1998 Florida State Seminoles football team

The 1998 Florida State Seminoles football team represented Florida State University in the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was coached by Bobby Bowden and played their home games at Doak Campbell Stadium.

1998 Florida State Seminoles football
ACC co-champion
Fiesta Bowl (BCS NCG), L 16–23 vs. Tennessee
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 3
AP	No. 3
Record	11–2 (7–1 ACC)
Head coach	Bobby Bowden (23rd season)
Offensive coordinator	Mark Richt (5th season)
Defensive coordinator	Mickey Andrews (15th season)
Home stadium	Doak Campbell Stadium (Capacity: 80,000)
Seasons ← 1997 1999 →

1998 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 3 Florida State $+		7	–	1					11	–	2
No. 9 Georgia Tech +		7	–	1					10	–	2
No. 18 Virginia		6	–	2					9	–	3
North Carolina		5	–	3					7	–	5
NC State		5	–	3					7	–	5
Duke		2	–	6					4	–	7
Wake Forest		2	–	6					3	–	8
Clemson		1	–	7					3	–	8
Maryland		1	–	7					3	–	8
$ – BCS representative as conference champion + – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The Seminoles were the runner up in the first BCS Championship game at the Fiesta Bowl against the Tennessee Volunteers.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	8:00 p.m.	vs. No. 14 Texas A&M*	No. 2	Giants Stadium East Rutherford, New Jersey (Kickoff Classic)	ABC	W 23–14	59,232
September 12	3:30 p.m.	at NC State	No. 2	Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, North Carolina	ABC	L 7–24	50,800
September 19	7:00 p.m.	Duke	No. 11	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, Florida	PPV	W 62–13	80,032
September 26	3:30 p.m.	No. 18 USC*	No. 10	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, Florida	ABC	W 30–10	79,815
October 3	1:00 p.m.	at Maryland	No. 9	Byrd Stadium College Park, Maryland	PPV	W 24–10	33,134
October 10	3:30 p.m.	at Miami (FL)*	No. 8	Orange Bowl Miami (rivalry)	CBS	W 26–14	63,617
October 17	6:00 p.m.	Clemson	No. 6	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, Florida (rivalry)	ESPN2	W 48–0	80,310
October 24	7:00 p.m.	at No. 20 Georgia Tech	No. 6	Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta (College GameDay)	ESPN	W 34–7	46,362
October 31	7:45 p.m.	North Carolina	No. 5	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, Florida	ESPN	W 39–13	80,050
November 7	3:30 p.m.	No. 12 Virginia	No. 6	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, Florida (Jefferson-Eppes Trophy)	ABC	W 45–14	81,120
November 14	5:00 p.m.	at Wake Forest	No. 5	Groves Stadium Winston-Salem, North Carolina	ESPN2	W 24–7	19,193
November 21	3:30 p.m.	No. 4 Florida*	No. 5	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, Florida (rivalry)	ABC	W 23–12	81,614
January 4	8:00 p.m.	vs. No. 1 Tennessee*	No. 2	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, Arizona (Fiesta Bowl) (College GameDay)	ABC	L 16–23	80,470
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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Rankings

See also: 1998 NCAA Division I-A football rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
( ) = First place votes.

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Final
AP	2 (22)	2 (22)	11	10	9	8	6	6	5	6	5 (1)	5	4	4	2	3
Coaches Poll	2 (10)	2 (12)	11	11	10	9	7	6	6	6	5	5	4	4	2 (1)	3
BCS	Not released								5	6	4	4	4	4	2	Not released

References

1. Boyles, Bob; Guido, Paul (January 1, 2007). 50 Years of College Football. Skyhorse Pub. ISBN 9781602390904.
2. "Florida State Football - 1998 Year In Review". nolefan.org. Retrieved April 29, 2016.