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American college football season
The 2017 Villanova Wildcats football team represented Villanova University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by first-year head coach Mark Ferrante and played their home games at Villanova Stadium. They were a member of the Colonial Athletic Association. They finished the season 5–6, 3–5 in CAA play to finish in a three-way tie for seventh place.
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 2 | 12:30 p.m. | at No. 17 Lehigh* | No. 10 | | SE2 | W 38–35 | 5,816 |
September 9 | 3:30 p.m. | at Temple* | No. 6 | | ESPN3 | L 13–16 | 35,117 |
September 16 | 6:00 p.m. | Lafayette* | No. 7 | | ESPN3 | W 59–0 | 9,671 |
September 23 | 7:00 p.m. | at Albany | No. 7 | | ESPN3 | L 10–19 OT | 6,866 |
September 30 | 6:00 p.m. | at Towson | No. 14 | | TSN | W 24–9 | 5,017 |
October 7 | 1:00 p.m. | Maine | No. 12 | - Villanova Stadium
- Villanova, PA
| CSL[1] | W 31–0 | 4,505 |
October 14 | 3:30 p.m. | at No. 1 James Madison | No. 11 | | CSL[1] | L 8–30 | 25,993 |
October 28 | 3:30 p.m. | No. 10 Elon![dagger](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Dagger-14-plain.png) | No. 13 | - Villanova Stadium
- Villanova, PA
| NNAA | L 14–19 | 5,451 |
November 4 | 1:00 p.m. | Richmond | No. 20 | - Villanova Stadium
- Villanova, PA
| NNAA | L 0–22 | 3,508 |
November 11 | 12:30 p.m. | at Rhode Island | | | CSL | L 6–20 | 2,877 |
November 18 | 1:00 p.m. | Delaware | | | NNAA | W 28–7 | 5,109 |
- *Non-conference game
Homecoming- Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in Eastern time
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1
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2
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3
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4 |
Total |
No. 10 Wildcats
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7
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21
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7
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3 |
38 |
No. 17 Mountain Hawks
|
7
|
7
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14
|
7 |
35 |
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1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
No. 6 Wildcats
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0
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0
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3
|
10 |
13 |
Owls
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3
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7
|
3
|
3 |
16 |
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1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Leopards
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0
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0
|
0
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0 |
0 |
No. 7 Wildcats
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13
|
36
|
7
|
3 |
59 |
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1
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2
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3
|
4 | OT |
Total |
No. 7 Wildcats
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
10 | 0 |
10 |
Great Danes
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0
|
3
|
0
|
7 | 9 |
19 |
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1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
No. 14 Wildcats
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7
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0
|
3
|
14 |
24 |
Tigers
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0
|
6
|
4
|
0 |
10 |
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Black Bears
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0
|
0
|
0
|
0 |
0 |
No. 12 Wildcats
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7
|
14
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7
|
3 |
31 |
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1
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2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
No. 11 Wildcats
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0
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0
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0
|
8 |
8 |
No. 1 Dukes
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3
|
10
|
3
|
14 |
30 |
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1
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2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
No. 10 Phoenix
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0
|
7
|
3
|
9 |
19 |
No. 13 Wildcats
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7
|
0
|
7
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0 |
14 |
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1
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2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Spiders
|
3
|
5
|
14
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0 |
22 |
No. 20 Wildcats
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0
|
0
|
0
|
0 |
0 |
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1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Wildcats
|
3
|
0
|
3
|
0 |
6 |
Rams
|
3
|
7
|
10
|
0 |
20 |
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Fightin' Blue Hens
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
7 |
7 |
Wildcats
|
14
|
0
|
14
|
0 |
28 |
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes | Week |
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
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STATS FCS | 10 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 13 | 20 | RV | — | — | — |
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Coaches | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 20 | RV | — | — | — |
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