College Football 1998
Ranking of University Division Teams

Based on games played between 1998/8/29 and 1999/1/4
Ratings based on Strength of Schedule (Average Rank of Opponents) (Schedule)

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1998 - Ranking of University Division teams based on Strength of Schedule (Average Rank of Opponents)
ScoreDif		WinLoss		Schedule		Team	Other Rankings			Division		Global			Conference
Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating		Comp	AP	Coach	Games	Record	Rank	Games	Record
44	4.85	46	4.11	1	29.64	Auburn	56			11	3-8	1	11	3-8	SEC
3	32.20	2	33.37	2	32.46	Florida State	3	3	3	13	11-2	2	13	11-2	ACC
66	-3.57	68	-4.94	3	34.86	Baylor	76			11	2-9	3	11	2-9	BIG 12
31	9.71	35	9.15	4	36.54	Alabama	35			12	7-5	4	12	7-5	SEC
19	16.56	29	11.53	5	36.82	Missouri	19	21	25	11	7-4	5	12	8-4	BIG 12
30	10.81	26	12.84	6	37.00	Kentucky	32			11	6-5	6	12	7-5	SEC
7	23.85	7	24.77	7	37.62	UCLA	8	8	8	12	10-2	7	12	10-2	PAC-10
37	7.19	30	11.00	8	38.75	Washington	43			12	6-6	8	12	6-6	PAC-10
32	8.76	40	5.88	9	39.36	Louisiana State	46			11	4-7	9	11	4-7	SEC
65	-3.47	57	-0.51	10	39.41	Stanford	65			11	3-8	10	11	3-8	PAC-10
80	-8.69	92	-16.58	11	39.55	South Carolina	90			11	1-10	11	11	1-10	SEC
22	15.63	20	15.37	12	39.85	Southern California	26			13	8-5	12	13	8-5	PAC-10
59	-1.24	74	-6.46	13	39.90	Clemson	73			10	2-8	13	11	3-8	ACC
4	27.71	5	26.57	14	39.95	Florida	6	5	6	11	9-2	14	12	10-2	SEC
8	22.16	8	22.24	15	40.18	Texas A&M	9	11	13	14	11-3	15	14	11-3	BIG 12
62	-2.13	42	5.38	16	40.59	California	55			11	5-6	16	11	5-6	PAC-10
16	17.08	23	14.67	17	41.19	Nebraska	15	19	20	13	9-4	17	13	9-4	BIG 12
17	16.72	13	19.65	18	41.21	Texas	16	15	16	12	9-3	18	12	9-3	BIG 12
23	15.07	10	21.90	19	41.21	Georgia	22	14	14	12	9-3	19	12	9-3	SEC
53	0.70	63	-3.23	20	41.35	Wake Forest	79			10	3-7	20	11	3-8	ACC
84	-10.17	75	-6.50	21	41.59	Vanderbilt	91			11	2-9	21	11	2-9	SEC
1	32.45	1	39.69	22	41.62	Tennessee	1	1	1	13	13-0	22	13	13-0	SEC
69	-5.04	82	-9.72	23	42.05	Maryland	84			10	2-8	23	11	3-8	ACC
36	7.32	32	10.66	24	42.67	Mississippi State	31			12	7-5	24	13	8-5	SEC
14	18.50	16	16.94	25	43.12	Virginia	20	18	18	12	9-3	25	12	9-3	ACC
34	7.82	37	7.31	26	43.17	North Carolina State	39			12	7-5	26	12	7-5	ACC
40	6.16	54	1.03	27	43.96	Michigan State	34			12	6-6	27	12	6-6	BIG 10
45	3.96	39	6.80	28	44.00	Arizona State	49			11	5-6	28	11	5-6	PAC-10
52	2.01	48	2.70	29	44.27	Oklahoma	54			11	5-6	29	11	5-6	BIG 12
79	-8.60	70	-5.51	30	44.77	Iowa	77			11	3-8	30	11	3-8	BIG 10
73	-5.87	87	-12.06	31	44.80	Kansas	68			10	3-7	31	11	4-7	BIG 12
29	11.01	33	9.56	32	45.00	Purdue	17	24	23	13	9-4	32	13	9-4	BIG 10
92	-15.08	83	-10.04	33	45.30	Illinois	88			10	2-8	33	11	3-8	BIG 10
55	0.13	55	0.62	34	45.45	Oregon State	51			11	5-6	34	11	5-6	PAC-10
10	20.56	19	16.07	35	45.67	Syracuse	23	25	24	12	8-4	35	12	8-4	BE
