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1998 BCS STANDINGS

BCS rankings each week lists the top 15 or down to the lowest-ranked BCS-affiliated conference leader.

  October 26                
 
Rank Team AP Coach P Avg ST Sagarin NYT C Avg Sked Q-Rank L Total Notes
1 UCLA 2 2 2.00 1 1 1 1.00 1 0.04 0 3.04  
2 Ohio State 1 1 1.00 3 3 2 2.67 16 0.64 0 4.31  
3 Tennessee 3 4 3.50 2 3.75 3 2.92 2 0.08 0 6.50 Sag 4
4 Kansas State 4 3 3.50 4 2 4 3.33 49 1.96 0 8.79  
5 Florida State 5 6 5.50 7 7 5 6.33 14 0.56 1 13.39  
6 Nebraska 7 7 7.00 6 5 6 5.67 15 0.60 1 14.27  
7 Florida 6 5 5.50 10 8 8 8.67 22 0.88 1 16.05  
8 Texas A&M 8 9 8.50 5 9.0 7 7.00 8 0.32 1 16.82 Sag 10
9 Wisconsin 9 8 8.50 9 9 9 9.00 91 3.64 0 21.14  
10 Penn State 10 10 10.00 12 11 10 11.00 13 0.52 1 22.52  
11 Oregon 12 13 12.50 11 6 12.75 9.92 28 1.12 1 24.54 NYT 13
12 Arkansas 14 12 13.00 8 13 12 11.00 89 3.56 0 27.56  
13 Georgia 11 11 11.00 13 15 19 15.67 54 2.16 1 29.83  
14 Arizona 13 15 14.00 15 12 17 14.67 55 2.20 1 31.87  
15 Virginia 15 14 14.50 16 20 21 19.00 69 2.76 1 37.26  
16 Notre Dame 16 16 16.00 17 24.0 15 18.67 57 2.28 1 37.95 Sag 36
17 Georgia Tech 23 24 23.50 18 22 13 17.67 11 0.44 2 43.61  
18 Missouri 18 21 19.50 27 16 23 22.00 23 0.92 2 44.42  
19 Tulane 19 18 18.50 14 30 33.0 25.67 86 3.44 0 47.61 NYT 98
20 Syracuse 17 19 18.00 33 24 27 28.00 34 1.36 2 49.36  
 
 
  November 2                        
 
Rank Team AP Coach P Avg ST Sagarin NYT C Avg Sked Q-Rank L Total Notes
1 Ohio State 1 1 1.00 2.25 2 1 1.75 24 0.96 0 3.71 ST 3
2 Tennessee 2 3 2.50 2 3 3.75 2.92 7 0.28 0 5.70 NYT 5
3 UCLA 3 4 3.50 1 4 4 3.00 3 0.12 0 6.62  
4 Kansas State 4 2 3.00 3.0 1 3 2.33 68 2.72 0 8.05 ST 4
5 Florida 5 5 5.00 6 5 6 5.67 8 0.32 1 11.99  
6 Florida State 6 6 6.00 6.0 6 2 4.67 15 0.60 1 12.27 ST 8
7 Texas A&M 7 8 7.50 7 10.5 7 8.17 21 0.84 1 17.51 Sag 11
8 Wisconsin 8 7 7.50 9 10 13 10.67 98 3.92 0 22.09  
9 Penn State 9 9 9.00 12 13 10 11.67 31 1.24 1 22.91  
10 Arizona 10 11 10.50 10 9 12.5 10.50 46 1.84 1 23.84 NYT 14
11 Arkansas 11 10 10.50 5 14 14.25 11.08 83 3.32 0 24.90 NYT 16
12 Nebraska 14 15 14.50 11 7 12 10.00 12 0.48 2 26.98  
13 Notre Dame 13 13 13.00 13 15.75 8 12.25 51 2.04 1 28.29 Sag 22
14 Texas 20 23 21.50 13.5 9 9 10.50 17 0.68 2 34.68 ST 16
15 Virginia 12 12 12.00 19 20 21 20.00 80 3.20 1 36.20  
16 Tulane 15 16 15.50 14 21 26.25 20.42 96 3.84 0 39.76 NYT 94
17 Syracuse 15 17 16.00 26.25 18 17 20.42 37 1.48 2 39.90 ST 29
 
