FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 30, 1999
CONTACT: Charles Bloom, BCS Media Relations Director (Office: 205-458-3010)
FINAL 1998 BOWL CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES RANKINGS
(Games Through Dec. 5)
| Rank | Team | AP | USA-T /ESPN | Poll Avg. | Richard Billing- sley | Dunkel Index | Kenneth Massey | New York Times | David Roth- man | Jeff Sag- arin | Scripps- Howard | Seattle Times | Com- puter Avg. | Sche- dule Strength | Sche- dule Rank | Los- ses | TOT |
| 1. | Tennessee | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1.71 | 20 | 0.80 | 0 | 3.51 |
| 2. | Florida State | 2 | 2 | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1.43 | 4 | 0.16 | 1 | 4.59 |
| 3. | Ohio State | 3 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 4.57 | 28 | 1.12 | 1 | 9.69 |
| 4. | Kansas State | 4 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3.43 | 49 | 1.96 | 1 | 10.39 |
| 5. | UCLA | 6 | 5 | 5.5 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4.43 | 8 | 0.32 | 1 | 11.25 |
| 6. | Texas A&M | 8 | 9 | 8.5 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5.43 | 5 | 0.20 | 2 | 16.13 |
| 7. | Arizona | 5 | 6 | 5.5 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 7.71 | 58 | 2.32 | 1 | 16.53 |
| 8. | Florida | 7 | 7 | 7.0 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 7.43 | 32 | 1.28 | 2 | 17.71 |
| 9. | Wisconsin | 9 | 8 | 8.5 | 5 | 19 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9.71 | 61 | 2.44 | 1 | 21.65 |
| 10. | Nebraska | 13 | 16 | 14.5 | 19 | 6 | 15 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 10.14 | 14 | 0.56 | 3 | 28.20 |
| 11. | Tulane | 10 | 10 | 10.0 | 20 | 20 | 12 | 23 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 8 | 14.86 | 96 | 3.84 | 0 | 28.70 |
| 12. | Arkansas | 11 | 11 | 11.0 | 16 | 17 | 14 | 22 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 17 | 14.43 | 59 | 2.36 | 2 | 29.79 |
| 13. | Virginia | 13 | 12 | 12.5 | 12 | 16 | 9 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 13 | 14.71 | 43 | 1.72 | 2 | 30.93 |
| 14. | Georgia Tech | 12 | 14 | 13.0 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 21 | 20 | 21 | 16 | 14.29 | 44 | 1.76 | 2 | 31.05 |
| 15. | Syracuse | 18 | 17 | 17.5 | 30 | 7 | 19 | 7 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 24 | 15.00 | 22 | 0.88 | 3 | 36.38 |
EXPLANATION:
Poll Average - Average of USA Today/ESPN Coaches and AP Media Polls. Others receiving votes calculated in order received.
Computer Average - Average of Richard Billinglsey, Dunkel Index, Kenneth Massey, New York Times, David Rothman, Jeff Sagarin's USA Today, Matthews/Scripps-Howard and The Anderson & Hester/Seattle Times rankings. The computer component will be determined by averaging the seven highest computer rankings. The lowest computer ranking will be disregarded.
Schedule Rank - Rank of schedule strength compared to other Division I-A teams of actual games played divided by 25. This component is calculated by determining the cumulative won/loss records of the team's opponent (66.6 percent) and the cumulative won/loss records of the teams' opponents opponents (33.3 percent).
Losses - One point for each loss during the season.
NOTES:
BCS Rankings each week will list the top 15 or down to the lowest-ranked BCS-affiliated conference leader.
The complete BCS rankings will be available at Bowl Championship Series Online (www.abccfb.com) beginning Oct. 25.