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1998 Georgia Tech

10–⁠2 (7–⁠1 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by George O’Leary, finished No. 9 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Georgia Tech in 1998, game by game: lost vs. Boston College 31–41; won vs. New Mexico State 42–7; won at North Carolina 43–21; won vs. Duke 41–13; won at No. 23 NC State 47–24; won vs. No. 7 Virginia 41–38; lost vs. No. 6 Florida State 7–34; won at Maryland 31–14; won at Clemson 24–21; won vs. Wake Forest 63–35; won at No. 12 Georgia 21–19; won vs. No. 17 Notre Dame 35–28+35−27Lost 31–41 vs. Boston College-10Boston CollegeWon 42–7 vs. New Mexico State+35New Mexico StateWon 43–21 at North Carolina+22North CarolinaWon 41–13 vs. Duke+28DukeWon 47–24 at No. 23 NC State+23No. 23 NC StateWon 41–38 vs. No. 7 Virginia+3No. 7 VirginiaLost 7–34 vs. No. 6 Florida State-27No. 6 Florida StateWon 31–14 at Maryland+17MarylandWon 24–21 at Clemson+3ClemsonWon 63–35 vs. Wake Forest+28Wake ForestWon 21–19 at No. 12 Georgia+2No. 12 GeorgiaWon 35–28 vs. No. 17 Notre Dame+7No. 17 Notre Dame
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 5vsBoston CollegeL 31–⁠4170%
Sep 12vsNew Mexico StateW 42–⁠782%
Sep 26atNorth CarolinaW 43–⁠2127%
Oct 3vsDukeW 41–⁠1375%
Oct 10at23NC StateW 47–⁠2440%
Oct 17vs7VirginiaW 41–⁠3852%
Oct 24vs6Florida StateL 7–⁠3439%
Oct 31atMarylandW 31–⁠1476%
Nov 12atClemsonW 24–⁠2166%
Nov 21vsWake ForestW 63–⁠3582%
Nov 28at12GeorgiaW 21–⁠1937%
Jan 1Bowls & playoffvs17Notre DameGator BowlW 35–⁠2849%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Notre Dame 35–⁠28 in the Gator Bowl; No. 9 in the final AP poll; Atlantic Coast Conference champions.

In program history: The 21st-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 7: 25
  2. Wk 8: 20
  3. Wk 9: 23
  4. Wk 10: 23
  5. Wk 11: 22
  6. Wk 12: 21
  7. Wk 13: 17
  8. Wk 14: 12
  9. Wk 15: 12
  10. Final: 9

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1998.

Atlantic Coast Conference champions7–⁠1 in the conference, shared with Florida State

Consensus All-AmericanCraig Page, C

Record
10–⁠2
Conference
7–⁠1 shared first in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final
No. 9 peak No. 9
Points
426–⁠295
Coach
George O’Leary
Elo
1664 +136 this season
SP+ rating
14.9 No. 26 of 112; offense No. 13, defense No. 54
SRS
13.4 No. 24 of 112 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Ralph Friedgen
Defensive coordinator
Randy Edsall

Drafted in 1999

The 1999 draft
Rd 4Nate Stimson LBWashington Redskins
Rd 5Charlie Rogers WRSeattle Seahawks
Rd 7Rodney Williams PSt. Louis Rams

All-ACC

3 first team, 5 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1998 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1998 Atlantic Coast Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Florida State7–⁠111–⁠23
Georgia Tech7–⁠110–⁠29
Virginia6–⁠29–⁠318
NC State5–⁠37–⁠5
North Carolina5–⁠37–⁠5
Duke2–⁠64–⁠7
Wake Forest2–⁠63–⁠8
Maryland1–⁠73–⁠8
Clemson1–⁠73–⁠8

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