklahoma No. 25 ABC L 51-5287,635 November 17 2:30 p.m. No. 7West Virginia Boone Pickens Stadium Stillwater, OK ABC W 48-4352,842 November 24 7:00 p.m. atTCU No. 24 FOX L 27-3442,394 December 31 2:45 p.m. vs. No. 24Missouri * ESPN W 40-3576,468 *Non-conference game Rankings fromAP Poll released prior to the game All times are inCentral time
Schedule source: [ 10] 1 2 3 4 Total Bears 0 7 10 0 17 Cowboys 17 14 14 13 58
1 2 3 4 Total Jaguars 7 6 0 0 13 Cowboys 14 17 10 14 55
1 2 3 4 Total No. 17 Broncos 0 7 14 0 21 No. 24 Cowboys 0 17 17 10 44
1 2 3 4 Total Red Raiders 7 17 10 7 41 No. 15 Cowboys 10 7 0 0 17
1 2 3 4 Total Cowboys 14 10 10 14 48 Jayhawks 0 7 7 14 28
1 2 3 4 Total Cyclones 9 21 10 8 48 No. 25 Cowboys 7 14 7 14 42
Iowa State's FreshmanBrock Purdy replacedZeb Noland at quarterback and passed 18-for-23 for 318 yards and produced four touchdowns. He then ran for another 84 yards and another score.[ 11] [ 12]
1 2 3 4 Total Cowboys 3 3 0 6 12 Wildcats 0 3 14 14 31
The previous week loss against Iowa State put extra pressure on the Cowboys to win coming into the game against Kansas State. Some of the issues the Cowboys bring in to the include lack of discipline, a disconnected defense, and a failure to force turnovers on defense. The 2018 loss to Iowa State had many similarities to the 2017 game between Oklahoma State and Kansas State that resulted in a K-State victory 45-40.[ 12]
1 2 3 4 Total No. 6 Longhorns 7 7 7 14 35 Cowboys 17 14 0 7 38
1 2 3 4 Total Cowboys 7 3 14 7 31 Bears 0 14 7 14 35
1 2 3 4 Total Cowboys 14 14 7 12 47 No. 6 Sooners 14 20 7 7 48
1 2 3 4 Total No. 7 Mountaineers 14 17 0 10 41 Cowboys 7 7 10 21 45
1 2 3 4 Total Cowboys 3 0 7 14 24 Horned Frogs 0 7 17 7 31
[ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Cowboys 7 7 21 3 38 No. 24 Tigers 3 13 3 14 33
Scores against non-conference opponents 1 2 3 4 Total Opponents 0 Oklahoma State 0
Scores against the Big 12 1 2 3 4 Total Opponents 0 Oklahoma State 0
Scores against all opponents 1 2 3 4 Total Opponents 0 Oklahoma State 0
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking██ Decrease in ranking Week Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Final AP RV RV 24 15 RV 25 — — — RV — — — — — RV Coaches 25 23 19 15 21 21 — — — RV — — RV — — — CFP Not released — — — — — — Not released
Players drafted into the NFL [ edit ] ^ "2018 Bednarik Award Watch List" . July 16, 2018. Archived fromthe original on July 16, 2018. RetrievedJuly 16, 2018 .^ "2018 Doak Walker Award Candidates" . July 18, 2018. RetrievedJuly 18, 2018 .^ "Butkus Award - 2018 Collegiate Watchlist" . The Butkus Award. July 23, 2018. Archived fromthe original on August 20, 2010. RetrievedJuly 23, 2018 .^ "22018 OUTLAND TROPHY WATCH LIST UNVEILED" . July 24, 2018. RetrievedJuly 24, 2018 .^ "Lou Groza Collegiate Place-Kicker Award Announces 2018 Preseason Watch List" . July 25, 2018. Archived fromthe original on August 17, 2009. RetrievedJuly 25, 2018 .^ Carbone, Al (July 27, 2018)."Walter Camp Football Foundation Announces 2018 Player of the Year Preseason "Watch List" . RetrievedJuly 30, 2018 . ^ "Preseason Watch List - 2018 edition of the Ted Hendricks Award" (PDF) . August 14, 2018. Archived fromthe original (PDF) on August 14, 2018. RetrievedAugust 16, 2018 .^ "Watch List for 2018 Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award ® Presented by A. O. Smith Announced" . August 14, 2018. RetrievedAugust 17, 2018 .^ "Sooners Picked to Repeat in Big 12 Preseason Football Poll" . RetrievedOctober 3, 2018 .^ "2018 Oklahoma State Cowboys Football Schedule" . FB Schedules. RetrievedMay 3, 2018 .^ Becker, Dana (October 7, 2018)."Iowa State Football: Cyclones get Purdy to stun Oklahoma State" . Saturday Blitz. RetrievedOctober 9, 2018 . ^a b Cooper, Mark (October 8, 2018)."OSU football: What we learned from Oklahoma State's 48-42 loss to Iowa State" .Tulsa World . RetrievedOctober 9, 2018 .
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