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1998 Year Summary

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National Champion: Tennessee (AP, BCS, FWAA, NFF, USA-ESPN)

Heisman Memorial Trophy: Ricky Williams (Texas)
Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year Award: Phillip Fulmer (Tennessee)

AP Preseason #1: Ohio State ▪ AP Final #1: Tennessee

Conference Summary

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			Overall				Bowls				SRS		Polls
Rk	Conference	Schs	G	W	L	Pct	G	W	L	Pct	SRS	SOS	Pre	Final	Champion
1	Big 12 Conference	12	143	82	61	.573	7	3	4	.429	8.03	5.24	3	5	Texas A&M
2	Big Ten Conference	11	130	74	56	.569	5	5	0	1.000	6.74	4.37	5	5	Michigan Ohio State Wisconsin
3	Pacific-10 Conference	10	117	65	52	.556	5	1	4	.200	5.82	4.64	4	2	UCLA
4	Southeastern Conference	12	142	80	62	.563	8	4	4	.500	5.52	3.62	5	4	Tennessee
5	Atlantic Coast Conference	9	105	57	48	.543	5	2	3	.400	3.06	2.10	3	3	Florida State Georgia Tech
6	Big East Conference	8	92	47	45	.511	4	2	2	.500	1.92	0.97	2	3	Syracuse
7	Conference USA	8	91	42	49	.462	3	1	2	.333	-2.58	-1.47	1	1	Tulane
8	Western Athletic Conference	16	188	87	101	.463	4	2	2	.500	-2.98	-1.73	1	1	Air Force
9	Independent	8	91	42	49	.462	1	0	1	.000	-6.32	-3.99	1	1
10	Big West Conference	6	67	30	37	.448	1	1	0	1.000	-8.88	-6.16	0	0	Idaho
11	Mid-American Conference	12	135	62	73	.459	1	1	0	1.000	-11.05	-8.86	0	0	Marshall

AP Poll Summary

School	Conf	Pre	9/7	9/14	9/21	9/28	10/5	10/12	10/19	10/26	11/2	11/9	11/16	11/23	11/30	12/7	Final
Tennessee	SEC	10	8	6	4	3	4	3	3	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1
Ohio State	Big Ten	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	7	7	5	5	3	2
Florida State	ACC	2	2	11	10	9	8	6	6	5	6	5	5	4	4	2	3
Arizona	Pac-10	24	21	16	16	14	10	16	14	13	10	9	8	7	6	5	4
Florida	SEC	3	3	2	8	8	6	5	5	6	5	4	4	8	7	7	5
Wisconsin	Big Ten	20	17	14	14	13	12	9	9	9	8	8	13	10	8	9	6
Tulane	CUSA						25	24	22	19	15	14	12	11	9	10	7
UCLA	Pac-10	7	6	4	3	4	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	6	8
Georgia Tech	ACC							25	20	23	23	22	21	17	12	12	9
Kansas State	Big 12	6	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	2	2	2	2	4	10
Texas A&M	Big 12	14	18	17	17	18	18	10	8	8	7	6	6	6	10	8	11
Michigan	Big Ten	5	13			25				22	22	15	11	15	15	15	12
Air Force	WAC				23						25	23	20	18	17	16	13
Georgia	SEC	19	15	12	13	12	7	13	11	11	19	17	14	12	19	19	14
Texas	Big 12		23								20	18	25		20	20	15
Arkansas	SEC					22	20	17	15	14	11	10	9	13	11	11	16
Penn State	Big Ten	13	9	8	7	7	13	12	10	10	9	19	16	23	22	22	17
Virginia	ACC	16	12	10	11	10	9	7	16	15	12	21	18	16	14	13	18
Nebraska	Big 12	4	4	3	2	2	2	8	7	7	14	11	17	14	13	14	19
Miami (FL)	Big East									25	24	24	22	19		24	20
Missouri	Big 12		25	21	25	23	21	20	19	18	18	13	19	24	24	23	21
Notre Dame	Ind	22	10	23	23	23	22	18	18	16	13	12	10	9	16	17	22
Virginia Tech	Big East				21	19	17	14	23	20	15	16	23	20	25		23
Purdue	Big Ten																24
Syracuse	Big East	17	19	13	12	11	24	23	21	17	15		24	21	18	18	25
School	Conf	Pre	9/7	9/14	9/21	9/28	10/5	10/12	10/19	10/26	11/2	11/9	11/16	11/23	11/30	12/7	Final
Alabama	SEC			24	22
Arizona State	Pac-10	8	14
Auburn	SEC	25
Colorado	Big 12		16	15	15	15	14	19	17	24
Colorado State	WAC	15
Louisiana State	SEC	9	7	7	6	6	11	21
Michigan State	Big Ten	23
Mississippi State	SEC			25					24					25	23	25
North Carolina	ACC	12
North Carolina State	ACC			20			23
Oregon	Pac-10		24	22	20	17	15	11	12	12	21	20	15	22	21	21
Southern California	Pac-10		22	18	18	21	19
Southern Mississippi	CUSA	21
Texas Tech	Big 12							22	25
Washington	Pac-10	18	11	9	9	20
West Virginia	Big East	11	20	19	19	16	16	15	13	21
Wyoming	WAC											25

