NCAA Football
NATIONAL CHAMPIONS
University Of Tennessee
Bowl Championship Series College Football Ratings
The following are the final Bowl Championship Series college
football ratings. The weekly rankings list the top 15 teams or
down to the lowest BCS-affiliated conference leader:
POLL COMP QURT
TEAM AP USA AVG SEA SAG NYT AVG SS RANK L TOTAL
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1. Tennessee 1 1 1.0 1 2 2 1.67 20 0.80 0 3.47
2. Florida St 2 2 2.0 2 2.25 1 1.75 4 0.16 1 4.91
3. Kansas St 4 4 4.0 4 1 4.00 3.00 49 1.96 1 9.96
4. Ohio St 3 3 3.0 6.75 6 3 5.25 28 1.12 1 10.37
5. UCLA 6 5 5.5 3 4 5.25 4.08 8 0.32 1 10.90
6. Texas A&M 8 9 8.5 6 5 4 5.00 5 0.20 2 15.70
7. Arizona 5 6 5.5 5 9 9 7.67 58 2.32 1 16.49
8. Florida 7 7 7.0 10 8 11 9.67 32 1.28 2 19.95
9. Wisconsin 9 8 8.5 9 10 10 9.67 61 2.44 1 21.61
10. Tulane 9 10 9.5 8 14 16.5 12.83 96 3.84 0 26.67
11. Nebraska 14 16 15.0 11 7 13.5 10.50 14 0.56 3 29.06
12. Virginia 13 12 12.5 13 18 17 16.00 43 1.72 2 32.22
13. Arkansas 11 11 11.0 17 12 21.75 16.92 59 2.36 2 32.28
14. Georgia Tech 12 14 13.0 16 20 12 16.00 44 1.76 2 32.76
15. Syracuse 18 17 17.5 17.25 16 7 13.42 22 0.88 3 34.80
KEY
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AP -- Associated Press media poll rankings
USA -- USA Today/ESPN coaches' poll rankings
POLL AVG -- Average of poll rankings
SEA -- Seattle Times computer rankings
SAG -- Jeff Sagarin's computer rankings
NYT -- New York Times computer rankings
COMP AVG -- Average of computer rankings
SS -- Strength of schedule
QURT RANK -- Rank of schedule strength compared to other Division I-A
teams divided by 25. This component is calculated by
determining the cumulative win-loss records of the team's
opponent (66.6 percent) and the cumulative win-loss records
of the team's opponents' opponents (33.3 percent)
L -- Losses, one point for each during the season
AP 1998 Final College Football Ratings
The Associated Press Top 25 college football poll, with number
of first-place votes and record in parentheses, total points and
last week's ranking:
TEAM PTS PVS
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1. Tennessee (70) (13-0) 1,750 1
2. Ohio St (11-1) 1,673 3
3. Florida St (11-2) 1,574 2
4. Arizona (12-1) 1,535 5
5. Florida (10-2) 1,463 7
6. Wisconsin (11-1) 1,427 9
7. Tulane (12-0) 1,252 10
8. UCLA (10-2) 1,123 6
9. Georgia Tech (10-2) 1,122 12
10. Kansas St (11-2) 1,086 4
11. Texas A&M (11-3) 1,071 8
12. Michigan (10-3) 1,052 15
13. Air Force (12-1) 980 16
14. Georgia (9-3) 785 19
15. Texas (9-3) 740 20
16. Arkansas (9-3) 621 11
17. Penn St (9-3) 619 22
18. Virginia (9-3) 544 13
19. Nebraska (9-4) 454 14
20. Miami Fla (9-3) 426 24
21. Missouri (8-4) 335 23
22. Notre Dame (9-3) 315 17
23. Virginia Tech (9-3) 256 NR
24. Purdue (9-4) 236 NR
25. Syracuse (8-4) 161 18
Dropped Out: No. 21 Oregon (8-3) and No. 25. Mississippi St (8-4)
Others receiving votes: Colorado 46, Marshall 45, Oregon 28,
Mississippi St 10, Miami Ohio 9, West Virginia 6, Idaho 2,
TCU 2, Mississippi 1, USC 1.