2	32.28	3	29.58	36	46.50	Ohio State	2	2	2	12	11-1	36	12	11-1	BIG 10
61	-1.94	60	-2.28	37	46.55	Iowa State	74			11	3-8	37	11	3-8	BIG 12
28	11.20	17	16.64	38	46.62	Notre Dame	25	22	22	12	9-3	38	12	9-3	I-A-Ind
67	-3.91	66	-4.26	39	46.70	Duke	83			10	3-7	39	11	4-7	ACC
56	0.11	52	1.66	40	46.73	Indiana	62			11	4-7	41	11	4-7	BIG 10
33	8.42	44	4.97	41	46.73	Oklahoma State	44			11	5-6	40	11	5-6	BIG 12
78	-7.60	61	-3.00	42	46.82	Washington State	80			11	3-8	42	11	3-8	PAC-10
26	14.11	24	14.07	43	46.96	Oregon	27			12	8-4	43	12	8-4	PAC-10
11	20.10	4	28.84	44	47.00	Georgia Tech	14	9	11	12	10-2	44	12	10-2	ACC
20	16.54	22	15.30	45	47.04	Penn State	13	17	15	12	9-3	45	12	9-3	BIG 10
48	3.63	49	2.69	46	47.27	Minnesota	50			11	5-6	46	11	5-6	BIG 10
5	25.44	12	19.77	47	47.29	Kansas State	5	10	9	12	10-2	47	13	11-2	BIG 12
13	19.39	11	20.17	48	47.38	Michigan	10	12	12	13	10-3	48	13	10-3	BIG 10
86	-11.18	97	-17.31	49	47.90	Pittsburgh	96			10	1-9	49	11	2-9	BE
68	-4.09	62	-3.18	50	48.00	Boston College	64			11	4-7	51	11	4-7	BE
39	6.65	36	8.46	51	48.00	North Carolina	42			12	7-5	50	12	7-5	ACC
24	14.36	27	12.63	52	48.09	Miami FL	24	20	21	11	8-3	52	12	9-3	BE
15	17.48	18	16.59	53	48.38	Arkansas	21	16	17	12	9-3	53	12	9-3	SEC
27	12.17	28	12.52	54	50.46	Colorado	29			12	8-4	54	12	8-4	BIG 12
35	7.57	51	2.34	55	50.46	Texas Tech	40			12	7-5	55	12	7-5	BIG 12
81	-8.86	84	-11.31	56	50.75	Tulsa	72			10	3-7	56	11	4-7	WAC
89	-12.87	90	-15.63	57	51.71	Northwestern	86			12	3-9	57	12	3-9	BIG 10
104	-21.44	107	-24.89	58	52.09	Nevada Las Vegas	108			11	0-11	58	11	0-11	WAC
71	-5.46	71	-5.83	59	53.10	Rutgers	78			10	4-6	59	11	5-6	BE
91	-14.24	91	-16.48	60	53.80	Navy	95			10	2-8	60	11	3-8	I-A-Ind
51	2.02	41	5.73	61	54.12	Mississippi	47			12	7-5	61	12	7-5	SEC
12	19.69	9	22.11	62	54.19	Arizona	7	4	4	13	12-1	62	13	12-1	PAC-10
74	-6.85	81	-9.49	63	54.32	Houston	82			11	3-8	63	11	3-8	CUSA
100	-19.65	100	-19.07	64	54.80	Temple	101			10	2-8	64	11	2-9	BE
25	14.22	38	6.96	65	54.83	West Virginia	28			12	8-4	65	12	8-4	BE
82	-9.55	76	-6.72	66	55.23	Army	81			11	3-8	66	11	3-8	CUSA
6	24.17	6	25.95	67	55.75	Wisconsin	4	6	5	12	11-1	67	12	11-1	BIG 10
90	-13.47	85	-11.48	68	56.27	Memphis	94			11	2-9	68	11	2-9	CUSA
64	-2.27	67	-4.36	69	56.75	Southern Methodist	63			12	5-7	69	12	5-7	WAC
9	21.20	21	15.35	70	57.33	Virginia Tech	18	23	19	12	9-3	70	12	9-3	BE
97	-18.34	94	-16.85	71	57.45	Cincinnati	103			11	2-9	71	11	2-9	CUSA
58	-0.91	53	1.04	72	57.73	Rice	60			11	5-6	72	11	5-6	WAC
57	-0.06	64	-3.38	73	57.83	Texas Christian	48			12	7-5	73	12	7-5	WAC
38	6.86	31	10.73	74	57.90	Wyoming	41			10	7-3	74	11	8-3	WAC
106	-23.88	101	-20.94	75	58.06	Alabama Birmingham	100			8	1-7	75	11	4-7	I-A-Ind
47	3.80	47	3.00	76	59.67	Southern Mississippi	37			12	7-5	76	12	7-5	CUSA
60	-1.89	56	0.26	77	61.00	Louisville	57			11	6-5	77	12	7-5	CUSA
