Mississippi State
SEC · 1998 Season · Final
All-Time Resume
- 12-Team Playoff & Revenue Era · 2 seasons
- Limited Playoff Era · 26 seasons
- Independents & Bowl Tie-In Era · 16 seasons
- Divisional Era · 26 seasons
- AP Poll & Postwar Era · 19 seasons · 3 Top 10
- Forward Pass & Stadium Boom Era · 30 seasons
- Pioneer Era · 2 seasons
Final finishes, as published; the season in progress counts toward record only. Compare Mississippi State head-to-head · History & Eras
1998 Schedule & Results
| Wk | Date | Opponent | Conf | Opp. Record | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Week 2 · Sep 8 |  Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)H2H |  SEC | 2–9 | W 42–0 |
| 3 | Week 3 · Sep 15 |  Memphis (MEMPHIS)H2H |  USA | 2–9 | W 14–6 |
| 4 | Week 4 · Sep 22 |  Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)H2H |  B12 | 5–6 | L 23–42 |
| 5 | Week 5 · Sep 29 |  South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)H2H | SEC | 1–10 | W 38–0 |
| 7 | Week 7 · Oct 13 |  Auburn (AUBURN)H2H | SEC | 3–8 | W 38–21 |
| 8 | Week 8 · Oct 20 | EAST TENNESSEE STATE | Unranked | — | W 53–6 |
| 9 | Week 9 · Oct 27 |  LSUH2H | SEC | 4–7 | L 6–41 |
| 11 | Week 11 · Nov 10 |  Kentucky (KENTUCKY)H2H | SEC | 7–5 | L 35–37 |
| 12 | Week 12 · Nov 17 |  Alabama (ALABAMA)H2H | SEC | 7–5 | W 26–14 |
| 13 | Week 13 · Nov 24 |  Arkansas (ARKANSAS)H2H | SEC | 9–3 | W 22–21 |
| 14 | Week 14 · Dec 1 |  Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)H2H | SEC | 7–5 | W 28–6 |
| 15 | Regular Season Final · Dec 8 |  Tennessee (TENNESSEE)H2H | SEC | 13–0 | L 14–24 |
| 18 | Final · Jan 5 |  Texas (TEXAS)H2H | B12 | 9–3 | L 11–38 |
Past season results come from the published weekly rankings; home/away is not recorded. Unranked = opponent outside the ranked field. Kickoff times in Eastern Time. TBD = not yet announced. vs* = neutral site. Opp. Record is the current season record; — = unavailable.
Where the rating sits on the 12-tier scale (lower is better).
- Arkansas +9
- Alabama +7
- Ole Miss +7
- Auburn +3
- Vanderbilt +2
- Memphis +2
- South Carolina +1
- Tennessee 0
- Texas -3
- Kentucky -5
- Oklahoma State -6
- LSU -7
Each win stacks that opponent's win total to the right; each loss stacks that opponent's loss total to the left.
0.615 Win % · Change -5
Percent of all FBS teams this team is ahead of.
Higher on the chart = better rank.
Bars above the line are wins, below are losses; height = point margin.
Higher = better finish. Ranks as published.