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1998 Michigan

10–⁠3 (7–⁠1 Big Ten), coached by Lloyd Carr, finished No. 12 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Michigan in 1998, game by game: lost at No. 22 Notre Dame 20–36; lost vs. No. 19 Syracuse 28–38; won vs. Eastern Michigan 59–20; won vs. Michigan State 29–17; won at Iowa 12–9; won at Northwestern 12–6; won vs. Indiana 21–10; won at Minnesota 15–10; won vs. No. 9 Penn State 27–0; won vs. No. 8 Wisconsin 27–10; lost at No. 7 Ohio State 16–31; won at Hawai’i 48–17; won vs. No. 11 Arkansas 45–31+39−16Lost 20–36 at No. 22 Notre Dame-16No. 22 Notre DameLost 28–38 vs. No. 19 Syracuse-10No. 19 SyracuseWon 59–20 vs. Eastern Michigan+39Eastern MichiganWon 29–17 vs. Michigan State+12Michigan StateWon 12–9 at Iowa+3IowaWon 12–6 at Northwestern+6NorthwesternWon 21–10 vs. Indiana+11IndianaWon 15–10 at Minnesota+5MinnesotaWon 27–0 vs. No. 9 Penn State+27No. 9 Penn StateWon 27–10 vs. No. 8 Wisconsin+17No. 8 WisconsinLost 16–31 at No. 7 Ohio State-15No. 7 Ohio StateWon 48–17 at Hawai’i+31Hawai’iWon 45–31 vs. No. 11 Arkansas+14No. 11 Arkansas
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 5at22Notre DameL 20–⁠3663%
Sep 12vs19SyracuseL 28–⁠3865%
Sep 19vsEastern MichiganW 59–⁠2083%
Sep 26vsMichigan StateW 29–⁠1771%
Oct 3atIowaW 12–⁠962%
Oct 17atNorthwesternW 12–⁠672%
Oct 24vsIndianaW 21–⁠1083%
Oct 31atMinnesotaW 15–⁠1076%
Nov 7vs9Penn StateW 27–⁠060%
Nov 14vs8WisconsinW 27–⁠1064%
Nov 21at7Ohio StateL 16–⁠3141%
Nov 28atHawai’iW 48–⁠1795%
Jan 1Bowls & playoffvs11ArkansasCitrus BowlW 45–⁠3163%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Arkansas 45–⁠31 in the Citrus Bowl; No. 12 in the final AP poll; Big Ten champions.

In program history: The 18th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 140 on file).

AP poll, week by week

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

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.

Big Ten champions7–⁠1 in the conference, shared with Ohio State and Wisconsin

Record
10–⁠3
Conference
7–⁠1 shared first in Big Ten
AP final
No. 12 peak No. 5
Points
359–⁠235
Coach
Lloyd Carr
Elo
1749 +36 this season
SP+ rating
19.0 No. 16 of 112; offense No. 32, defense No. 12
SRS
14.1 No. 21 of 112 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Mike DeBord
Defensive coordinator
Jim Herrmann
Captains
Juaquin Feazell and Jon Jansen
Most valuable player
Tai Streets
Offense
Multiple
Defense
Multiple

Drafted in 1999

The 1999 draft
Rd 2Jon Jansen OTWashington Redskins
Rd 5Jerame Tuman TEPittsburgh Steelers
Rd 6Tai Streets WRSan Francisco 49ers
Rd 6Andre Weathers DBNew York Giants

All-Big Ten

3 first team, 8 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 Big Ten standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Wisconsin7–⁠111–⁠16
Ohio State7–⁠111–⁠12
Michigan7–⁠110–⁠312
Purdue6–⁠29–⁠424
Penn State5–⁠39–⁠317
Michigan State4–⁠46–⁠6
Minnesota2–⁠65–⁠6
Indiana2–⁠64–⁠7
Illinois2–⁠63–⁠8
Iowa2–⁠63–⁠8
Northwestern0–⁠83–⁠9

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