The 2018 Utah State Aggies football team represented
Utah State University in the
2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Aggies were led by sixth-year head coach
Matt Wells during the regular season[a] and played their home games at
Merlin Olsen Field at Maverik Stadium. They competed as members of the Mountain Division of the
Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 11–2, 7–1 in Mountain West play to finish in a tie for first place in the division with
Boise State. Despite the tie, the conference does not credit them as divisional co-champions as a result of the head-to-head loss. They were invited to the
New Mexico Bowl where they defeated
North Texas. The 11 wins tied a school record.
Head coach Matt Wells was hired by
Texas Tech on November 29; the team was led in the New Mexico Bowl by interim head coach and co-defensive
coordinator
Frank Maile.[1] Wells finished with a 44–34 record in his six seasons at Utah State. On December 9, the school rehired
Gary Andersen, six years after he left for Wisconsin.[2]
During the Mountain West media days held July 24–25 at the
Cosmopolitan on the
Las Vegas Strip, the Aggies were predicted to finish in fourth place in the Mountain Division.[7]
Media poll
Mountain Division
Predicted finish
Team
Votes (1st place)
1
Boise State
132 (22)
2
Wyoming
95
3
Colorado State
82
4
Utah State
78
5
Air Force
52
6
New Mexico
23
Preseason All-Mountain West Team
The Aggies had two players selected to the preseason all-Mountain West team.[8]