Season leaderboard
Top 25 College Football Games of 1998
Every completed game in the season, scored without team allegiance by game-time AP poll strength, final-score closeness, and overtime.
- Games
- 25
- Top score
- 77/100
- Overtime
- 0
National ranking
The season's top 25
25 of these games include at least one AP-ranked team at kickoff. Open a supported game for its box score and statistics.
- 1998PostseasonNeutral site
Florida State vs. Tennessee
Florida State 16, Tennessee 23
No. 2 Florida State vs. No. 1 Tennessee · 7-point margin
Ranking 49/50 · Closeness 28/35 · Overtime 0/15
77
Game score
- 1998Week 12
Arkansas at Tennessee
Arkansas 24, Tennessee 28
No. 9 Arkansas vs. No. 1 Tennessee · 4-point margin
Ranking 42/50 · Closeness 31/35 · Overtime 0/15
73
Game score
- 1998PostseasonNeutral site
Kansas State vs. Texas A&M
Kansas State 33, Texas A&M 36
No. 4 Kansas State vs. No. 8 Texas A&M · 3-point margin
Ranking 40/50 · Closeness 32/35 · Overtime 0/15
72
Game score
Full Game · 1998 Texas A&M vs. Kansas State (Big 12 Championship Game Full Game)
- 1998Week 4
Florida at Tennessee
Florida 17, Tennessee 20
No. 8 Florida vs. No. 4 Tennessee · 3-point margin
Ranking 40/50 · Closeness 32/35 · Overtime 0/15
72
Game score
- 1998Week 8
Oregon at UCLA
Oregon 38, UCLA 41
No. 12 Oregon vs. No. 2 UCLA · 3-point margin
Ranking 38/50 · Closeness 32/35 · Overtime 0/15
70
Game score
- 1998Week 6
Georgia at LSU
Georgia 28, LSU 27
No. 7 Georgia vs. No. 11 LSU · 1-point margin
Ranking 34/50 · Closeness 34/35 · Overtime 0/15
68
Game score
- 1998PostseasonNeutral site
Texas A&M vs. Ohio State
Texas A&M 14, Ohio State 24
No. 8 Texas A&M vs. No. 3 Ohio State · 10-point margin
Ranking 41/50 · Closeness 25/35 · Overtime 0/15
66
Game score
- 1998PostseasonNeutral site
Wisconsin vs. UCLA
Wisconsin 38, UCLA 31
No. 9 Wisconsin vs. No. 6 UCLA · 7-point margin
Ranking 37/50 · Closeness 28/35 · Overtime 0/15
65
Game score
- 1998PostseasonNeutral site
Nebraska vs. Arizona
Nebraska 20, Arizona 23
No. 14 Nebraska vs. No. 5 Arizona · 3-point margin
Ranking 33/50 · Closeness 32/35 · Overtime 0/15
65
Game score
- 1998Week 13
Florida at Florida State
Florida 12, Florida State 23
No. 8 Florida vs. No. 4 Florida State · 11-point margin
Ranking 40/50 · Closeness 24/35 · Overtime 0/15
64
Game score
- 1998Week 7
Nebraska at Texas A&M
Nebraska 21, Texas A&M 28
No. 8 Nebraska vs. No. 10 Texas A&M · 7-point margin
Ranking 34/50 · Closeness 28/35 · Overtime 0/15
62
Game score
- 1998Week 12
Missouri at Texas A&M
Missouri 14, Texas A&M 17
No. 19 Missouri vs. No. 6 Texas A&M · 3-point margin
Ranking 27/50 · Closeness 32/35 · Overtime 0/15
59
Game score
- 1998Week 2
Tennessee at Syracuse
Tennessee 34, Syracuse 33
No. 8 Tennessee vs. No. 19 Syracuse · 1-point margin
Ranking 25/50 · Closeness 34/35 · Overtime 0/15
59
Game score
- 1998Week 12
Nebraska at Kansas State
Nebraska 30, Kansas State 40
No. 17 Nebraska vs. No. 2 Kansas State · 10-point margin
Ranking 33/50 · Closeness 25/35 · Overtime 0/15
58
Game score
Full Game · Kansas State vs. Nebraska (Full Broadcast)
- 1998Week 2
Washington at Arizona State
Washington 42, Arizona State 38
No. 11 Washington vs. No. 14 Arizona State · 4-point margin
Ranking 27/50 · Closeness 31/35 · Overtime 0/15
58
Game score
- 1998Week 7
Kansas State at Colorado
Kansas State 16, Colorado 9
No. 4 Kansas State vs. No. 19 Colorado · 7-point margin
Ranking 29/50 · Closeness 28/35 · Overtime 0/15
57
Game score
- 1998Week 9
Missouri at Nebraska
Missouri 13, Nebraska 20
No. 18 Missouri vs. No. 7 Nebraska · 7-point margin
Ranking 27/50 · Closeness 28/35 · Overtime 0/15
55
Game score
- 1998Week 13
Kansas State at Missouri
Kansas State 31, Missouri 25
No. 2 Kansas State vs. No. 24 Missouri · 6-point margin
Ranking 26/50 · Closeness 29/35 · Overtime 0/15
55
Game score
- 1998Week 14
Texas A&M at Texas
Texas A&M 24, Texas 26
No. 10 Texas A&M vs. No. 20 Texas · 2-point margin
Ranking 22/50 · Closeness 33/35 · Overtime 0/15
55
Game score
- 1998Week 6
Penn State at Ohio State
Penn State 9, Ohio State 28
No. 13 Penn State vs. No. 1 Ohio State · 19-point margin
Ranking 38/50 · Closeness 16/35 · Overtime 0/15
54
Game score
- 1998Week 10
Stanford at UCLA
Stanford 24, UCLA 28
Unranked Stanford vs. No. 3 UCLA · 4-point margin
Ranking 23/50 · Closeness 31/35 · Overtime 0/15
54
Game score
- 1998PostseasonNeutral site
Kansas State vs. Purdue
Kansas State 34, Purdue 37
No. 4 Kansas State vs. Unranked Purdue · 3-point margin
Ranking 22/50 · Closeness 32/35 · Overtime 0/15
54
Game score
- 1998Week 14
Georgia Tech at Georgia
Georgia Tech 21, Georgia 19
No. 12 Georgia Tech vs. No. 19 Georgia · 2-point margin
Ranking 21/50 · Closeness 33/35 · Overtime 0/15
54
Game score
- 1998Week 15
UCLA at Miami
UCLA 45, Miami 49
No. 6 UCLA vs. No. 24 Miami · 4-point margin
Ranking 22/50 · Closeness 31/35 · Overtime 0/15
53
Game score
- 1998PostseasonNeutral site
Virginia vs. Georgia
Virginia 33, Georgia 35
No. 13 Virginia vs. No. 19 Georgia · 2-point margin
Ranking 20/50 · Closeness 33/35 · Overtime 0/15
53
Game score
Methodology
How each game earns up to 100 points
AP ranking, 50 points: each team earns 26 minus its game-time AP rank. Unranked teams receive zero.
Closeness, 35 points: the final margin is subtracted from 35, with margins of 35 or more receiving zero.
Overtime, 15 points: overtime starts at nine points and rises by two per additional period, capped at 15.
Regular-season rankings use the AP Top 25 recorded for the game's week. Postseason games use the final regular-season AP poll published before bowl and playoff results. Overtime uses period scoring when available, then explicit overtime notes as a fallback. Historical seasons may have less complete period and box-score data.