Award Winners

AP Player of the Year Award:	Ricky Williams (Texas)
Bronko Nagurski Award:	Champ Bailey (Georgia)
Chuck Bednarik Award:	Dat Nguyen (Texas A&M)
Davey O'Brien Award:	Michael Bishop (Kansas State)
Dick Butkus Award:	Chris Claiborne (Southern California)
Doak Walker Award:	Ricky Williams (Texas)
Fred Biletnikoff Award:	Troy Edwards (Louisiana Tech)
Heisman Memorial Trophy:	Ricky Williams (Texas)
Jim Thorpe Award:	Antoine Winfield (Ohio State)
John Outland Trophy:	Kris Farris (UCLA)
Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award:	Cade McNown (UCLA)
Lou Groza Award:	Sebastian Janikowski (Florida State)
Maxwell Award:	Ricky Williams (Texas)
Sammy Baugh Trophy:	Duante Culpepper (Central Florida)
Vince Lombardi Award:	Dat Nguyen (Texas A&M)
Walter Camp Player of the Year Award:	Ricky Williams (Texas)

AFCA Coach of the Year Award:	Phillip Fulmer (Tennessee)
AP Coach of the Year Award:	Bill Snyder (Kansas State)
Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year Award:	Phillip Fulmer (Tennessee)
Home Depot Coach of the Year Award:	Phillip Fulmer (Tennessee)
Paul "Bear" Bryant Coach of the Year Award:	Bill Snyder (Kansas State)
Walter Camp Coach of the Year Award:	Bill Snyder (Kansas State)

Consensus All-America Teams

* unanimous selection

Offense
Michael Bishop, QB, Kansas State
Tim Couch, QB, Kentucky
Cade McNown, QB, UCLA
Mike Cloud, RB, Boston College
Ricky Williams*, RB, Texas
Troy Edwards, WR, Louisiana Tech
Torry Holt, WR, North Carolina State
Peter Warrick, WR, Florida State
Rufus French*, TE, Mississippi
Kris Farris, OL, UCLA
Aaron Gibson, OL, Wisconsin
Rob Murphy, OL, Ohio State
Craig Page, OL, Georgia Tech
Matt Stinchcomb, OL, Georgia
Sebastian Janikowski, K, Florida State
David Allen, KR, Kansas State

Defense
Tom Burke*, DL, Wisconsin
Jared Devries, DL, Iowa
Montae Reagor, DL, Texas Tech
Chris Claiborne*, LB, Southern California
Jeff Kelly, LB, Kansas State
Dat Nguyen*, LB, Texas A&M
Al Wilson, LB, Tennessee
Champ Bailey, DB, Georgia
Chris McAlister*, DB, Arizona
Anthony Poindexter, DB, Virginia
Antoine Winfield*, DB, Ohio State
Joe Kristosik, P, Nevada-Las Vegas

