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1998 Ball State

1–⁠10 (1–⁠7 Mid-American Conference), coached by Bill Lynch.

Schedule and results

Ball State in 1998, game by game: lost at South Carolina 20–38; lost vs. Eastern Michigan 7–13; lost at Iowa State 0–38; lost at Akron 14–52; won vs. Northern Illinois 18–13; lost at Toledo 6–27; lost vs. Miami (OH) 17–28; lost at Marshall 10–42; lost vs. Western Michigan 23–24; lost at UCF 14–37; lost at Central Michigan 21–31+7−38Lost 20–38 at South Carolina-18South CarolinaLost 7–13 vs. Eastern Michigan-6Eastern MichiganLost 0–38 at Iowa State-38Iowa StateLost 14–52 at Akron-38AkronWon 18–13 vs. Northern Illinois+5Northern Illino…Lost 6–27 at Toledo-21ToledoLost 17–28 vs. Miami (OH)-11Miami (OH)Lost 10–42 at Marshall-32MarshallLost 23–24 vs. Western Michigan-1Western MichiganLost 14–37 at UCF-23UCFLost 21–31 at Central Michigan-10Central Michigan
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 5atSouth CarolinaL 20–⁠3840%
Sep 12vsEastern MichiganL 7–⁠1366%
Sep 19atIowa StateL 0–⁠3847%
Sep 26atAkronL 14–⁠5244%
Oct 3vsNorthern IllinoisW 18–⁠1375%
Oct 10atToledoL 6–⁠2727%
Oct 17vsMiami (OH)L 17–⁠2824%
Oct 24atMarshallL 10–⁠4213%
Nov 7vsWestern MichiganL 23–⁠2438%
Nov 14atUCFL 14–⁠3716%
Nov 21atCentral MichiganL 21–⁠3136%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Central Michigan 31–⁠21; unranked in the final AP poll; 11th in the Mid-American Conference.

In program history: The 50th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 61 on file).

Record
1–⁠10
Conference
1–⁠7 11th in Mid-American Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
150–⁠343
Coach
Bill Lynch
Elo
1312 −172 this season
SP+ rating
-22.2 No. 108 of 112; offense No. 111, defense No. 88
SRS
−24.5 No. 110 of 112 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
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1998 Mid-American Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Marshall7–⁠112–⁠1
Miami (OH)7–⁠110–⁠1
Toledo6–⁠27–⁠5
Western Michigan5–⁠37–⁠4
Central Michigan5–⁠36–⁠5
Bowling Green5–⁠35–⁠6
Ohio5–⁠35–⁠6
Akron3–⁠64–⁠7
Eastern Michigan3–⁠63–⁠8
Northern Illinois2–⁠62–⁠9
Ball State1–⁠71–⁠10
Kent State0–⁠80–⁠11

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.