The 1998 NCAA Division I-AA football season, part of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division I-AA level, began in August 1998, and concluded with the 1998 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game 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 score of 55−43.
Conference changes and new programs School 1997 Conference 1998 Conference Alabama A&M SIAC (D-II) SWAC Boston University Atlantic 10 Dropped Program Evansville Pioneer Dropped Program Jacksonville New Program I-AA Independent Sacred Heart Eastern (D-II) Northeast
Conference standings
Conference champions
Conference ChampionsAtlantic 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 Football League – Northwestern State Southwestern Athletic Conference – Southern
Postseason NCAA Division I-AA playoff bracket
* Denotes host institution
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