Final AP Top 25 Poll for College Football's 1998-99 Season
Updated August 28, 2020 |
Infoplease Staff
Voted on by panel of 70 sportswriters & broadcasters and released on Jan. 5, 1999, following the Fiesta Bowl: winning team receives the Bear Bryant Trophy, given since 1983; first place votes in parentheses, records, total points (based on 25 for 1st, 24 for 2nd, etc.) bowl game result, head coach and career record, preseason rank (released on Aug. 16, 1998) and final regular season rank (released Dec. 6, 1998).
| Final Record |
Points | Bowl Game | Head Coach | Aug. 16 Rank |
Dec. 6 Rank |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tennessee (70) | 13-0 | 1750 | won Fiesta | Phillip Fulmer (7 yrs: 67-11-0) | 10 | 1 |
| 2 | Ohio St. | 11-1 | 1673 | won Sugar | John Cooper (22 yrs: 178-74-6) | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Florida St. | 11-2 | 1574 | lost Fiesta | Bobby Bowden (33 yrs: 292-85-4) | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | Arizona | 12-1 | 1535 | won Holiday | Dick Tomey (22 yrs: 147-98-7) | 24 | 5 |
| 5 | Florida | 10-2 | 1463 | won Orange | Steve Spurrier (12 yrs: 113-31-2) | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | Wisconsin | 11-1 | 1427 | won Rose | Barry Alvarez (9 yrs: 60-42-4) | 20 | 9 |
| 7 | Tulane | 12-0 | 1252 | won Liberty | Tommy Bowden (2 yrs: 19-4-0) | NR | 10 |
| 8 | UCLA | 10-2 | 1123 | lost Rose | Bob Toledo (9 yrs: 54-46-0) | 7 | 6 |
| 9 | Georgia Tech | 10-2 | 1122 | won Gator | George O'Leary (4 yrs: 28-21-0) | NR | 12 |
| 10 | Kansas St. | 11-2 | 1086 | lost Alamo | Bill Snyder (10 yrs: 77-39-1) | 6 | 4 |
| 11 | Texas A&M | 11-3 | 1071 | lost Sugar | R.C. Slocum (10 yrs: 94-28-2) | 14 | 8 |
| 12 | Michigan | 10-3 | 1052 | won Florida Citrus | Lloyd Carr (4 yrs: 39-11-0) | 5 | 15 |
| 13 | Air Force | 12-1 | 980 | won Oahu | Fisher DeBerry (15 yrs: 120-64-1) | NR | 16 |
| 14 | Georgia | 9-3 | 785 | won Peach | Jim Donnan (9 yrs: 88-32-0) | 19 | 19 |
| 15 | Texas | 9-3 | 740 | won Cotton | Mack Brown (15 yrs: 96-77-1) | NR | 20 |
| 16 | Arkansas | 9-3 | 621 | lost Florida Citrus | Houston Nutt (6 yrs: 44-26-0) | NR | 11 |
| 17 | Penn St. | 9-3 | 619 | won Outback | Joe Paterno (33 yrs: 307-80-3) | 13 | 22 |
| 18 | Virginia | 9-3 | 544 | lost Peach | George Welsh (26 yrs: 176-121-4) | 16 | 13 |
| 19 | Nebraska | 9-4 | 454 | lost Holiday | Frank Solich (1 yr: 9-4-0) | 4 | 14 |
| 20 | Miami-FL | 9-3 | 426 | won Micron PC | Butch Davis (4 yrs: 31-15-0) | NR | 24 |
| 21 | Missouri | 8-4 | 335 | won Insight.com | Larry Smith (22 yrs: 136-111-7) | NR | 23 |
| 22 | Notre Dame | 9-3 | 315 | lost Gator | Bob Davie (2 yrs: 16-9-0) | 22 | 17 |
| 23 | Virginia Tech | 9-3 | 256 | won Music City | Frank Beamer (18 yrs: 119-82-4) | NR | NR |
| 24 | Purdue | 9-4 | 236 | won Alamo | Joe Tiller (8 yrs: 57-37-1) | NR | NR |
| 25 | Syracuse | 8-4 | 161 | lost Orange | Paul Pasqualoni (13 yrs: 102-43-1) | 17 | 18 |
Other teams receiving votes: 26. Colorado (8-4, 46 points, won Aloha); 27. Marshall (12-1, 45 pts, won Motor City); 28. Oregon (8-4, 28 pts, lost Aloha); 29. Mississippi St. (8-5, 10 pts, lost Cotton); 30. Miami-OH (10-1, 9 pts, no bowl); 31. West Virginia (8-4, 6 pts, lost Insight.com); 32. Idaho (9-3, 2 pts, won Humanitarian) and TCU (7-5, 2 pts, won Sun); 34. Mississippi (7-5, 1 pt, won Independence) and USC (8-5, 1 pt, lost Sun).
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