1998 College Football School Ratings

The SRS columns are SRS broken up into offensive and defensive components.
The Scoring columns are points per game adjusted for strength of opposition.
The Passing, Rushing, and Total columns are yards per attempt adjusted for strength of opposition.
AP Rank reflects the current AP poll ranking or the last ranking from the year.

112 Schools

112 Schools Table
				Overall		SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
1	Ohio State	Big Ten	2	11	1	10.59	12.44	23.02	53.03	0.06
2	Florida State	ACC	3	11	2	5.16	15.19	20.34	47.04	-2.70
3	Tennessee	SEC (East)	1	13	0	8.79	11.17	19.96	48.79	0.53
4	Kansas State	Big 12 (North)	10	11	2	8.43	9.96	18.39	61.36	1.63
5	UCLA	Pac-10	8	10	2	17.86	-0.46	17.40	54.86	11.91
6	Florida	SEC (East)	5	10	2	6.06	10.95	17.02	45.64	0.56
7	Texas A&M	Big 12 (South)	11	11	3	4.11	12.54	16.65	41.21	-3.49
8	Nebraska	Big 12 (North)	19	9	4	4.42	12.18	16.60	46.57	-1.93
9	Wisconsin	Big Ten	6	11	1	3.88	12.57	16.45	45.43	0.34
10	Arizona	Pac-10	4	12	1	7.68	7.02	14.70	46.03	5.54
11	Purdue	Big Ten	24	9	4	11.40	3.31	14.70	51.34	7.36
12	Texas	Big 12 (South)	15	9	3	13.52	0.80	14.32	53.00	11.52
13	Penn State	Big Ten	17	9	3	1.92	11.87	13.79	41.37	-0.36
14	Missouri	Big 12 (North)	21	8	4	6.86	6.78	13.64	44.49	3.20
15	Virginia Tech	Big East	23	9	3	1.57	11.70	13.27	43.25	-0.06
16	Arkansas	SEC (West)	16	9	3	7.61	5.21	12.82	46.19	6.60
17	USC	Pac-10		8	5	3.55	9.19	12.73	41.61	2.44
18	Air Force	WAC (Mountain)	13	12	1	4.78	7.81	12.59	46.68	5.53
19	Georgia Tech	ACC	9	10	2	11.44	0.93	12.37	48.81	12.44
20	Michigan	Big Ten	12	10	3	4.84	7.18	12.01	42.80	4.62
				Overall		SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
21	Miami (FL)	Big East	20	9	3	8.24	3.71	11.94	48.59	10.74
22	Oregon	Pac-10		8	4	10.92	0.64	11.56	52.57	12.42
23	Tulane	CUSA	7	12	0	12.79	-1.27	11.51	51.29	14.16
24	Virginia	ACC	18	9	3	7.45	3.76	11.22	44.56	8.62
25	Syracuse	Big East	25	8	4	10.13	1.08	11.20	53.49	10.50
26	Notre Dame	Ind	22	9	3	3.59	7.56	11.16	40.39	5.05
27	West Virginia	Big East		8	4	8.93	2.11	11.04	47.35	8.91
28	Colorado	Big 12 (North)		8	4	4.11	4.70	8.81	41.10	5.22
29	Michigan State	Big Ten		6	6	6.53	1.61	8.13	44.08	10.19
30	Georgia	SEC (East)	14	9	3	0.07	7.45	7.51	37.33	5.49
31	Kentucky	SEC (East)		7	5	11.32	-4.72	6.60	50.45	17.33
32	Southern Mississippi	CUSA		7	5	0.13	6.21	6.34	42.34	7.09
33	Mississippi State	SEC (West)		8	5	-1.10	7.31	6.21	39.60	5.97
