NCAA Football Bowl Championship 1998: Week 2
Week 2: November 4, 1998
UCLA, ranked first in the BCS poll a week ago, dropped to third place after barely squeaking by the 1-7 Stanford Cardinal, 28-24. Ohio State moved into the top spot following their 38-7 win over Indiana. Tennessee beat South Carolina 49-14 and moved up to second with UCLA's fall.
| Team | AP | ESPN/USA | PAvg. | ST | Sagarin | NYT | CAvg | Sked | Q-Rank | L | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio St. | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 3 (2.25) | 2 | 1 | 1.75 | 24 | 0.96 | 0 | 3.71 |
| Tennessee | 2 | 3 | 2.5 | 2 | 3 | 5 (3.75) | 2.92 | 7 | 0.28 | 0 | 5.70 |
| UCLA | 3 | 4 | 3.5 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3.00 | 3 | 0.12 | 0 | 6.62 |
| Kansas St. | 4 | 2 | 3.0 | 4 (3.0) | 1 | 3 | 2.33 | 68 | 2.72 | 0 | 8.05 |
| Florida | 5 | 5 | 5.0 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5.67 | 8 | 0.32 | 1 | 11.99 |
| Florida St. | 6 | 6 | 6.0 | 8 (6.0) | 6 | 2 | 4.67 | 15 | 0.60 | 1 | 12.27 |
| Texas A&M | 7 | 8 | 7.5 | 7 | 11 (10.5) | 7 | 8.17 | 21 | 0.84 | 1 | 17.51 |
| Wisconsin | 8 | 7 | 7.5 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 10.67 | 98 | 3.92 | 0 | 22.09 |
| Penn St. | 9 | 9 | 9.0 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 11.67 | 31 | 1.24 | 1 | 22.91 |
| Arizona | 10 | 11 | 10.5 | 10 | 9 | 14 (13.5) | 10.5 | 46 | 1.84 | 1 | 23.84 |
| Arkansas | 11 | 10 | 10.5 | 5 | 14 | 16 (14.25) | 11.08 | 63 | 3.32 | 0 | 24.90 |
| Nebraska | 14 | 15 | 14.5 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 10.0 | 12 | 0.48 | 2 | 26.98 |
| Notre Dame | 13 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 22 (15.75) | 8 | 12.25 | 51 | 2.04 | 1 | 28.29 |
| Texas | 20 | 23 | 21.5 | 16 (13.5) | 9 | 9 | 10.5 | 17 | 0.68 | 2 | 34.68 |
| Virginia | 12 | 12 | 12.0 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 20.0 | 80 | 3.20 | 1 | 36.20 |
| Tulane | 15 | 16 | 15.50 | 14 | 21 | 94 (26.25) | 20.42 | 96 | 3.84 | 0 | 39.76 |
| Syracuse | 15 | 17 | 16.0 | 29 (26.25) | 18 | 17 | 20.42 | 37 | 1.40 | 2 | 39.90 |
Legend
PAvg.— The average of the Associated Press media poll and ESPN-USA Today coaches poll. Others receiving votes are calculated in order received.
CAvg.— The average of The Hester & Anderson/Seattle Times, Jeff Sagarin's rankings and New York Times rankings. In order to prevent differences in individual formulas, a maximum adjusted deviation of no greater than 50 percent of the average of the two lowest computer rankings is utilized.
Quartile Rank— Rank of schedule strength compared to other Division I-A teams divided by 25. The component is calculated by determining the cumulative won/loss records of the team's opponent (66.6 percent) and the cumulative won/loss record of the team's opponent's opponents (33.3 percent).
Losses— One point for each loss during the season.
Notes: BCS rankings each week will list the top 15 or down to the lowest-ranked BCS-affiliated conference leader. Adjusted computer scores in parentheses (Seattle Times' raw scores: Ohio St. 3, Kansas St. 4, Florida St. 8, Texas 18, Syracuse 29; Sagarin's raw scores: Texas A&M 11, Notre Dame 22; New York Times' raw scores: Tennessee 5, Arizona 14, Arkansas 16, Tulane 94).
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