1998 Week 3 College Football Team Rankings

September 15, 1998By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1998 Season Tags: • No Comments

1998 rankings calculated with the Classic formula (Ken's 2016-based hybrid, applied retroactively); records, NOW and game results come from James Howell's historical college football score archive.

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Rank	Change	Rating	Team	Conf	Record	Win %	Place	NOW	Game Status
1	6	0.526	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND BE	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Clemson 37–0
2	29	0.696	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND BE	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Rutgers 41–14
3	52	0.701	UCLA	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Texas 49–31
4	17	0.725	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Maryland 31–19
5	47	0.730	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Western Michigan 45–30
6	32	0.784	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Boise State 33–21
7	-5	0.788	Air Force (AIR FORCE)	IND WAC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat UNLV 52–10
8	37	0.866	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	+1	BYE
9	-8	0.871	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat South Carolina 17–3
10	14	0.876	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Toledo 49–0
11	23	1.008	USC	PAC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat San Diego State 35–6
12	1	1.012	Colorado (COLORADO)	B12	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Fresno State 29–21
13	24	1.042	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Vanderbilt 32–7
14	0	1.042	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	B12	3–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat California 24–3
15	1	1.056	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	B12	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat TCU 10–9
16	28	1.100	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Florida State 24–7
17	0	1.163	Penn State (PENN STATE)	B10	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Bowling Green 48–3
18	35	1.168	LSU	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Arkansas State 42–6
19	29	1.192	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat UL Monroe 42–10
20	26	1.217	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	B12	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Northern Illinois 73–7
21	-9	1.217	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	B12	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat North Texas 30–0
22	7	1.241	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Ohio 45–0
23	-17	1.251	Missouri (MISSOURI)	B12	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Kansas 41–23
24	-20	1.265	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Baylor 27–17
25	-22	1.275	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Memphis 14–6
26	31	1.295	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND WAC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Oklahoma State 35–20
27	36	1.304	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Northwestern 44–10
28	-17	1.309	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat UTEP 33–26
29	-10	1.314	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	BYE
30	-12	1.334	Arizona (ARIZONA)	PAC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Stanford 31–14
31	-1	1.339	Marshall (MARSHALL)	MAC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Troy 42–12
32	4	1.368	Utah (UTAH)	IND WAC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Louisville 45–22
33	-10	1.382	Tulane (TULANE)	USA	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat SMU 31–21
34	28	1.431	Idaho (IDAHO)	IND BW	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat San José State 17–12
35	-27	1.460	UCF (CENTRAL FLORIDA)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Eastern Illinois 48–0
36	7	1.470	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Houston 14–7
37	-28	1.475	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Eastern Kentucky 52–7
38	3	1.480	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	BYE
39	8	1.494	Miami (MIAMI)	IND BE	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Cincinnati 38–12
40	2	1.499	Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))	MAC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Army 14–13
41	-8	1.675	TCU	IND WAC	1–1	0.500	45	+1	Lost to Oklahoma 9–10
42	18	1.704	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND WAC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Utah State 39–36
43	49	1.814	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	1–1	0.500	45	+1	Beat Ole Miss 17–0
44	37	1.870	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	1–1	0.500	45	+1	Beat Rice 21–19
45	-10	1.877	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	ACC	1–1	0.500	45	+1	Lost to NC State 7–24
46	10	2.122	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND WAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Montana State 17–9
47	22	2.132	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND BE	1–0	1.000	1	0	BYE
48	30	2.232	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	ACC	1–1	0.500	45	0	Beat New Mexico State 42–7
49	25	2.360	BYU	IND WAC	1–1	0.500	45	0	Beat Arizona State 26–6
50	-35	2.382	Texas (TEXAS)	B12	1–1	0.500	45	0	Lost to UCLA 31–49
51	10	2.398	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND BE	1–1	0.500	45	0	Beat Michigan 38–28
52	-25	2.424	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND WAC	1–1	0.500	45	0	Lost to Idaho 12–17
53	-31	2.466	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	SEC	1–1	0.500	45	0	Lost to Georgia 3–17
