| Year: | 2018 |
| Team: | Albany Great Danes |
| Sport: | football |
| Conference: | Colonial Athletic Association |
| Short Conf: | CAA |
| Record: | 3–8 |
| Conf Record: | 1–7 |
| Head Coach: | Greg Gattuso |
| Hc Year: | 5th |
| Off Coach: | Joe Davis |
| Oc Year: | 1st |
| Codef Coach1: | Joe Bernard |
| Codc1 Year: | 1st |
| Codef Coach2: | Keith Dudzinski |
| Codc2 Year: | 1st |
| Stadium: | Bob Ford Field at Tom & Mary Casey Stadium |
The 2018 Albany Great Danes football team represented the University at Albany, SUNY as a member of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) during the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by fifth-year head coach Greg Gattuso, the Great Danes compiled an overall record of 3–8 with a mark of 1–7 in conference play, placing last out of 12 teams in the CAA. The team played home games at Bob Ford Field at Tom & Mary Casey Stadium in Albany, New York.
In the CAA preseason poll released on July 24, 2018, the Great Danes were predicted to finish in ninth place.[1]
| 1 | James Madison | 241 (21) | |
| 2 | New Hampshire | 206 (2) | |
| 3 | Delaware | 182 | |
| 4 | Stony Brook | 169 | |
| 5 | Elon | 168 (1) | |
| 6 | Villanova | 164 | |
| 7 | Richmond | 127 | |
| 8 | Maine | 81 | |
| 9 | Albany | 78 | |
| 10 | Towson | 74 | |
| 11 | William & Mary | 55 | |
| 12 | Rhode Island | 39 |
The Great Danes had one player selected to the preseason all-CAA team.
Special teams
Donovan McDonald – PR
See also: 2018 Pittsburgh Panthers football team.
See also: 2018 Rhode Island Rams football team.
See also: 2018 Morgan State Bears football team.
See also: 2018 Saint Francis Red Flash football team.
See also: 2018 Richmond Spiders football team.
See also: 2018 Towson Tigers football team.
See also: 2018 Maine Black Bears football team.
See also: 2018 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team.
See also: 2018 New Hampshire Wildcats football team.
See also: 2018 Stony Brook Seawolves football team and Albany–Stony Brook football rivalry.