| Year: | 2018 |
| Team: | UConn Huskies |
| Sport: | football |
| Conference: | American Athletic Conference |
| Division: | East Division |
| Short Conf: | American |
| Record: | 1–11 |
| Conf Record: | 0–8 |
| Hc Year: | 14th |
| Oc Year: | 1st |
| Dc Year: | 2nd |
| Stadium: | Rentschler Field |
The 2018 UConn Huskies football team represented the University of Connecticut during the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season as a member of the East Division of the American Athletic Conference. They played their home games at Rentschler Field. They were led by head coach Randy Edsall in his second year of his second stint and 14th year overall. They finished the season 1–11, 0–8 in AAC play to finish in last in the East Division. They set the single-season FBS record for most yards and most points allowed in a single season. This included giving up 50.42 points per game (breaking Louisiana-Lafayette’s record of 50.27 in 1997) and allowed 617.4 yards per game (breaking Kansas' record of 560.83 in 2015).
Listed in the order that they were released
| Rimington Trophy[1] | Ryan Crozier | C | SR |
The AAC media poll was released on July 24, 2018, with the Huskies predicted to finish fifth in the AAC East Division.[2]
| Media poll (East) | |||
| 1 | UCF | 175 (25) | |
| 2 | USF | 140 (5) | |
| 3 | Temple | 132 | |
| 4 | Cincinnati | 91 | |
| 5 | UConn | 51 | |
| 6 | East Carolina | 41 | |
See also: 2018 UCF Knights football team and Civil Conflict.
See also: 2018 Boise State Broncos football team.
See also: 2018 Rhode Island Rams football team and Connecticut–Rhode Island football rivalry.
See also: 2018 Syracuse Orange football team.
See also: 2018 Cincinnati Bearcats football team.
See also: 2018 Memphis Tigers football team.
See also: 2018 South Florida Bulls football team.
See also: 2018 UMass Minutemen football team and UConn–UMass football rivalry.
See also: 2018 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team.
See also: 2018 SMU Mustangs football team.
See also: 2018 East Carolina Pirates football team.
See also: 2018 Temple Owls football team.