Year Leaders

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Pass Completions

1.	Tim Couch (KY)	400
2.	Tim Rattay (LATECH)	380
3.	Drew Brees* (PUR)	361
4.	Chris Redman (LOU)	309
5.	Chad Pennington* (MARSH)	297
6.	Daunte Culpepper (CFL)	296
7.	Marc Bulger* (WV)	274
8.	Shaun King* (TLN)	246
9.	Tim Lester (WMI)	236
10.	Todd Husak (STAN)	233

Pass Attempts

1.	Drew Brees* (PUR)	569
2.	Tim Rattay (LATECH)	559
3.	Tim Couch (KY)	553
4.	Chris Redman (LOU)	473
5.	Chad Pennington* (MARSH)	456
6.	Todd Husak (STAN)	447
7.	Marc Bulger* (WV)	419
8.	Tim Lester (WMI)	406
9.	Daunte Culpepper (CFL)	402
10.	Chris Wallace (TOL)	400

Pass Completion Percentage

1.	Daunte Culpepper (CFL)	73.6
2.	Tim Couch (KY)	72.3
3.	Tim Rattay (LATECH)	68.0
4.	Shaun King* (TLN)	67.2
5.	Marc Bulger* (WV)	65.4
6.	Chris Redman (LOU)	65.3
7.	Chad Pennington* (MARSH)	65.1
8.	Drew Brees* (PUR)	63.4
9.	David Garrard (ECAR)	61.6
10.	Ryan Eslinger (COST)	61.3

Passing Yards

1.	Tim Rattay (LATECH)	4943
2.	Tim Couch (KY)	4275
3.	Chris Redman (LOU)	4042
4.	Drew Brees* (PUR)	3983
5.	Chad Pennington* (MARSH)	3830
6.	Akili Smith* (OR)	3763
7.	Daunte Culpepper (CFL)	3690
8.	Marc Bulger* (WV)	3607
9.	Shaun King* (TLN)	3508
10.	Joe Germaine* (OHST)	3330

Passing Yards Per Attempt

1.	Akili Smith* (OR)	10.1
2.	Cade McNown* (UCLA)	9.7
3.	Michael Bishop (KSST)	9.6
4.	Shaun King* (TLN)	9.6
5.	David Neill (NV)	9.4
6.	Jarious Jackson* (NDAME)	9.3
7.	Daunte Culpepper (CFL)	9.2
8.	Major Applewhite (TX)	9.0
9.	Tim Rattay (LATECH)	8.8
10.	Chris Weinke (FLST)	8.7

Adjusted Passing Yards Per Attempt

1.	Shaun King* (TLN)	10.9
2.	Akili Smith* (OR)	10.9
3.	Michael Bishop (KSST)	10.4
4.	David Neill (NV)	10.0
5.	Daunte Culpepper (CFL)	9.8
6.	Cade McNown* (UCLA)	9.7
7.	Tim Rattay (LATECH)	9.4
8.	Jarious Jackson* (NDAME)	9.2
9.	Joe Germaine* (OHST)	9.2
10.	Chris Weinke (FLST)	9.1

Passing Touchdowns

1.	Tim Rattay (LATECH)	46
2.	Drew Brees* (PUR)	39
3.	Shaun King* (TLN)	38
4.	Tim Couch (KY)	36
5.	Akili Smith* (OR)	32
6.	Marc Bulger* (WV)	31
7.	David Neill (NV)	29
	Chris Redman (LOU)	29
9.	Chad Pennington* (MARSH)	28
	Daunte Culpepper (CFL)	28

Passing Interceptions

1.	Drew Brees* (PUR)	20
	Todd Bandhauer (IAST)	20
3.	Brian Kuklick (WAKE)	17
	Graham Leigh (NM)	17
5.	Tim Lester (WMI)	16
	Mike McMahon (RUT)	16
7.	Chris Redman (LOU)	15
	Tim Couch (KY)	15
9.	Brandon Streeter (CLEM)	14
	Paul Mencke (WAST)	14
	Matt Lytle (PITT)	14
	Gavin Hoffman (NWEST)	14

