1998 Big Ten Conference Schedule and Results

Record*: 74-56, .569 W-L% (2nd of 11) (Schedule and Results)
*W-L-T adjusted to 65-56 by NCAA.

SRS: 6.74 (2nd of 11) ▪ SOS: 4.37 (3rd of 11)

Conference Champion: Michigan, Ohio State and Wisconsin

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 5 (Michigan, Michigan State, Ohio State, Penn State and Wisconsin)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 5 (Michigan, Ohio State, Penn State, Purdue and Wisconsin)

44 Games

Conference games only

Rk	Date	Day	Winner/Tie	Pts		Loser/Tie	Pts	Notes
1	Sep 26, 1998	Sat	Iowa	37	@	Illinois	14
2	Sep 26, 1998	Sat	Michigan	29		Michigan State	17
3	Sep 26, 1998	Sat	(14) Wisconsin	38		Northwestern	7
Rk	Date	Day	Winner/Tie	Pts		Loser/Tie	Pts	Notes
4	Oct 3, 1998	Sat	Illinois	13	@	Northwestern	10
5	Oct 3, 1998	Sat	(25) Michigan	12	@	Iowa	9
6	Oct 3, 1998	Sat	(1) Ohio State	28		(7) Penn State	9
7	Oct 3, 1998	Sat	Purdue	56		Minnesota	21
8	Oct 3, 1998	Sat	(13) Wisconsin	24	@	Indiana	20
Rk	Date	Day	Winner/Tie	Pts		Loser/Tie	Pts	Notes
9	Oct 10, 1998	Sat	Iowa	26		Northwestern	24
10	Oct 10, 1998	Sat	Michigan State	38		Indiana	31
11	Oct 10, 1998	Sat	(1) Ohio State	41	@	Illinois	0
12	Oct 10, 1998	Sat	(13) Penn State	27	@	Minnesota	17
13	Oct 10, 1998	Sat	(12) Wisconsin	31		Purdue	24
Rk	Date	Day	Winner/Tie	Pts		Loser/Tie	Pts	Notes
14	Oct 17, 1998	Sat	Indiana	14		Iowa	7
15	Oct 17, 1998	Sat	Michigan	12	@	Northwestern	6
16	Oct 17, 1998	Sat	(1) Ohio State	45		Minnesota	15
17	Oct 17, 1998	Sat	(12) Penn State	31		Purdue	13
18	Oct 17, 1998	Sat	(9) Wisconsin	37	@	Illinois	3
Rk	Date	Day	Winner/Tie	Pts		Loser/Tie	Pts	Notes
19	Oct 24, 1998	Sat	Michigan	21		Indiana	10
20	Oct 24, 1998	Sat	Minnesota	19		Michigan State	18
21	Oct 24, 1998	Sat	(1) Ohio State	36	@	Northwestern	10
22	Oct 24, 1998	Sat	Purdue	42		Illinois	9
23	Oct 24, 1998	Sat	(9) Wisconsin	31	@	Iowa	0
Rk	Date	Day	Winner/Tie	Pts		Loser/Tie	Pts	Notes
24	Oct 31, 1998	Sat	(22) Michigan	15	@	Minnesota	10
25	Oct 31, 1998	Sat	Michigan State	29		Northwestern	5
26	Oct 31, 1998	Sat	(1) Ohio State	38	@	Indiana	7
27	Oct 31, 1998	Sat	(10) Penn State	27		Illinois	0
28	Oct 31, 1998	Sat	Purdue	36		Iowa	14
Rk	Date	Day	Winner/Tie	Pts		Loser/Tie	Pts	Notes
29	Nov 7, 1998	Sat	Illinois	31		Indiana	16
30	Nov 7, 1998	Sat	(22) Michigan	27		(9) Penn State	0
31	Nov 7, 1998	Sat	Michigan State	28	@	(1) Ohio State	24
32	Nov 7, 1998	Sat	Purdue	56	@	Northwestern	21
33	Nov 7, 1998	Sat	(8) Wisconsin	26		Minnesota	7
Rk	Date	Day	Winner/Tie	Pts		Loser/Tie	Pts	Notes
34	Nov 14, 1998	Sat	Indiana	20		Minnesota	19
35	Nov 14, 1998	Sat	(15) Michigan	27		(8) Wisconsin	10
36	Nov 14, 1998	Sat	(7) Ohio State	45	@	Iowa	14
37	Nov 14, 1998	Sat	(19) Penn State	41		Northwestern	10
38	Nov 14, 1998	Sat	Purdue	25	@	Michigan State	24
Rk	Date	Day	Winner/Tie	Pts		Loser/Tie	Pts	Notes
39	Nov 21, 1998	Sat	Michigan State	41		Illinois	9
40	Nov 21, 1998	Sat	Minnesota	49		Iowa	7
41	Nov 21, 1998	Sat	(7) Ohio State	31		(11) Michigan	16
42	Nov 21, 1998	Sat	Purdue	52		Indiana	7
43	Nov 21, 1998	Sat	(13) Wisconsin	24		(16) Penn State	3
Rk	Date	Day	Winner/Tie	Pts		Loser/Tie	Pts	Notes
44	Nov 28, 1998	Sat	(23) Penn State	51		Michigan State	28

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