| Mode: | football |
| Year: | 2018 |
| Team: | Troy Trojans |
| Conference: | Sun Belt Conference |
| Short Conf: | Sun Belt |
| Division: | East Division |
| Record: | 10–3 |
| Conf Record: | 7–1 |
| Head Coach: | Neal Brown |
| Hc Year: | 4th |
| Cooff Coach1: | Matt Moore |
| Cooc1 Year: | 3rd |
| Cooff Coach2: | Sean Reagan |
| Cooc2 Year: | 1st |
| Def Coach: | Vic Koenning |
| Dc Year: | 6th |
| Champion: | Sun Belt East Division co-champion Dollar General Bowl champion |
| Bowl: | Dollar General Bowl |
| Bowl Result: | W 42–32 vs. Buffalo |
| Stadium: | Veterans Memorial Stadium |
The 2018 Troy Trojans football team represented Troy University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Trojans played their home games at Veterans Memorial Stadium in Troy, Alabama, and competed in the East Division of the Sun Belt Conference. They were led by fourth-year head coach Neal Brown. They finished the season 10–3, 7–1 in Sun Belt play to finish in a tie for the East Division championship with Appalachian State. Due to their head-to-head loss to Appalachian State, they did not represent the East Division in the Sun Belt Championship Game. They were invited to the Dollar General Bowl where they defeated Buffalo.
Head coach Neal Brown left at the conclusion of the season to become the head coach at West Virginia.[1] [2] On January 10, 2019, the school hired Kansas coordinator Chip Lindsey as head coach.[3]
Listed in the order that they were released
| Rimington Trophy[4] | Deontae Crumitie | C | SR | |
| Jim Thorpe Award[5] | Blace Brown | CB | SR | |
| Bronko Nagurski Trophy[6] | Blace Brown | CB | SR | |
| Hunter Reese | DE | SR | ||
| Outland Trophy[7] | Deontae Crumitie | C | SR | |
| Paul Hornung Award[8] | Marcus Jones | CB/KR | SO | |
| Wuerffel Trophy[9] | Damion Willis | WR | SR |
On July 19, 2018, the Sun Belt released their preseason coaches poll with the Trojans predicted to finish in second place in the East Division.[10]
| East Division | |||
| 1 | Appalachian State | 46 (6) | |
| 2 | Troy | 44 (4) | |
| 3 | Georgia State | 26 | |
| 4 | Georgia Southern | 22 | |
| 5 | Coastal Carolina | 12 | |
The Trojans had ten players at eleven positions selected to the preseason all-Sun Belt teams.[11]
Offense
1st team
Tristan Crowder – OL
Deontae Crumitie – OL
2nd team
Deondre Douglas – WRDefense
1st team
Hunter Reese – DL
Trevon Sanders – DL
Tron Folsom – LB
Blace Brown – DB
2nd team
Marcus Webb – DL
Marcus Jones – DB
Cedarius Rookard – DBSpecial teams
2nd team
Marcus Jones – KR
See also: 2018 Boise State Broncos football team.
See also: 2018 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team.
See also: 2018 Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks football team.
See also: 2018 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football team.
See also: 2018 Georgia State Panthers football team.
See also: 2018 Liberty Flames football team.
See also: 2018 South Alabama Jaguars football team.
See also: 2018 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns football team.
See also: 2018 Georgia Southern Eagles football team.
See also: 2018 Texas State Bobcats football team.
See also: 2018 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team.
See also: 2018 Buffalo Bulls football team and 2018 Dollar General Bowl.