Passing Efficiency Rating

1.	Shaun King* (TLN)	178.7
2.	Daunte Culpepper (CFL)	170.2
3.	Akili Smith* (OR)	167.3
4.	Tim Rattay (LATECH)	164.8
5.	David Neill (NV)	159.8
6.	Michael Bishop (KSST)	158.9
7.	Marc Bulger* (WV)	157.3
8.	Cade McNown* (UCLA)	156.9
9.	Tim Couch (KY)	153.3
10.	Donovan McNabb* (SYR)	153.1

Rush Attempts

1.	Travis Prentice (MIAOH)	365
2.	Ricky Williams (TX)	361
3.	Mike Cloud (BC)	308
4.	Ricky Williams (TXTECH)	306
5.	Ron Dayne* (WI)	295
6.	Darren Davis (IAST)	294
7.	Eric Flowers (CMI)	292
8.	Amos Zereoue* (WV)	283
	Devin West (MO)	283
10.	Doug Chapman* (MARSH)	278

Rushing Yards

1.	Ricky Williams (TX)	2124
2.	Travis Prentice (MIAOH)	1787
3.	Mike Cloud (BC)	1726
4.	Ricky Williams (TXTECH)	1582
5.	Devin West (MO)	1578
6.	Ron Dayne* (WI)	1525
7.	Denvis Manns (NMST)	1469
8.	Amos Zereoue* (WV)	1462
9.	Edgerrin James (MIAFL)	1416
10.	James Johnson (MSST)	1383

Rushing Yards Per Attempt

1.	Reuben Droughns* (OR)	7.4
2.	Trung Canidate (AZ)	7.3
3.	Basil Mitchell (TXX)	6.7
4.	James Jackson (MIAFL)	6.6
5.	Joe Montgomery* (OHST)	6.5
6.	Eric McCoo (PAST)	6.5
7.	Antwoine Womack (VA)	6.3
8.	Michael Wiley* (OHST)	6.2
9.	Teofilo Riley (MEM)	6.2
10.	Edward Mack (CFL)	6.2

Rushing Touchdowns

1.	Ricky Williams (TX)	27
2.	Travis Prentice (MIAOH)	19
	Leroy Collins (LOU)	19
4.	Doug Chapman* (MARSH)	17
	Edgerrin James (MIAFL)	17
	Devin West (MO)	17
7.	Kelvin Eafon (AZ)	16
	Joel Thomas (ID)	16
	Eric Flowers (CMI)	16
10.	Blane Morgan (AF)	15
	Ron Dayne* (WI)	15
	Anthony Thomas* (MI)	15
	Autry Denson* (NDAME)	15

Receptions

1.	Troy Edwards (LATECH)	140
2.	Dameane Douglas (CA)	100
3.	Geoff Noisy (NV)	94
4.	Arnold Jackson (LOU)	90
5.	Torry Holt (NCST)	88
	Siaha Burley (CFL)	88
7.	Craig Yeast (KY)	85
	David Boston* (OHST)	85
9.	Isaac Jones* (PUR)	83
	D'Wayne Bates (NWEST)	83

Receiving Yards

1.	Troy Edwards (LATECH)	1996
2.	Torry Holt (NCST)	1604
3.	David Boston* (OHST)	1435
4.	Geoff Noisy (NV)	1405
5.	Travis McGriff (FL)	1357
6.	Craig Yeast (KY)	1311
7.	D'Wayne Bates (NWEST)	1245
8.	Peter Warrick (FLST)	1232
9.	P.J. Franklin* (TLN)	1221
10.	Trevor Insley (NV)	1220

Receiving Yards Per Reception

1.	Kevin Coffey (VA)	25.3
2.	Anthony Lucas (AR)	23.3
3.	Robert Kilow (ARST)	22.8
4.	James Williams* (MARSH)	22.7
5.	Danny Farmer* (UCLA)	22.2
6.	Darrius Malone (ALBIRM)	22.1
7.	Corey Alston (WMI)	21.9
8.	Dez White (GATECH)	21.2
9.	Tony Hartley* (OR)	21.1
10.	Aaron Lockett (KSST)	21.1

