# 1898 college football season

The 1898 college football season had no clear-cut champion, with the Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book listing Harvard and Princeton as having been selected national champions.

## Conference standings
### Major conference standings

1898 Colorado Football Association standings :
| 1898 Colorado Football Association standings vteConfOverall TeamW L TW L T Colorado Mines $ 2 –0 –08 –0 –0 Colorado College 1 –1 –05 –1 –1 Colorado 0 –2 –04 –4 –0 $ – Conference champion | 1898 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings vteConfOverall TeamW L TW L T Sewanee 3 –0 –04 –0 –0 Auburn 2 –0 –02 –1 –0 LSU 1 –0 –01 –0 –0 Georgia 3 –1 –04 –2 –0 Clemson 1 –1 –03 –1 –0 Tulane 1 –1 –01 –1 –0 Vanderbilt 1 –2 –01 –5 –0 Mississippi 0 –1 –01 –1 –0 Texas 0 –1 –05 –1 –0 Nashville 0 –2 –00 –2 –0 Georgia Tech 0 –3 –00 –4 –0 Kentucky State# 0 –0 –07 –0 –0 Cumberland (TN) 0 –0 –00 –0 –0 SW Presbyterian 0 –0 –00 –0 –0 $ – Conference champion # – State champion | 1898 Triangular Football League standings vteConfOverall TeamW L TW L T Dartmouth $ 2 –0 –05 –6 –0 Amherst 1 –1 –04 –5 –1 Williams 0 –2 –03 –8 –0 $ – Conference champion |
| 1898 Western Conference football standings vteConfOverall TeamW L TW L T Michigan $ 3 –0 –010 –0 –0 Chicago 3 –1 –014 –2 –1 Wisconsin 2 –1 –09 –1 –0 Illinois 1 –1 –04 –5 –0 Minnesota 1 –2 –04 –5 –0 Purdue 0 –1 –03 –3 –0 Northwestern 0 –4 –09 –4 –1 $ – Conference champion |

### Independents

1898 Eastern college football independents records :
| 1898 Eastern college football independents records vteConfOverall TeamW L TW L T Harvard   –  11 –0 –0 Drexel   –  7 –0 –0 Princeton   –  11 –0 –1 Penn   –  12 –1 –0 Buffalo   –  8 –1 –0 Cornell   –  10 –2 –0 Swarthmore   –  9 –2 –0 Washington & Jefferson   –  9 –2 –0 Yale   –  9 –2 –0 Dickinson   –  8 –2 –0 Syracuse   –  8 –2 –1 Wesleyan   –  7 –3 –0 Western Penn.   –  5 –2 –1 Brown   –  6 –4 –0 Carlisle   –  6 –4 –0 Penn State   –  6 –4 –0 Pittsburgh College   –  6 –4 –1 Army   –  3 –2 –1 Vermont   –  3 –2 –1 Holy Cross   –  5 –4 –1 Bucknell   –  4 –4 –3 Fordham   –  1 –1 –2 Frankin & Marshall   –  4 –4 –2 New Hampshire   –  4 –4 –0 Amherst   –  4 –5 –1 Villanova   –  2 –4 –1 Lehigh   –  3 –6 –1 Boston College   –  2 –5 –1 Colgate   –  2 –5 –1 Temple   –  2 –5 –0 Lafayette   –  3 –8 –0 NYU   –  1 –3 –0 Rutgers   –  1 –6 –1 Tufts   –  1 –9 –0 Geneva   –  0 –6 –1 | 1898 Midwestern college football independents records vteConfOverall TeamW L TW L T Washington University   –  6 –0 –0 Detroit College   –  5 –0 –0 Carthage   –  3 –0 –0 Lincoln (MO)   –  1 –0 –0 Iowa State Normal   –  4 –0 –1 Washburn   –  4 –0 –1 Kansas   –  7 –1 –0 Cincinnati   –  5 –1 –3 Indiana   –  4 –1 –2 Nebraska   –  8 –3 –0 Drake   –  4 –2 –0 Lake Forest   –  2 –1 –0 Notre Dame   –  4 –2 –0 Western Reserve   –  5 –3 –0 Butler   –  2 –1 –1 Heidelberg   –  4 –3 –0 Michigan Agricultural   –  4 –3 –0 Iowa State   –  3 –2 –0 Kansas State   –  1 –1 –2 Miami (OH)   –  1 –1 –0 South Dakota Agricultural   –  1 –1 –1 DePauw   –  3 –4 –2 Iowa   –  3 –4 –2 Ohio   –  1 –2 –1 Ohio State   –  3 –5 –0 Baldwin–Wallace   –  2 –4 –0 Central Michigan   –  1 –2 –0 Indiana State Normal   –  1 –2 –0 North Dakota Agricultural   –  1 –2 –0 Wabash   –  2 –5 –1 Ohio Wesleyan   –  2 –5 –0 Haskell   –  2 –7 –0 Missouri   –  1 –4 –1 Wittenberg   –  1 –5 –1 Fairmount   –  0 –1 –0 College of Emporia   –  0 –2 –0 | 1898 Southern college football independents records vteConfOverall TeamW L TW L T North Carolina   –  9 –0 –0 Central (KY)   –  3 –0 –1 Oklahoma   –  2 –0 –0 Navy   –  7 –1 –0 West Virginia   –  6 –1 –0 Marshall   –  4 –1 –0 Georgetown   –  7 –3 –0 Texas A&M   –  4 –2 –0 VMI   –  4 –2 –0 Arkansas Industrial   –  2 –1 –0 Centre   –  2 –1 –2 VPI   –  3 –2 –0 Virginia   –  6 –5 –0 Richmond   –  3 –3 –1 Davidson   –  1 –1 –0 William & Mary   –  1 –1 –0 South Carolina   –  1 –2 –0 Delaware   –  2 –5 –2 Columbian   –  3 –6 –0 North Carolina A&M   –  1 –2 –0 Add-Ran   –  1 –3 –1 Maryland   –  2 –6 –1 Guilford   –  0 –3 –0 |
| 1898 Far West college football independents records vteConfOverall TeamW L TW L T California   –  8 –0 –2 Nevada State   –  4 –1 –0 USC   –  5 –1 –1 Gonzaga   –  1 –0 –1 Oregon   –  3 –1 –0 New Mexico A&M   –  2 –1 –0 Utah   –  2 –1 –0 Stanford   –  5 –3 –1 Montana   –  3 –2 –0 Saint Mary's   –  3 –2 –0 Denver   –  6 –4 –1 Washington   –  1 –1 –0 Oregon Agricultural   –  1 –2 –1 Washington Agricultural   –  0 –0 –1 Utah Agricultural   –  0 –1 –0 Montana Agricultural   –  0 –2 –0 Pacific (CA)   –  0 –0 –2 Wyoming   –  0 –4 –0 |

### Minor conferences

| Conference | Champion(s) | Record |
| Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association | Kalamazoo | 5–0 |