2018 — The Ten-Win Year

UC Davis's 2018 season (10-3) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 10-3
Final Result 10-win season
AP Final — post-bowls
SP+ -2.7 last-week
Era —
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
W @ San Sta 44-38 W vs San Die 54-21 L @ Stanford 10-30 W vs Idaho 44-21 W @ Nort Col 49-36 W vs Idah Sta 44-37 W @ Cal Poly 52-10 W @ Montana 49-21 W vs Nort Ari 42-20 L @ East Was 20-59 W vs Sacr Sta 56-13 W vs Nort Iow 23-16 L @ East Was 29-34
Defining Moments
The Statement

The 2018 season's largest margin: UC Davis 56, Sacramento State 13. A 43-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The Setback

The season's deepest loss: UC Davis 20, Eastern Washington 59. A 39-point margin the season is remembered by.

"Go Aggies"
— UC Davis fanbase voice · 2018· synthesized
What It Meant

2018 is a middle chapter for UC Davis — 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.