Final OAF ranking (& ratings) for the 1998 college football season:

Rank Team Name Rating Record AP ESPN/USA Today Bowl Game Results
1 TENNESSEE 115.8557 13-0 1 1 Beat Florida State 23-16
2 FLORIDA STATE 106.3011 11-2 3 3 Lost to Tennessee
3 FLORIDA 100.1891 10-2 5 6 Beat Syracuse 31-10
4 OHIO STATE 96.6752 11-1 2 2 Beat Texas A+M 24-14
5 ARIZONA 95.4617 12-1 4 4 Beat Nebraska 23-20
6 TEXAS A+M 93.7608 11-3 11 13 Lost to Ohio State
7 TEXAS 91.5862 9-3 15 16 Beat Mississippi State 38-11
8 NEBRASKA 90.0113 9-4 19 20 Lost to Arizona
9 WISCONSIN 88.0682 11-1 6 5 Beat UCLA 38-31
10 PURDUE 87.7085 9-4 24 23 Beat Kansas State 37-34
11 MISSOURI 87.5520 8-4 21 25 Beat West Virginia 34-31
12 UCLA 87.0786 10-2 8 8 Lost to Wisconsin
13 KANSAS STATE 86.9942 11-2 10 9 Lost to Purdue
14 MICHIGAN 86.2109 10-3 12 12 Beat Arkansas 45-31
15 PENN STATE 85.0739 9-3 17 15 Beat Kentucky 26-14
16 MIAMI (F) 82.8432 9-3 20 21 Beat North Carolina State 46-23
17 AIR FORCE 81.1010 12-1 13 10 Beat Washington 45-25
18 MICHIGAN STATE 80.3683 6-6 NR NR No Bowl Game
19 GEORGIA TECH 80.0205 10-2 9 11 Beat Notre Dame 35-28
20 NOTRE DAME 79.3062 9-3 22 22 Lost to Georgia Tech
21 USC 78.3294 8-5 NR NR Lost to TCU
22 GEORGIA 78.1820 9-3 14 14 Beat Virginia 35-33
23 ARKANSAS 77.6367 9-3 16 17 Lost to Michigan
24 VIRGINIA 77.4677 9-3 18 18 Lost to Georgia
25 TULANE 76.0859 12-0 7 7 Beat BYU 41-27
26 COLORADO 75.8617 8-4 26 28 Beat Oregon 50-43
27 OREGON 75.1474 8-4 28 29 Lost to Colorado
28 MISSISSIPPI STATE 74.4899 7-5 29 26 Lost to Texas
29 SYRACUSE 74.4477 8-4 25 24 Lost to Florida
30 OREGON STATE 73.6377
31 VIRGINIA TECH 73.1449
32 WEST VIRGINIA 73.0805
33 WASHINGTON 72.3950
34 OKLAHOMA 70.9096
35 OKLAHOMA STATE 70.5466
36 NORTH CAROLINA STATE 70.1959
37 MISSISSIPPI 70.1498
38 ARIZONA STATE 70.1373
39 TCU 70.1371
40 KENTUCKY 69.9577
41 TEXAS TECH 69.9448
42 COLORADO STATE 69.4864
43 ALABAMA 68.5585
44 SMU 66.8128
45 CALIFORNIA 66.4295
46 LSU 66.3272
47 BAYLOR 66.1655
48 NORTH CAROLINA 65.3689
49 RICE 65.3614
50 WYOMING 64.8960
51 AUBURN 64.6080
52 IOWA STATE 64.5868
53 STANFORD 64.2026
54 KANSAS 63.8725
55 MINNESOTA 62.9441
56 BYU 62.7990
57 SAN DIEGO STATE 62.3694
58 TULSA 62.0599
59 CENTRAL FLORIDA 61.8920
60 INDIANA 61.5801
61 MIAMI (O) 61.0238
62 ILLINOIS 58.8376
63 MARSHALL 58.6584
64 WASHINGTON STATE 57.7128
65 IDAHO 57.2905
66 UTAH 57.1498
67 SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI 56.5762
68 LOUISVILLE 56.1349
69 FRESNO STATE 55.9261
70 BOSTON COLLEGE 54.4396
71 NORTHWESTERN 54.3161
72 IOWA 53.5639
73 WAKE FOREST 52.7951
74 RUTGERS 52.5447
75 UNRENO 51.8251
76 LOUISIANA TECH 51.5344
77 VANDERBILT 51.4357
78 SAN JOSE STATE 50.6699
79 ARMY 50.1263
80 CLEMSON 49.8214
81 MARYLAND 49.7247
82 BGU 49.4716
83 NAVY 49.4121
84 DUKE 48.0377
85 UTEP 47.9046
86 WESTERN MICHIGAN 47.5639
87 EAST CAROLINA 46.6922
88 SOUTH CAROLINA 45.7787
89 BOISE STATE 45.7438
90 UTAH STATE 45.7036
91 NORTH TEXAS STATE 45.0477
92 OHIOU 43.1607
93 TEMPLE 43.1548
94 HOUSTON 42.6331
95 TOLEDO 42.4906
96 PITTSBURGH 41.4225
97 NEW MEXICO STATE 40.8357
98 CINCINNATI 38.8486
99 EASTERN MICHIGAN 38.6270
100 CENTRAL MICHIGAN 38.2294
101 NEW MEXICO 38.0040
102 ALABAMA (BIRMINGHAM) 35.6941
103 MEMPHIS STATE 33.5976
104 AKRON 33.2207
105 UNLV 32.5732
106 NELOUISIANA 31.4889
107 NORTHERN ILLINOIS 31.3276
108 SWLOUISIANA 30.4230
109 ARKANSAS STATE 27.5903
110 BALL STATE 21.9272
111 HAWAII -2.9974
112 KENT STATE -22.6649

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