34	Texas Tech	Big 12 (South)		7	5	3.51	2.58	6.09	42.10	8.96
35	Oklahoma State	Big 12 (South)		5	6	6.83	-0.78	6.05	43.80	11.25
36	Colorado State	WAC (Mountain)		8	4	4.04	1.72	5.76	40.77	11.17
37	LSU	SEC (West)		4	7	6.55	-0.79	5.75	46.16	12.14
38	Alabama	SEC (West)		7	5	2.06	3.32	5.38	38.32	9.67
39	BYU	WAC (Pacific)		9	5	1.80	2.42	4.22	37.69	10.49
40	North Carolina State	ACC		7	5	8.19	-3.99	4.20	43.89	15.47
				Overall		SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
41	Washington	Pac-10		6	6	3.06	1.04	4.10	41.03	12.26
42	Minnesota	Big Ten		5	6	-0.89	4.01	3.12	36.83	8.83
43	Arizona State	Pac-10		5	6	7.58	-4.61	2.98	45.34	17.65
44	UCF	Ind		9	2	2.39	0.56	2.95	40.88	13.03
45	Texas Christian	WAC (Mountain)		7	5	0.95	1.15	2.10	36.35	10.31
46	Auburn	SEC (West)		3	8	-5.43	7.21	1.78	31.40	3.65
47	California	Pac-10		5	6	-3.91	5.59	1.68	31.55	7.19
48	Oklahoma	Big 12 (South)		5	6	-3.82	5.44	1.62	33.62	7.36
49	North Carolina	ACC		7	5	0.84	0.77	1.61	36.95	11.66
50	Oregon State	Pac-10		5	6	1.07	0.44	1.51	39.08	10.57
51	Ole Miss	SEC (West)		7	5	1.17	0.29	1.46	37.15	13.09
52	Miami (OH)	MAC (East)		10	1	-4.27	5.66	1.39	32.90	9.54
53	Wyoming	WAC (Mountain)		8	3	-3.59	4.85	1.26	31.76	8.40
54	Indiana	Big Ten		4	7	-0.99	1.77	0.78	35.69	12.17
55	Utah	WAC (Pacific)		7	4	1.23	-0.65	0.58	38.57	12.83
56	Rice	WAC (Mountain)		5	6	-1.24	1.77	0.53	34.36	10.97
57	San Diego State	WAC (Pacific)		7	5	-2.86	3.28	0.42	32.74	9.88
58	Marshall	MAC (East)		12	1	0.08	-0.12	-0.04	34.32	15.03
59	Louisville	CUSA		7	5	10.49	-10.76	-0.28	48.27	25.46
60	Louisiana Tech	Ind		6	6	8.92	-9.63	-0.70	52.28	24.94
				Overall		SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
61	Kansas	Big 12 (North)		4	7	2.72	-3.46	-0.74	41.94	17.44
62	Fresno State	WAC (Pacific)		5	6	-3.22	2.13	-1.09	34.41	10.70
63	Boston College	Big East		4	7	-0.53	-1.20	-1.73	36.00	12.51
64	Clemson	ACC		3	8	-4.75	2.80	-1.95	32.76	12.20
65	Baylor	Big 12 (South)		2	9	-3.05	0.60	-2.45	34.90	11.25
66	SMU	WAC (Mountain)		5	7	-6.33	3.74	-2.60	30.26	9.29
67	Iowa State	Big 12 (North)		3	8	-2.16	-0.45	-2.61	36.25	14.30
68	Stanford	Pac-10		3	8	1.54	-4.24	-2.70	38.07	17.56
69	Idaho	Big West		9	3	0.93	-4.30	-3.37	38.58	18.97
70	Iowa	Big Ten		3	8	-5.54	1.89	-3.65	31.61	12.45
71	Houston	CUSA		3	8	-0.76	-2.96	-3.72	35.48	16.11
72	Bowling Green	MAC (East)		5	6	-0.55	-3.46	-4.00	35.28	21.61
73	Toledo	MAC (West)		7	5	-8.54	4.52	-4.02	25.54	11.77
74	Tulsa	WAC (Mountain)		4	7	-5.19	0.88	-4.31	33.37	12.85