Receiving Touchdowns

1.	Troy Edwards (LATECH)	27
2.	Craig Yeast (KY)	14
3.	David Boston* (OHST)	13
	Ryan Shaw (NMST)	13
	Sherrod Gideon* (SMS)	13
6.	Peter Warrick (FLST)	12
	JaJuan Dawson* (TLN)	12
	Ibn Green (LOU)	12
9.	Torry Holt (NCST)	11
	Trevor Insley (NV)	11
	Marty Booker (LAMON)	11
	Tai Streets* (MI)	11
	Rodney Smith (BOISE)	11
	P.J. Franklin* (TLN)	11

Plays From Scrimmage

1.	Ricky Williams (TX)	385
2.	Travis Prentice (MIAOH)	376
3.	Mike Cloud (BC)	332
4.	Ricky Williams (TXTECH)	324
5.	Darren Davis (IAST)	323
6.	Amos Zereoue* (WV)	306
7.	Doug Chapman* (MARSH)	304
8.	Ron Dayne* (WI)	301
9.	Sedrick Irvin (MIST)	300
10.	Eric Flowers (CMI)	296

Yards From Scrimmage

1.	Ricky Williams (TX)	2386
2.	Troy Edwards (LATECH)	2223
3.	Mike Cloud (BC)	1924
4.	Travis Prentice (MIAOH)	1894
5.	Ricky Williams (TXTECH)	1758
6.	Torry Holt (NCST)	1706
7.	Edgerrin James (MIAFL)	1671
8.	Ronney Jenkins (BYU)	1656
9.	Amos Zereoue* (WV)	1646
10.	Devin West (MO)	1621

Touchdowns From Scrimmage

1.	Troy Edwards (LATECH)	30
2.	Ricky Williams (TX)	28
3.	Doug Chapman* (MARSH)	20
	Travis Prentice (MIAOH)	20
5.	Leroy Collins (LOU)	19
	Edgerrin James (MIAFL)	19
7.	Devin West (MO)	18
8.	Shaun Alexander (AL)	17
9.	Kelvin Eafon (AZ)	16
	Eric Flowers (CMI)	16
	Joel Thomas (ID)	16

Total Plays

1.	Drew Brees* (PUR)	638
2.	Tim Couch (KY)	617
3.	Tim Rattay (LATECH)	602
4.	Daunte Culpepper (CFL)	543
5.	Shaun King* (TLN)	522
6.	Chris Redman (LOU)	513
7.	Chad Pennington* (MARSH)	511
8.	Antwaan Randle El (IN)	500
9.	Todd Husak (STAN)	495
10.	Chris Wallace (TOL)	493

Total Yards

1.	Tim Rattay (LATECH)	4865
2.	Drew Brees* (PUR)	4176
3.	Daunte Culpepper (CFL)	4153
4.	Tim Couch (KY)	4151
5.	Shaun King* (TLN)	4149
6.	Chris Redman (LOU)	4009
7.	Akili Smith* (OR)	3947
8.	Chad Pennington* (MARSH)	3838
9.	Michael Bishop (KSST)	3592
10.	Marc Bulger* (WV)	3515

Total Yards Per Play

1.	Akili Smith* (OR)	8.7
2.	Cade McNown* (UCLA)	8.5
3.	David Neill (NV)	8.2
4.	Tim Rattay (LATECH)	8.1
5.	Shaun King* (TLN)	7.9
6.	Chris Redman (LOU)	7.8
7.	Marc Bulger* (WV)	7.8
8.	Daunte Culpepper (CFL)	7.6
9.	Michael Bishop (KSST)	7.6
10.	Chad Pennington* (MARSH)	7.5

Total Touchdowns

1.	Shaun King* (TLN)	49
2.	Tim Rattay (LATECH)	47
3.	Drew Brees* (PUR)	42
4.	Daunte Culpepper (CFL)	40
5.	Tim Couch (KY)	37
	Michael Bishop (KSST)	37
7.	Akili Smith* (OR)	36
8.	Chris Redman (LOU)	31
	Donovan McNabb* (SYR)	31
	Marc Bulger* (WV)	31
	David Neill (NV)	31

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