2018 San Diego State Aztecs football team
The 2018 San Diego State Aztecs football team represented San Diego State University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Aztecs were led by eighth-year head coach Rocky Long and played their home games at SDCCU Stadium. San Diego State was a member of the Mountain West Conference in the West Division. They finished the season 7–6, 4–4 in Mountain West play to finish in fourth place in the West Division. They were invited to the Frisco Bowl where they lost to Ohio.
Previous Season
San Diego State started the season 6–0, where one of the wins is against No. 19 Stanford in front of 43,040 spectators at home on CBS Sports Network. The winning streak resulted the Aztecs ranked in the AP Poll for four consecutive weeks, with the No. 19 ranking as San Diego State's peak. The Aztecs then lost to Boise State and rival Fresno State, and began a new winning streak. The end result was an eighth straight bowl appearance in the 2017 Armed Forces Bowl, where the Aztecs lost to Army 35–42 then finished the season 10–3 overall, and 6–2 in conference play. In spite of a bowl loss, head coach Rocky Long agreed to a contract extension until the 2022–23 school year.NFL Draft Selections
The Aztecs had two individuals selected in the 2018 NFL Draft.Recruiting
Position key
Recruits
The Aztecs signed a total of 24 recruits.Preseason
Award watch lists
Listed in the order that they were released| Maxwell Award | Juwan Washington | RB | JR |
| John Mackey Award | Kahale Warring | TE | JR |
| Lou Groza Award | John Baron II | K | SR |
| Paul Hornung Award | Juwan Washington | RB/KR | JR |
| Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award | Christian Chapman | QB | SR |
Mountain West media days
During the Mountain West media days held July 24–25 at the Cosmopolitan on the Las Vegas Strip, the Aztecs were predicted to finish in second place in the West Division.Media poll
Preseason All-Mountain West Team
The Aztecs had three players selected to the preseason all-Mountain West team.Offense
Keith Ismael – OL
Tyler Roemer – OL
Defense
Tariq Thompson – DB
Schedule
Sources:Game summaries
at Stanford
Sacramento State
Arizona State
Eastern Michigan
at Boise State
Air Force
San Jose State
at Nevada
at New Mexico
UNLV
at Fresno State
Hawaii
vs. Ohio ([Frisco Bowl])
Honors
Mountain West
| First | Keith Ismael | OL | SO |
| First | Kyahva Tezino | LB | JR |
| Second | Ryan Pope | OL | SR |
| Second | John Baron | PK | SR |
| Second | Tariq Thompson | DB | SO |
| Honorable | Parker Baldwin | DB | SR |
| Honorable | Noble Hall | DL | SR |
| Honorable | Brandon Heicklen | P | JR |
| Honorable | Kahale Warring | TE | JR |
| Honorable | Juwan Washington | RB | JR |
Players drafted into the NFL
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | NFL Club |
| 3 | 86 | Kahale Warring | TE | Houston Texans |