1998: Week 3

56 games. Five ranked teams lost, three to unranked teams. Two games matched two ranked teams. Winners are listed first; numbers before names are AP ranks going in.

The week in review

Ranked against ranked

Sep 12, 19986UCLA 49, 23Texas 31Box score
Sep 12, 199819Syracuse 38, 13Michigan 28upsetBox score

Upsets

Sep 12, 1998NC State 24, 2Florida State 7upsetBox score
Sep 12, 1998Michigan State 45, 10Notre Dame 23upsetBox score
Sep 12, 199819Syracuse 38, 13Michigan 28upsetBox score
Sep 12, 1998BYU 26, 14Arizona State 6upsetBox score

A ranked team beaten as the betting favorite, or, where no line is on file, by an unranked or lower-ranked team.

FBS vs. FBS

Sep 10, 1998Wake Forest 26, Navy 14Box score
Sep 12, 1998Air Force 52, UNLV 10Box score
Sep 12, 1998Akron 35, Temple 28Box score
Sep 12, 1998Alabama 32, Vanderbilt 7Box score
Sep 12, 199821Arizona 31, Stanford 14Box score
Sep 12, 1998Auburn 17, Ole Miss 0Box score
Sep 12, 1998Boston College 41, Rutgers 14Box score
Sep 12, 1998BYU 26, 14Arizona State 6upsetBox score
Sep 12, 199816Colorado 29, Fresno State 21Box score
Sep 12, 1998Colorado State 26, Nevada 14Box score
Sep 12, 1998Duke 44, Northwestern 10upsetBox score
Sep 12, 1998Eastern Michigan 13, Ball State 7upsetBox score
Sep 12, 19983Florida 42, UL Monroe 10Box score
Sep 12, 199815Georgia 17, South Carolina 3Box score
Sep 12, 1998Georgia Tech 42, New Mexico State 7Box score
Sep 12, 1998Idaho 17, San José State 12Box score
Sep 12, 1998Indiana 45, Western Michigan 30Box score
Sep 12, 1998Iowa State 27, Iowa 9upsetBox score
Sep 12, 19985Kansas State 73, Northern Illinois 7Box score
Sep 12, 19987LSU 42, Arkansas State 6Box score
Sep 12, 1998Miami 38, Cincinnati 12Box score
Sep 12, 1998Miami (OH) 14, Army 13Box score
Sep 12, 1998Michigan State 45, 10Notre Dame 23upsetBox score
Sep 12, 1998Minnesota 14, Houston 7Box score
Sep 12, 1998Mississippi State 14, Memphis 6Box score
Sep 12, 199825Missouri 41, Kansas 23Box score
Sep 12, 19984Nebraska 24, California 3Box score
Sep 12, 1998New Mexico 39, Utah State 36Box score
Sep 12, 1998NC State 24, 2Florida State 7upsetBox score
Sep 12, 19981Ohio State 49, Toledo 0Box score
Sep 12, 1998Oklahoma 10, TCU 9Box score
Sep 12, 199824Oregon 33, UTEP 26Box score
Sep 12, 1998Oregon State 27, Baylor 17Box score
Sep 12, 19989Penn State 48, Bowling Green 3Box score
Sep 12, 1998Purdue 21, Rice 19Box score
Sep 12, 199822USC 35, San Diego State 6Box score
Sep 12, 199819Syracuse 38, 13Michigan 28upsetBox score
Sep 12, 199818Texas A&M 28, Louisiana Tech 7Box score
Sep 12, 1998Texas Tech 30, North Texas 0Box score
Sep 12, 1998Tulane 31, SMU 21Box score
Sep 12, 1998Tulsa 35, Oklahoma State 20Box score
Sep 12, 19986UCLA 49, 23Texas 31Box score
Sep 12, 1998Utah 45, Louisville 22Box score
Sep 12, 199812Virginia 31, Maryland 19Box score
Sep 12, 1998Virginia Tech 37, Clemson 0Box score
Sep 12, 1998Washington State 33, Boise State 21Box score
Sep 12, 199817Wisconsin 45, Ohio 0Box score

Everyone else

Sep 12, 1998UCF 48, Eastern Illinois 0Box score
Sep 12, 1998Central Michigan 35, Western Illinois 14Box score
Sep 12, 1998East Carolina 31, Chattanooga 0Box score
Sep 12, 1998Illinois 48, Middle Tennessee 20Box score
Sep 12, 1998Kentucky 52, Eastern Kentucky 7Box score
Sep 12, 1998Marshall 42, Troy 12Box score
Sep 12, 1998Northwestern State 24, Louisiana 22Box score
Sep 12, 1998Wyoming 17, Montana State 9Box score
Sep 12, 1998Youngstown State 24, Kent State 10Box score