75	Nevada	Big West		6	5	1.22	-5.66	-4.45	41.80	20.08
76	East Carolina	CUSA		6	5	-1.81	-3.17	-4.98	33.58	17.06
77	Washington State	Pac-10		3	8	-4.06	-1.69	-5.75	32.59	16.30
78	Northwestern	Big Ten		3	9	-4.88	-1.40	-6.28	32.54	15.60
79	Wake Forest	ACC		3	8	-2.62	-3.83	-6.45	33.70	17.70
80	Army	CUSA		3	8	-1.90	-4.71	-6.61	33.11	16.39
				Overall		SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
81	Maryland	ACC		3	8	-6.24	-0.67	-6.90	30.22	13.58
82	Duke	ACC		4	7	-3.75	-3.18	-6.93	32.68	18.01
83	South Carolina	SEC (East)		1	10	-2.86	-4.10	-6.96	33.16	17.46
84	San Jose State	WAC (Pacific)		4	8	-3.05	-4.21	-7.26	33.30	21.28
85	Ohio	MAC (East)		5	6	-3.45	-4.13	-7.58	30.33	20.86
86	Western Michigan	MAC (West)		7	4	4.79	-12.71	-7.92	36.82	27.56
87	Illinois	Big Ten		3	8	-8.84	0.91	-7.93	27.62	15.15
88	Rutgers	Big East		5	6	-6.28	-2.16	-8.44	29.43	20.32
89	Pitt	Big East		2	9	-3.83	-4.90	-8.74	33.44	17.80
90	UTEP	WAC (Pacific)		3	8	-5.89	-3.02	-8.91	29.92	16.47
91	Memphis	CUSA		2	9	-4.76	-4.21	-8.97	30.94	17.79
92	UAB	Ind		4	7	-6.02	-3.52	-9.54	30.41	17.51
93	Louisiana-Monroe	Ind		5	6	-8.19	-1.78	-9.97	27.31	18.67
94	Boise State	Big West		6	5	-0.25	-10.15	-10.39	34.48	23.51
95	Utah State	Big West		3	8	-6.97	-4.03	-11.00	29.21	17.77
96	Vanderbilt	SEC (East)		2	9	-9.22	-2.02	-11.23	26.91	19.52
97	Navy	Ind		3	8	-1.89	-9.45	-11.34	33.09	24.12
98	New Mexico State	Big West		3	8	3.04	-14.67	-11.63	37.96	28.14
99	Central Michigan	MAC (West)		6	5	-9.13	-2.97	-12.10	24.70	20.27
100	North Texas	Big West		3	8	-11.24	-1.22	-12.45	25.52	14.29
				Overall		SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
101	Temple	Big East		2	9	-5.87	-7.31	-13.18	29.26	21.82
102	Akron	MAC (East)		4	7	-5.52	-7.89	-13.41	29.02	24.70
103	New Mexico	WAC (Pacific)		3	9	-4.16	-9.37	-13.53	31.78	24.47
104	Cincinnati	CUSA		2	9	-3.92	-9.99	-13.91	33.28	28.39
105	Nevada-Las Vegas	WAC (Mountain)		0	11	-7.50	-7.93	-15.43	29.18	23.65
106	Arkansas State	Ind		4	8	-11.33	-4.95	-16.28	22.42	22.97
107	Louisiana	Ind		2	9	-8.48	-8.35	-16.84	26.56	29.69
108	Northern Illinois	MAC (West)		2	9	-12.56	-5.19	-17.75	21.53	23.01
109	Eastern Michigan	MAC (West)		3	8	-8.96	-9.31	-18.27	23.74	25.51
110	Ball State	MAC (West)		1	10	-13.48	-8.40	-21.88	20.73	26.00
111	Hawaii	WAC (Pacific)		0	12	-11.80	-10.29	-22.08	24.18	26.45
112	Kent State	MAC (East)		0	11	-15.07	-12.02	-27.09	19.00	35.71

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