110	-28.57	103	-21.33	78	61.28	Louisiana Lafayette	109			9	1-8	78	11	2-9	I-A-Ind
102	-20.90	93	-16.70	79	62.00	Louisiana Monroe	93			8	2-6	79	11	5-6	I-A-Ind
54	0.61	59	-1.71	80	62.21	San Diego State	53			12	7-5	80	12	7-5	WAC
75	-6.86	73	-6.28	81	62.23	Louisiana Tech	59			11	5-6	81	12	6-6	I-A-Ind
70	-5.09	78	-8.64	82	63.64	Bowling Green	66			11	5-6	82	11	5-6	MAC
42	5.16	45	4.38	83	64.33	Colorado State	36			12	8-4	83	12	8-4	WAC
43	4.88	43	5.00	84	65.42	Brigham Young	45			13	8-5	84	14	9-5	WAC
87	-12.27	96	-16.89	85	65.88	San Jose State	89			12	4-8	85	12	4-8	WAC
18	16.62	14	18.31	86	65.96	Air Force	12	13	10	13	12-1	86	13	12-1	WAC
77	-7.31	65	-4.11	87	67.80	East Carolina	70			10	5-5	87	11	6-5	CUSA
111	-35.87	112	-37.01	88	68.21	Hawaii	111			12	0-12	88	12	0-12	WAC
85	-10.74	79	-9.02	89	68.86	Ohio University	75			11	5-6	89	11	5-6	MAC
93	-15.24	89	-12.89	90	69.09	North Texas	97			11	3-8	90	11	3-8	BWC
94	-15.40	102	-21.28	91	69.27	Texas El Paso	92			11	3-8	91	11	3-8	WAC
72	-5.50	88	-12.47	92	70.27	Fresno State	67			11	5-6	92	11	5-6	WAC
99	-18.61	99	-18.45	93	70.40	Northern Illinois	106			10	2-8	93	11	2-9	MAC
112	-36.48	111	-34.67	94	71.45	Kent State	112			10	0-10	94	11	0-11	MAC
105	-21.88	104	-21.67	95	72.70	Utah State	102			10	2-8	95	11	3-8	BWC
109	-27.96	110	-27.70	96	73.32	Ball State	110			11	1-10	96	11	1-10	MAC
63	-2.24	58	-0.89	97	73.79	Toledo	61			12	7-5	97	12	7-5	MAC
103	-21.06	108	-25.41	98	73.91	New Mexico	105			11	2-9	98	12	3-9	WAC
21	16.44	15	17.14	99	74.62	Tulane	11	7	7	12	12-0	99	12	12-0	CUSA
101	-20.42	105	-22.87	100	74.91	New Mexico State	99			11	3-8	100	11	3-8	BWC
107	-25.74	109	-26.47	101	77.75	Eastern Michigan	104			10	3-7	101	11	3-8	MAC
49	3.48	50	2.54	102	78.33	Central Florida	38			9	7-2	102	11	9-2	I-A-Ind
50	3.39	69	-5.23	103	79.86	Utah	52			11	7-4	103	11	7-4	WAC
46	3.85	34	9.48	104	79.95	Miami OH	30			11	10-1	104	11	10-1	MAC
76	-7.28	77	-8.12	105	80.50	Nevada Reno	69			10	5-5	105	11	6-5	BWC
108	-27.11	106	-23.32	106	80.55	Arkansas State	107			11	3-8	106	12	4-8	I-A-Ind
98	-18.52	98	-18.29	107	81.86	Akron	98			11	4-7	107	11	4-7	MAC
88	-12.49	72	-6.09	108	82.15	Idaho	58			10	7-3	108	12	9-3	BWC
96	-17.98	95	-16.88	109	82.25	Boise State	87			8	3-5	110	11	6-5	BWC
95	-17.02	86	-11.93	110	82.25	Central Michigan	85			10	5-5	109	11	6-5	MAC
41	5.83	25	13.73	111	83.45	Marshall	33			11	10-1	111	13	12-1	MAC
83	-9.73	80	-9.43	112	87.82	Western Michigan	71			11	7-4	112	11	7-4	MAC

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College Football 1998Ranking of University Division Teams

Based on games played between 1998/8/29 and 1999/1/4Ratings based on Strength of Schedule (Average Rank of Opponents) (Schedule)

College Football 1998
Ranking of University Division Teams

Based on games played between 1998/8/29 and 1999/1/4
Ratings based on Strength of Schedule (Average Rank of Opponents) (Schedule)