 
  November 9
 
Rank Team AP Coach P Avg ST Sagarin NYT C Avg Sked Q-Rank L Total Notes
1 Tennessee 1 1 1.00 2 2 2 2.00 23 0.92 0 3.92  
2 UCLA 3 3 3.00 1 3 3.0 2.33 10 0.40 0 5.73 NYT 5
3 Kansas State 2 1 1.50 3.0 1 3 2.33 79 3.16 0 6.99 ST 4
4 Florida State 5 5 5.00 5.0 5 1 3.67 5 0.20 1 9.87 ST 6
5 Florida 4 4 4.00 5 4 4 4.33 16 0.64 1 9.97  
6 Texas A&M 6 8 7.00 7 8 6 7.00 25 1.00 1 16.00  
7 Arkansas 10 9 9.50 3 8.25 8 6.42 67 2.68 0 18.60 Sag 13
8 Ohio State 7 7 7.00 10 12 7 9.67 27 1.08 1 18.75  
9 Wisconsin 8 6 7.00 9 11 9 9.67 89 3.56 0 20.23  
10 Arizona 9 10 9.50 8 6 10 8.00 53 2.12 1 20.62  
11 Nebraska 11 11 11.00 11 7 12 10.00 19 0.76 2 23.76  
12 Notre Dame 12 13 12.50 12 17.25 11 13.42 49 1.96 1 28.88 Sag 18
13 Missouri 13 15 14.00 18 15 16 16.33 15 0.60 2 32.93  
14 Oregon 20 19 19.50 13 9 16.5 12.83 11 0.44 2 34.77 NYT 19
15 Texas 18 21 19.50 14 10 14 12.67 24 0.96 2 35.13  
16 Tulane 14 14 14.00 16 21 27.75 21.58 99 3.96 0 39.54 NYT 71
17 Georgia 17 18 17.50 17 17 25.5 19.83 32 1.28 2 40.61 NYT 27
18 Penn State 19 17 18.00 20 16 25 20.33 18 0.72 2 41.05  
19 Michigan 15 16 15.50 22 27 18 22.33 48 1.92 2 41.75  
20 Virginia Tech 16 12 14.00 25 22 24 23.67 100 4.00 1 42.67  
 
