1998 Virginia Tech Hokies football team

The 1998 Virginia Tech Hokies football team represented the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University during the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's head coach was Frank Beamer.

1998 Virginia Tech Hokies football
Music City Bowl champion
Music Bowl, W 38–7 vs. Alabama
ConferenceBig East Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 19
APNo. 23
1998 record9–3 (5–2 Big East)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorRickey Bustle (5th season)
Defensive coordinatorBud Foster (4th season)
Home stadiumLane Stadium
(Capacity: 50,000)
1998 Big East Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 25 Syracuse $  6 1     8 4  
No. 20 Miami (FL)  5 2     9 3  
No. 23 Virginia Tech  5 2     9 3  
West Virginia  5 2     8 4  
Boston College  3 4     4 7  
Rutgers  2 5     5 6  
Temple  2 5     2 9  
Pittsburgh  0 7     2 9  
  • $ BCS representative as conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 54:00 p.m.East Carolina*HTSW 38–348,134
September 121:00 p.m.at Clemson*W 37–066,431
September 198:00 p.m.at Miami (FL)ESPNW 27–2041,155
September 2612:00 p.m.PittsburghNo. 21
  • Lane Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA
ESPN2W 27–750,057
October 88:00 p.m.at Boston CollegeNo. 17ESPNW 17–037,628
October 171:00 p.m.TempleNo. 14
  • Lane Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA
L 24–2847,610
October 247:00 p.m.at UAB*No. 23W 41–031,897
October 3112:00 p.m.No. 21 West VirginiaNo. 20
ESPN+W 27–1352,807
November 148:00 p.m.at SyracuseNo. 16ESPN2L 26–2849,336
November 211:00 p.m.RutgersNo. 23
  • Lane Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA
W 47–742,452
November 2812:00 p.m.No. 16 Virginia*No. 20
ESPNL 32–3653,207
December 295:00 p.m.vs. Alabama*ESPNW 38–741,600
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

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Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Final 
AP NR NR NR 21 19 17 14 23 20 15 16 23 20 25 NR 23 
Coaches Poll NR NR 21 19 16 15 10 21 17 14 12 20 19 24 24 19 
BCS Not released NR NR 20 NR NR NR NR Not released


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