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2018 Football Preview – Sun Belt – Red Wolves
Looking for 2018 Arkansas State Red Wolves predictions? The Red Wolves went 7-5 last season—their lowest win total since 2014 but still respectable enough for the third-best overall record in the Sun Belt Conference alongside the Georgia State Panthers.
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Head Coach: Blake Anderson
2017 Record: 7-5
Arkansas State Red Wolves Odds to win the 2018 FBS Championship: +15000
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Arkansas State enters 2018 at +150000 to win a national title and at 5/4 to win the Sun Belt. Those conference odds put them in the top spot ahead of Troy (9/5), Appalachian State (5/2), Georgia Southern (12/1), ULM (12/1), South Alabama (50/1), Coastal Carolina (100/1) and Texas State (100/1).
2018 Arkansas State Red Wolves Predictions: Team Strengths
Pass Attack: This team was excellent tossing the pigskin last season. The Red Wolves were able to finish the year fifth in the country in yards per game through the air (342.2), which led them to 38 touchdowns in that category—also good enough for fifth in the nation.
Quarterback: This isn’t a cop-out. The quarterback play of this team deserves its own highlight despite already looking at the pass attack. Justice Hansen is a 6’4″ senior who can make plays with both his arm and his legs, and he’s going to make his receivers look gooood throughout the year.
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2018 Arkansas State Red Wolves Predictions: Team Weaknesses
Red Zone Offense: If there’s one area where this Arkansas State team needs to improve it’s in the red zone. As good as this team was tossing the ball through the air last season, it just couldn’t get it done when the field shrank.
The hope here is to get the running game going more in these situations to take the pressure off the pass attack. That said, it’d be even more beneficial if Hansen could utilize either his own legs to get the job done or hit some of his bigger targets in the corners.
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Defensive Continuity: This isn’t to say the Red Wolves are going to be a bad team on defense. They may prove us wrong.
The truth, however, is that after a very strong 2017 season on that end of the field, this team will have to replace some key components. The Red Wolves will strong on the ends, but they’ll need to fill in a number of gaps and not rely on those ends as their best players if they want to return to top-tier status within their own conference.
Arkansas State Red Wolves Prediction: 9-4
If the Red Wolves can find a way to make up the difference on defense following the loss of their missing parts, they could be a double-digit wins team going for 10 or 11 victories in 2018.
Unfortunately, we’re not willing to put our money or our reputations on the line saying it’s going to happen.
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Here’s the good news: This passing attack and defensive staples (even without the big-play potential) should get this team to the top of the Sun Belt Conference.
Ten wins isn’t out of the question, but nine wins will be very respectable and could get them a Sun Belt title when the year comes to a close.
2018 Arkansas State Red Wolves Football Schedule
- 9/1/18 7:00 PM ET SEMST
- 9/8/18 3:30 PM ET @ALA
- 9/15/18 7:00 PM ET @TLSA
- 9/22/18 TBD UNLV
- 9/29/18 TBD @GASO
- 10/9/18 8:00 PM ET APP
- 10/18/18 7:30 PM ET GSU
- 10/27/18 TBD @ULL
- 11/3/18 TBD USA
- 11/10/18 TBD @CCAR
- 11/17/18 TBD ULM
- 11/24/18 TBD @TXST
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