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1998 Southeastern Conference Year Summary

Record: 80-62, .563 W-L% (3rd of 11) (Schedule and Results)

SRS: 5.52 (4th of 11), SOS: 3.62 (4th of 11)

Division Champions: Tennessee (East) and Mississippi State (West)
Conference Champion: Tennessee (Won Championship Game 24-14)

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 5 (Auburn, Florida, Georgia, LSU and Tennessee)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 4 (Arkansas, Florida, Georgia and Tennessee)

Standings

Standings Table
	Overall			Conference			Points Per Game		SRS		Polls
East	W	L	Pct	W	L	Pct	Off	Def	SRS	SOS	AP Pre	AP High	AP Rank	Notes
Tennessee	13	0	1.000	8	0	1.000	33.2	14.5	19.96	4.42	10	1	1
Florida	10	2	.833	7	1	.875	31.7	13.8	17.02	2.52	3	2	5
Georgia	9	3	.750	6	2	.750	24.3	18.5	7.51	2.68	19	7	14
Kentucky	7	5	.583	4	4	.500	35.9	31.3	6.60	3.77
Vanderbilt	2	9	.182	1	7	.125	12.9	33.5	-11.23	4.04
South Carolina	1	10	.091	0	8	.000	18.8	30.0	-6.96	3.32
West	W	L	Pct	W	L	Pct	Off	Def	SRS	SOS	AP Pre	AP High	AP Rank	Notes
Arkansas	9	3	.750	6	2	.750	32.5	18.9	12.82	1.98		9	16
Mississippi State	8	5	.615	6	2	.750	26.9	19.7	6.21	2.06		23
Alabama	7	5	.583	4	4	.500	20.9	23.9	5.38	6.05		22
Ole Miss	7	5	.583	3	5	.375	23.3	22.8	1.46	-0.04
LSU	4	7	.364	2	6	.250	30.6	25.4	5.75	4.57	9	6
Auburn	3	8	.273	1	7	.125	15.1	21.4	1.78	8.14	25	25

8 Bowl Games Table
Date	Bowl		Pts		Pts	Notes
1999-01-04	Fiesta Bowl	Tennessee (1)	23	Florida State (2)	16	Tempe, AZ
1999-01-02	Orange Bowl	Florida (7)	31	Syracuse (18)	10	Miami, FL
1999-01-01	Citrus Bowl	Michigan (15)	45	Arkansas (11)	31	Orlando, FL
1999-01-01	Cotton Bowl	Texas (20)	38	Mississippi State (25)	11	Dallas, TX
1999-01-01	Outback Bowl	Penn State (22)	26	Kentucky	14	Tampa, FL
1998-12-31	Independence Bowl	Mississippi	35	Texas Tech	18	Shreveport, LA
1998-12-31	Peach Bowl	Georgia (19)	35	Virginia (13)	33	Atlanta, GA
1998-12-29	Music City Bowl	Virginia Tech	38	Alabama	7	Nashville, TN