1998 NCAA Division I-AA football season

1998 NCAA Division I-AA season
Duration	August – November 1998
Playoff
Duration	November 28 – December 19, 1998
Championship site	Finley Stadium, Chattanooga, TN
Champion	UMass Minutemen
Payton Award	Jerry Azumah – RB (New Hampshire)
Buchanan Award	James Milton – LB (Western Illinois)
Division I-AA football season
«1997 1999»

The 1998 NCAA Division I-AA football season, part of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association at the Division I Football Championship Subdivision level, began in August 1998, and concluded with the National Championship Game of the NCAA Division I Football Championship on December 19, 1998, at Finley Stadium in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The UMass Minutemen won their first I-AA championship, defeating the Georgia Southern Eagles by a final score of 55−43^[1]

Conference changes and new programs

School	1997 Conference	1998 Conference
Arkansas–Pine Bluff	Independent (NAIA)	SWAC (I-AA)
Boston University	Atlantic 10	Dropped Program
Evansville	Pioneer	Dropped Program
Jacksonville	New Program	I-AA Independent
Sacred Heart	Eastern (D-II)	Northeast

Conference standings

1998 Atlantic 10 Conference football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
New England
#8 Connecticut x^		6	–	2		10	–	3
#12 UMass x^		6	–	2		12	–	3
Maine		3	–	5		6	–	5
New Hampshire		3	–	5		4	–	7
Rhode Island		2	–	6		3	–	8
Mid–Atlantic
#5 Richmond x$^		7	–	1		9	–	3
#22 Delaware		4	–	4		7	–	4
Villanova		4	–	4		6	–	5
#16 William & Mary		4	–	4		7	–	4
Northeastern		3	–	5		5	–	6
James Madison		2	–	6		3	–	8

$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network I–AA Poll

1998 Southern Conference football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
#2 Georgia Southern $^		8	–	0		14	–	1
#6 Appalachian State ^		6	–	2		10	–	3
Western Carolina		5	–	3		6	–	5
Chattanooga		4	–	4		5	–	6
The Citadel		4	–	4		5	–	6
East Tennessee State		3	–	5		4	–	7
Wofford		3	–	5		4	–	7
Furman		3	–	5		5	–	6
VMI		0	–	8		1	–	10

$ – Conference champion ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network I-AA Poll

1998 Southland Conference football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#3 Northwestern State $^	6	–	1	–	0	11	–	3	–	0
# 8 McNeese State ^	5	–	2	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
#13 Troy State ^	5	–	2	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
Jacksonville State	4	–	3	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
Nicholls State	3	–	4	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Southwest Texas State	2	–	5	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Stephen F. Austin	2	–	5	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Sam Houston State	1	–	6	–	0	3	–	8	–	0

$ – Conference champion ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant Ranking is from the Sports Network Poll

Conference champions

Conference Champions
Atlantic 10 Conference – Richmond Big Sky Conference – Montana Gateway Football Conference – Western Illinois Ivy League – Penn Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference – Fairfield and Georgetown Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference – Florida A&M and Hampton Northeast Conference – Monmouth and Robert Morris Ohio Valley Conference – Tennessee State Patriot League – Lehigh Pioneer Football League – Drake Southern Conference – Georgia Southern Southland Conference – Northwestern State Southwestern Athletic Conference – Southern

Postseason

NCAA Division I-AA Playoff bracket

First Round November 28 Campus Sites		Quarterfinals December 4–5 Campus Sites		Semifinals December 12 Campus Sites		National Championship Game December 19 Finley Stadium Chattanooga, TN


Georgia Southern*	49

Colgate	28
		Georgia Southern*	52

		Connecticut	30
Connecticut*	42

Hampton	34
				Georgia Southern*	42

				Western Illinois	14
Florida A&M*	27

Troy State	17
		Florida A&M	21

		Western Illinois*	24
Western Illinois*	52

Montana	9
						Georgia Southern	43

						Massachusetts	55
Richmond*	23

Lehigh	24
		Lehigh	21

		Massachusetts*	27
McNeese State*	19

Massachusetts	21
				Massachusetts	41

				Northwestern State*	31
Appalachian State*	45

Tennessee State	31
		Appalachian State	20

		Northwestern State*	31
Northwestern State*	48

Illinois State	28

* Denotes host institution

References

↑ "1998 NCAA Division I Football Championship" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 16. Retrieved December 29, 2013.

1998 NCAA Division I-AA football playoff participants

Appalachian State Colgate Connecticut Florida A&M Georgia Southern Hampton Illinois State Lehigh Massachusetts McNeese State Montana Northwestern State Richmond Tennessee State Troy Western Illinois

Champion – Massachusetts Minutemen

NCAA football seasons

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