1998 Big Ten Conference football season

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1998 Big Ten Conference football season
LeagueNCAA Division I-A
Sportfootball
Teams11
Co-championsOhio State, Wisconsin, Michigan
Football seasons
1998 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
No. 2 Ohio State %+  7 1   11 1  
No. 6 Wisconsin $+  7 1   11 1  
No. 12 Michigan +  7 1   10 3  
No. 24 Purdue  6 2   9 4  
No. 17 Penn State  5 3   9 3  
Michigan State  4 4   6 6  
Minnesota  2 6   5 6  
Indiana  2 6   4 7  
Illinois  2 6   3 8  
Iowa  2 6   3 8  
Northwestern  0 8   3 9  
  • $ BCS representative as conference champion
  • % BCS at-large representative
  • + Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1998 Big Ten Conference football season was the 103rd season of college football played by the member schools of the Big Ten Conference and was a part of the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season.

No. 2 Ohio State, No. 6 Wisconsin, and No. 12 Michigan all went 7-1 in conference play, creating a three-way tie for the championship.[1] Ohio State and Wisconsin did not meet in 1998, while Michigan lost to Ohio State but defeated Wisconsin. Ohio State's lone conference loss was to an unranked Michigan State team while they were ranked No. 1. Due to the conference tie-breaker rule, Wisconsin represented the Big Ten in the Rose Bowl since Michigan had just played in the 1998 Rose Bowl and Ohio State had played there the year before. The Badgers had last visited Pasadena in 1994. Ohio State earned an at-large bid for the Sugar Bowl while Michigan went to the Citrus Bowl.

No. 24 Purdue earned fourth place at 6-2 (9-4 overall), No. 17 Penn State fifth at 5-3 (9-3 overall), and Michigan State sixth at 4-4 (6-6 overall).

There was a four-way tie for seventh place between Minnesota, Indiana, Illinois, and Iowa, who all had 2-6 conference records.

Just two years removed from back-to-back Big Ten championships, Northwestern finished last with an 0-8 conference mark (3-9 overall).

Bowl games

1999 NFL draft

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