1998 SMU
5–7 (4–4 Western Athletic Conference), coached by Mike Cavan. Officially 1–1: the NCAA vacated four regular-season wins and 6 regular-season losses. Share
From the season’s Wikipedia article: “However, SMU vacated 10 games after Steve Malin was found to have been ineligible due to academic fraud.”
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Tulsa 33–3Nov 7
By 30 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5 | at Rice | L 17–23 | 36% |
| Sep 12 | vs Tulane | L 21–31 | 47% |
| Sep 19 | at Arkansas | L 17–44 | 40% |
| Sep 26 | vs Ole Miss | L 41–48 | 41% |
| Oct 3 | at Hawai’i | W 28–0vacated | 59% |
| Oct 10 | at Wyoming | L 7–12 | 28% |
| Oct 17 | vs TCU | W 10–6vacated | 57% |
| Oct 24 | vs UNLV | W 10–7vacated | 78% |
| Oct 31 | at Air Force | L 7–31 | 18% |
| Nov 7 | vs Tulsa | W 33–3vacated | 65% |
| Nov 14 | vs Colorado State | L 10–32 | 39% |
| Nov 21 | at Navy | W 24–11 | 43% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Beat Navy 24–11; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 9th in the Western Athletic Conference.
In program history: The 64th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 110 on file).
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.
- Record
- 5–7
- Conference
- 4–4 tied for 9th in Western Athletic Conference
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 225–248
- Coach
- Mike Cavan
- Elo
- 1466 −22 this season
- SP+ rating
- -2.2 No. 64 of 112; offense No. 97, defense No. 32
- SRS
- −2.9 No. 67 of 112 in Division I-A
- Recruiting class
- —
- Offensive coordinator
- Greg Briner
- Defensive coordinator
- Eric Schumann
- Offense
- Spread option
- Defense
- 4–3
Drafted in 1999
The 1999 draft| Rd 4 | Donald Mitchell DB | Tennessee Titans |
| Rd 6 | Jacoby Rhinehart DB | Arizona Cardinals |
1998 Western Athletic Conference standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Air Force | 7–1 | 12–1 | 13 |
 BYU | 7–1 | 9–5 | |
 San Diego State | 7–1 | 7–5 | |
| Wyoming | 6–2 | 8–3 | |
| Colorado State | 5–3 | 8–4 | |
 Utah | 5–3 | 7–4 | |
| Rice | 5–3 | 5–6 | |
 Fresno State | 5–3 | 5–6 | |
| TCU | 4–4 | 7–5 | |
 SMU | 4–4 | 5–7 | |
 San José State | 3–5 | 4–8 | |
 UTEP | 3–5 | 3–8 | |
| Tulsa | 2–6 | 4–7 | |
 New Mexico | 1–7 | 3–9 | |
| Hawai’i | 0–8 | 0–12 | |
| UNLV | 0–8 | 0–11 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.