54	33	2.467	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND WAC	2–1	0.667	44	+1	Beat Nevada 26–14
55	-29	2.521	Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	1–1	0.500	45	0	Lost to Indiana 30–45
56	-46	2.529	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	1–1	0.500	45	0	Lost to Duke 10–44
57	25	2.550	Akron (AKRON)	MAC	1–1	0.500	45	0	Beat Temple 35–28
58	-26	2.565	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	B12	1–1	0.500	45	0	Lost to Tulsa 20–35
59	-10	2.595	Army (ARMY)	USA	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to Miami (OH) 13–14
60	-55	2.623	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	1–1	0.500	45	0	Lost to Iowa State 9–27
61	5	2.680	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	0–1	0.000	78	0	BYE
62	-22	2.703	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	1–1	0.500	45	0	Lost to Nebraska 3–24
63	16	2.746	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	B12	1–1	0.500	45	0	Beat Iowa 27–9
64	12	2.786	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND BW	0–2	0.000	78	0	Lost to New Mexico 36–39
65	44	2.866	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	1–1	0.500	45	0	Beat Navy 26–14
66	-15	2.892	Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)	IND WAC	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to Colorado 21–29
67	-39	2.950	Toledo (TOLEDO)	MAC	1–1	0.500	45	0	Lost to Ohio State 0–49
68	-18	2.977	Baylor (BAYLOR)	B12	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to Oregon State 17–27
69	6	3.039	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	1–1	0.500	45	0	Beat Middle Tennessee 48–20
70	-6	3.263	Boise State (BOISE STATE)	IND BW	1–1	0.500	45	0	Lost to Washington State 21–33
71	-13	3.272	UL Monroe (LOUISIANA MONROE)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	45	0	Lost to Florida 10–42
72	17	3.274	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND BE	0–1	0.000	78	0	BYE
73	-5	3.318	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	1–1	0.500	45	0	Lost to Virginia 19–31
74	30	3.341	East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)	USA	1–1	0.500	45	0	Beat Tennessee Chattanooga 31–0
75	-16	3.343	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	1–1	0.500	45	0	Lost to Virginia Tech 0–37
76	-11	3.381	Arkansas State (ARKANSAS STATE)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	78	0	Lost to LSU 6–42
77	24	3.381	UTEP	IND WAC	0–2	0.000	78	0	Lost to Oregon 26–33
78	5	3.423	San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)	IND WAC	0–2	0.000	78	0	Lost to USC 6–35
79	-2	3.424	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	B12	1–1	0.500	45	-1	Beat Louisiana Tech 28–7
80	14	3.444	Hawai'i (HAWAII)	IND WAC	0–1	0.000	78	0	BYE
81	10	3.487	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	USA	0–2	0.000	78	0	Lost to Miami 12–38
82	-43	3.505	Rice (RICE)	IND WAC	1–1	0.500	45	-1	Lost to Purdue 19–21
83	28	3.527	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	1–2	0.333	77	0	Beat Notre Dame 45–23
84	-64	3.531	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	1–1	0.500	45	-1	Lost to Auburn 0–17
85	-18	3.572	Ohio (OHIO)	MAC	0–2	0.000	78	0	Lost to Wisconsin 0–45
86	-14	3.574	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND BE	1–1	0.500	45	0	Lost to Boston College 14–41
87	10	3.742	Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)	USA	0–1	0.000	78	0	BYE
88	14	3.763	Louisville (LOUISVILLE)	USA	0–2	0.000	78	0	Lost to Utah 22–45
89	7	3.784	North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)	IND BW	0–2	0.000	78	0	Lost to Texas Tech 0–30
90	9	3.869	UAB	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	78	0	BYE
91	17	3.975	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	0–2	0.000	78	0	Lost to Alabama 7–32
92	13	4.294	Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)	MAC	0–2	0.000	78	0	Lost to Penn State 3–48
93	-68	4.399	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	45	-2	Lost to Michigan State 23–45
94	12	4.537	Central Michigan (CENTRAL MICHIGAN)	MAC	1–1	0.500	45	-1	Beat Western Illinois 35–14
95	-24	4.655	Houston (HOUSTON)	USA	0–2	0.000	78	-1	Lost to Minnesota 7–14
96	-23	4.761	SMU	IND WAC	0–2	0.000	78	-1	Lost to Tulane 21–31
97	-27	4.931	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	PAC	0–2	0.000	78	-1	Lost to BYU 6–26
98	2	4.988	Louisiana Tech (LOUISIANA TECH)	IND FBSI	0–3	0.000	78	-1	Lost to Texas A&M 7–28
99	-19	5.016	Kansas (KANSAS)	B12	0–2	0.000	78	-1	Lost to Missouri 23–41
100	-7	5.016	Memphis (MEMPHIS)	USA	0–2	0.000	78	-1	Lost to Mississippi State 6–14
101	-17	5.037	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	0–2	0.000	78	-1	Lost to Arizona 14–31
102	10	5.142	Eastern Michigan (EASTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	1–1	0.500	45	0	Beat Ball State 13–7
103	4	5.526	Nevada (NEVADA)	IND BW	0–2	0.000	78	-1	Lost to Colorado State 14–26
104	-1	6.035	UNLV	IND WAC	0–2	0.000	78	-1	Lost to Air Force 10–52
105	-19	6.120	Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)	MAC	0–2	0.000	78	-1	Lost to Kansas State 7–73
106	-21	6.694	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND BE	0–2	0.000	78	-2	Lost to Akron 28–35
107	-17	6.800	Ball State (BALL STATE)	MAC	0–2	0.000	78	-2	Lost to Eastern Michigan 7–13
108	-54	6.800	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	78	-1	Lost to Wake Forest 14–26
109	-21	6.842	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	0–2	0.000	78	-2	Lost to Syracuse 28–38
110	-12	7.671	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND BW	0–2	0.000	78	-2	Lost to Georgia Tech 7–42
111	-16	7.798	Louisiana (LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	78	0	Lost to Northwestern State 22–24
112	-2	8.733	Kent State (KENT STATE)	MAC	0–2	0.000	78	0	Lost to Youngstown State 10–24