1998 Big Ten Conference football season

August 2023 1998 Big Ten Conference football season #193980 #FFFFFF NCAA Division I-A football BigTen.png 125px 11 Ohio State, Wisconsin, Michigan Co-champions Football 1997 1999 The 1998 Big Ten Conference football season was the 103rd season of college football played by the member schools of the Big Ten Conference and was a part of the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season. Regular season No. 2 Ohio State, No. 6 Wisconsin, and No. 12 Michigan all went 7-1 in conference play, creating a three-way tie for the championship.2025 BIG TEN FOOTBALL MEDIA GUIDE Big Ten Conference November 4, 2025 https://img.boostsport.ai/2025_BIG_TEN_FOOTBALL_MEDIA_GUIDE.pdf 91–99 PDF Ohio State and Wisconsin did not meet in 1998, while Michigan lost to Ohio State but defeated Wisconsin. Ohio State's lone conference loss was to an unranked Michigan State team while they were ranked No. 1. Due to the conference tie-breaker rule, Wisconsin represented the Big Ten in the Rose Bowl since Michigan had just played in the 1998 Rose Bowl and Ohio State had played there the year before. The Badgers had last visited Pasadena in 1994. Ohio State earned an at-large bid for the Sugar Bowl while Michigan went to the Citrus Bowl. No. 24 Purdue earned fourth place at 6-2 (9-4 overall), No. 17 Penn State fifth at 5-3 (9-3 overall), and Michigan State sixth at 4-4 (6-6 overall). There was a four-way tie for seventh place between Minnesota, Indiana, Illinois, and Iowa, who all had 2-6 conference records. Just two years removed from back-to-back Big Ten championships, Northwestern finished last with an 0-8 conference mark (3-9 overall). Bowl games 1998–99 NCAA football bowl games Five Big Ten teams played in bowl games, with the conference going undefeated at 5-0: BowlSiteSugar BowlNo. 4 Ohio State 24No. 8 Texas A&M 14New Orleans, LARose BowlNo. 9 Wisconsin 38No. 6 UCLA 31Pasadena, CAFlorida Citrus BowlNo. 15 Michigan 45No. 11 Arkansas 31Orlando, FLOutback BowlNo. 22 Penn State 26 Kentucky 14Tampa, FLAlamo Bowl Purdue 37No. 3 Kansas State 34San Antonio, TX Rankings are from the AP Poll and were set prior to the bowl games being played. 1999 NFL draft References