 
  November 16
 
Rank Team AP Coach P Avg ST Sagarin NYT C Avg Sked Q-Rank L Total Notes
1 Tennessee 1 2 1.50 1 2.25 2 1.75 13 0.52 0 3.77 Sag 3
2 UCLA 3 3 3.00 2 2 3.0 2.33 12 0.48 0 5.81 NYT 5
3 Kansas State 2 1 1.50 3 1 3 2.33 68 2.72 0 6.55  
4 Florida State 5 5 5.00 5.0 5 1 3.67 9 0.36 1 10.03 ST 6
5 Florida 4 4 4.00 5 4 6 5.00 39 1.56 1 11.56  
6 Texas A&M 6 7 6.50 4 6.0 4 4.67 15 0.60 1 12.77 Sag 9
7 Ohio State 7 6 6.50 9 10 7 8.67 33 1.32 1 17.49  
8 Arizona 8 8 8.00 7 6 9.75 7.58 51 2.04 1 18.62 NYT 10
9 Arkansas 9 9 9.00 8 11 14.25 11.08 57 2.28 1 23.36 NYT 15
10 Notre Dame 10 10 10.00 11 14.25 8 11.08 59 2.36 1 24.44 Sag 19
11 Oregon 15 16 15.50 10 8 12 10.00 16 0.64 2 28.14  
12 Michigan 11 11 11.00 17 19.5 9 15.17 27 1.08 2 29.25 Sag 22
13 Wisconsin 13 12 12.50 14 12 18 14.67 73 2.92 1 31.09  
14 Nebraska 17 19 18.00 13 7 15.00 11.67 14 0.56 3 33.23 NYT 21
15 Georgia 14 15 14.50 12 16 21.00 16.33 34 1.36 2 34.19 NYT 28
16 Tulane 12 13 12.50 16 21 27.75 21.58 101 4.04 0 38.12 NYT 52
17 Penn State 16 14 15.00 20 17 22 19.67 40 1.60 2 38.27  
18 Air Force 20 17 18.50 21.75 18 11 16.92 94 3.76 1 40.18 ST 26
19 Missouri 19 23 21.00 21 15 22 19.33 5 0.20 3 43.53  
20 USC 28 26 27.00 15 13 17 15.00 10 0.40 3 45.40  
21 Virginia 18 18 18.00 18 27 26 23.67 61 2.44 2 46.11  
22 Georgia Tech 21 21 21.00 22 27.75 15 21.58 52 2.08 2 46.66 Sag 30
23 Texas 25 29 27.00 19 14 24 19.00 21 0.84 3 49.84  
24 Miami (Fla.) 22 22 22.00 32.25 29 14 25.08 62 2.48 2 51.56 ST 36
 
 
  November 23
 
Rank Team AP Coach P Avg ST Sagarin NYT C Avg Sked Q-Rank L Total Notes
1 Tennessee 1 2 1.50 2 3 2 2.33 14 0.56 0 4.39  
2 UCLA 3 3 3.00 1 2 2.25 1.75 8 0.32 0 5.07 NYT 4
3 Kansas State 2 1 1.50 3 1 3 2.33 62 2.48 0 6.31  
4 Florida State 4 4 4.00 4 4 1 3.00 5 0.20 1 8.20  
5 Texas A&M 6 6 6.00 5 5 5 5.00 13 0.52 1 12.52  
6 Ohio State 5 5 5.00 7 6 6 6.33 27 1.08 1 13.41  
7 Arizona 7 7 7.00 6 7 7 6.67 51 2.04 1 16.71  
8 Florida 8 8 8.00 11 9 9 9.67 20 0.80 2 20.47  
9 Notre Dame 9 10 9.50 8 12.0 8 9.33 60 2.40 1 22.23 Sag 17
10 Wisconsin 10 9 9.50 10 10 11 10.33 65 2.60 1 23.43  
11 Tulane 11 11 11.00 9 16 18.75 14.58 103 4.12 0 29.70 NYT 37
12 Nebraska 14 17 15.50 12 8 15.0 11.67 15 0.60 3 30.77 NYT 17
13 Arkansas 13 13 13.00 16 15 23.25 18.08 56 2.24 2 35.32 NYT 31
14 Michigan 15 16 15.50 18 22 15 18.33 11 0.44 3 37.27  
15 Georgia 12 12 12.00 13 24 27.75 21.58 46 1.84 2 37.42 NYT 30
16 Air Force 18 14 16.00 22 21 10 17.67 92 3.68 1 38.35  
17 Virginia 16 15 15.50 17 26 21 21.33 54 2.16 2 40.99  
18 Oregon 22 23 22.50 14 11 18.75 14.58 23 0.92 3 41.00 NYT 28
19 Georgia Tech 17 18 17.50 20 25.5 14 19.83 61 2.44 2 41.77 Sag 27
20 Miami (Fla.) 19 20 19.50 27.75 25 12 21.58 73 2.92 2 46.00 ST 34
 