USA Today/ESPN Final College Football Ratings
The USA Today/ESPN Coaches Top 25 college football poll, with
number of first-place votes, 1998 record in parentheses, total
points and last week's ranking:
TEAM PTS PVS
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1. Tennessee (62) (13-0) 1,550 1
2. Ohio St (11-1) 1,473 3
3. Florida St (11-2) 1,376 2
4. Arizona (12-1) 1,347 6
5. Wisconsin (11-1) 1,289 8
6. Florida (10-2) 1,282 7
7. Tulane (12-0) 1,117 10
8. UCLA (10-2) 998 5
9. Kansas St (11-2) 991 4
10. Air Force (12-1) 971 13
11. Georgia Tech (10-2) 932 14
12. Michigan (10-3) 863 15
13. Texas A&M (11-3) 839 9
14. Georgia (9-3) 677 19
15. Penn St (9-3) 640 20
16. Texas (9-3) 577 22
17. Arkansas (9-3) 566 11
18. Virginia (9-3) 485 12
19. Virginia Tech (9-3) 471 24
20. Nebraska (9-4) 321 16
21. Miami Fla (9-3) 291 --
22. Notre Dame (9-3) 256 18
23. Purdue (9-4) 233 --
24. Syracuse (8-4) 192 17
25. Missouri (8-4) 171 --
Dropped Out: No. 21 Oregon (8-4), No. 23 Mississippi St (8-5),
No. 25 West Virginia (8-4).
Others Receiving Votes: Mississippi St 50, Marshall 49, Colorado 38,
Oregon 37, West Virginia 18, Kentucky 15, TCU 11, Mississippi 8,
Miami Ohio 7, Wyoming 6, Idaho 2, North Carolina 1.
Conference Championships
MAC
Marshall-23 Toledo-17
Marshall gets a date opposite Louisville in the Motor City Bowl.
WAC
Air Force-20 BYU-13
Brigham Young is headed to the Liberty Bowl to play Tulane
and Air Force will play in either the Oahu Bowl.
BIG XII
Texas A&M-36 Kansas St.-33 2 OT
Kansas State loses its bid to play in the BCS.
SEC
Tennessee-24 Mississippi State-14
Tennessee only undefeated BCS team left.
1998-99 College Football Bowl Schedule
Las Vegas (VII) at Las Vegas
North Carolina-20
San Diego State-13
Sponsor: Las Vegas Convention and Visitor's Authority
Motor City at Detroit
Marshall-48
Louisville-29
Sponsor: Ford Division (Ford Motor Company)
Aloha at Honolulu, Hawaii
Colorado-51
Oregon-43
Sponsor: Jeep Division of Chrysler Corporation
Oahu at Honolulu, Hawaii
Air Force-45
Washington-25
Sponsor: Jeep Division of Chrysler Corporation
Insight.com at Tucson, Arizona
Missouri-34
West Virginia-31
Sponsor: Insight
Heritage (Division I-AA)at Atlanta
Southern-28
Bethune-Cookman-2
Sponsor: McDonald's Corporation
Sunshine Bowl at Miami
Miami, Fla-46
North Carolina State-23
Sponsor: Micron PC
Music City at Nashville
Virginia Tech-38
Alabama-7
Sponsor: American General Corp. (AGC)
Alamo at San Antonio, Texas
Purdue-37
Kansas State-34
Sponsor: Builders Square
FINAL 1998 NCAA STATS
Humanitarian at Boise, Idaho
Idaho-42
Southern Mississippi-35
Holiday at San Diego
Arizona-23
Nebraska-20
Sponsor: Culligan
Liberty at Memphis, Tennessee
Tulane-41
BYU-27
Sponsor: AXA/Equitable
Peach at Atlanta
Georgia-35
Virginia-33
Sponsor: Chick-Fil-A
Independence at Shreveport, Louisiana
Ole Miss-35
Texas Tech-18
Sponsor: Sanford
Sun at El Paso, Texas
TCU-28
USC-19
Sponsor: Norwest Corporation
Outback at Tampa, Florida
Penn State-26
Kentucky-14
Sponsor: Outback Steakhouse, Inc.
Gator at Jacksonville, Florida
Georgia Tech-35
Notre Dame-28
Sponsor: Toyota Motor Sales, USA, Inc.
Cotton at Dallas
Texas-38
Mississippi State-11
Sponsor: Southwestern Bell
Rose at Pasadena, California
Wisconsin-38
UCLA-31
Sponsor: AT&T
Sugar at New Orleans
Ohio State-24
Texas A & M-14
Sponsor: Nokia Mobile Telephones
Orange at Miami
Florida-31
Syracuse-10
Sponsor: FedEx
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
Fiesta at Tempe, Arizona
Tennessee-23
Florida State-16
Sponsor: Tostitos
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