 
  November 30
 
Rank Team AP Coach P Avg ST Sagarin NYT C Avg Sked Q-Rank L Total Notes
1 Tennessee 1 2 1.50 2 3 2 2.33 29 1.16 0 4.99  
2 UCLA 3 3 3.00 1 2 2.25 1.75 7 0.28 0 5.03 NYT 4
3 Kansas State 2 1 1.50 3 1 3 2.33 62 2.48 0 6.31  
4 Florida State 4 4 4.00 4 4 1 3.00 5 0.20 1 8.20  
5 Ohio State 5 5 5.00 6 5 5 5.33 25 1.00 1 12.33  
6 Arizona 6 6 6.00 5 6 7 6.00 54 2.16 1 15.16  
7 Florida 7 7 7.00 10 9 10 9.67 28 1.12 2 19.79  
8 Texas A&M 10 10 10.00 7 8 8 7.67 13 0.52 2 20.19  
9 Wisconsin 8 8 8.00 9 10 9 9.33 63 2.52 1 20.85  
10 Tulane 9 9 9.00 8 16 18.0 14.00 97 3.88 0 26.88 NYT 22
11 Nebraska 13 17 15.00 11 7 13.5 10.50 14 0.56 3 29.06 NYT 15
12 Georgia Tech 12 14 13.00 17 20 10 15.67 44 1.76 2 32.43  
13 Arkansas 11 11 11.00 18 15 21 18.00 59 2.36 2 33.36  
14 Virginia 14 12 13.00 14 19 17 16.67 43 1.72 2 33.39  
15 Syracuse 18 18 18.00 17.25 17 6 13.42 31 1.24 3 35.66 ST 27
 
 
  Final Standings
 
Rank Team AP Coach P Avg ST Sagarin NYT C Avg Sked Q-Rank L Total Notes
1 Tennessee 1 1 1.00 1 2 2 1.67 20 0.80 0 3.47  
2 Florida State 2 2 2.00 2 2.25 1 1.75 4 0.16 1 4.91 Sag 3
3 Kansas State 4 4 4.00 4 1 4.0 3.00 49 1.96 1 9.96 NYT 5
4 Ohio State 3 3 3.00 6.75 6 3 5.25 28 1.12 1 10.37 ST 7
5 UCLA 6 5 5.50 3 4 5.25 4.08 8 0.32 1 10.90 NYT 6
6 Texas A&M 8 9 8.50 6 5 4 5.00 5 0.20 2 15.70  
7 Arizona 5 6 5.50 5 9 9 7.67 58 2.32 1 16.49  
8 Florida 7 7 7.00 10 8 11 9.67 32 1.28 2 19.95  
9 Wisconsin 9 8 8.50 9 10 10 9.67 61 2.44 1 21.61  
10 Tulane 10 10 10.00 8 14 16.5 12.83 96 3.84 0 26.67 NYT 23
11 Nebraska 14 16 15.00 11 7 13.5 10.50 14 0.56 3 29.06 NYT 15
12 Virginia 13 12 12.50 13 18 17 16.00 43 1.72 2 32.22  
13 Arkansas 11 11 11.00 17 12 21.75 16.92 59 2.36 2 32.28 NYT 22
14 Georgia Tech 12 14 13.00 16 20 12 16.00 44 1.76 2 32.76  
15 Syracuse 18 17 17.50 17.25 16 7 13.42 22 0.88 3 34.80 ST 24

 

P Avg — The average of the Associated Press media poll and ESPN/USA Today coaches poll. Others receiving votes are calculated in order of votes received.

C Avg — The average of The Hester & Anderson/Seattle Times, Jeff Sagarin's rankings and New York Times rankings. In order to prevent differences in individual formulas, a maximum adjusted deviation of no greater than 50 percent of the average of the two lowest computer rankings is utilized.

Quartile Rank — Rank of schedule strength compared to other Division I-A teams divided by 25. The component is calculated by determining the cumulative won/loss records of the team's opponent (66.6 percent) and the cumulative won/loss record of the team's opponent's opponents (33.3 percent).

Losses — One point for each loss during the season.

Notes —  Original adjusted computer scores.

 

 

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