# 1998 Pacific-10 Conference football season

The Pacific-10 Conference football season in 1998 ended with the UCLA Bruins winning the conference with an undefeated 8–0 conference record.

## Bowl games

Pac-10 teams played in the following bowl games. Pac-10 teams are bolded. Rankings from BCS.
| Bowl Game | Date | Stadium | City | Television | Time (PST) | Team | Score | Team | Score | Attendance |
| Aloha Bowl | December 25 | Aloha Stadium | Honolulu, Hawaii | ABC | 12:30 PM | Colorado | 51 | Oregon | 43 | 46,451 |
| Oahu Bowl | December 25 | Aloha Stadium | Honolulu, Hawaii | ESPN | 5:30 PM | Air Force | 43 | Washington | 25 | 34,083 |
| Holiday Bowl | December 30 | Qualcomm Stadium | San Diego, California | ESPN | 5:00 PM | #7 Arizona | 23 | #11 Nebraska | 20 | 65,354 |
| Sun Bowl | December 31 | Sun Bowl Stadium | El Paso, Texas | CBS | 11:00 AM | USC | 19 | TCU | 28 | 46,612 |
| Rose Bowl | January 1 | Rose Bowl | Pasadena, California | ABC | 2:00 PM | #9 Wisconsin | 38 | #5 UCLA | 31 | 93,872 |

## Awards and honors
### Conference awards

The following individuals won the conference's annual player and coach awards:
* Offensive Player of the Year: Cade McNown, QB, UCLA; Akili Smith, QB, Oregon
* Defensive Player of the Year: Chris Claiborne, ILB, USC
* Coach of the Year: Bob Toledo, UCLA

### All-Conference teams

The following players earned All-Pac-10 honors:

#### Offense

| First Team | First Team | First Team | First Team | Second Team | Second Team | Second Team |
| Pos. | Name | Yr. | School | Name | Yr. | School |
| QB | Cade McNown | Sr. | UCLA | Keith Smith | | Arizona |
| QB | Akili Smith | Sr. | Oregon | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| RB | J. R. Redmond | Jr. | Arizona State | Reuben Droughns | | Oregon |
| RB | Trung Canidate | Jr. | Arizona | Kevin Brown | | Washington State |
| WR | Dameane Douglas | Sr. | California | Jeremy McDaniel | | Arizona |
| FL | Danny Farmer | Jr. | UCLA | Troy Walters | | Stanford |
| FL | N/A | N/A | N/A | R. Jay Soward | | USC |
| TE | Mike Grieb | Sr. | UCLA | Jed Weaver | | Oregon |
| OL | Kris Farris | Jr. | UCLA | Tony Coats | | Washington |
| OL | Yusuf Scott | Jr. | Arizona | Edwin Mulitalo | | Arizona |
| OL | Andy Meyers | Sr. | UCLA | Shawn Stuart | | UCLA |
| OL | Travis Claridge | Jr. | USC | Mike McLaughlin | | Stanford |
| OL | Grey Ruegamer | Sr. | Arizona State | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| OL | John Welbourn | Sr. | California | N/A | N/A | N/A |

#### Defense

| First Team | First Team | First Team | First Team | Second Team | Second Team | Second Team |
| Pos. | Name | Yr. | School | Name | Yr. | School |
| DL | Inoke Breckterfield | Sr. | Oregon State | Jerry DeLoach | | California |
| DL | Jabari Issa | Jr. | Washington | Andre Carter | | California |
| DL | Daniel Greer | | Arizona | Sultan Abdul-Malik | | USC |
| DL | Ennis Davis | So. | USC | Mac Tuiaea | | Washington |
| LB | Chris Claiborne | Jr. | USC | Bryan Jones | | Oregon State |
| LB | Brendon Ayanbadejo | Sr. | UCLA | Matt Beck | | California |
| LB | Sekou Sanyika | Jr. | California | Donnie Spragan | | Stanford |
| LB | Marcus Bell | Jr. | Arizona | DaShon Polk | | Arizona |
| CB | Chris McAlister | Sr. | Arizona | Dee Moronkola | | Washington State |
| CB | Daylon McCutcheon | Sr. | USC | Antuan Simmons | | USC |
| S | Larry Atkins | Sr. | UCLA | Marquis Smith | | California |
| S | Rashard Cook | Sr. | USC | Lamont Thompson | | Washington State |

#### Specialists

| First Team | First Team | First Team | First Team | Second Team | Second Team | Second Team |
| Pos. | Name | Yr. | School | Name | Yr. | School |
| PK | Nathan Villegas | Jr. | Oregon | José Cortéz | | Oregon State |
| P | Josh Bidwell | Sr. | Oregon | Stephen Baker | | Arizona State |
| RS | J. R. Redmond | Jr. | Arizona State | Tim Alexander | | Oregon State |
| ST | John McLaughlin | Sr. | California | Jamil Braithwaite | | Oregon |
| AP | Joe Jarzynka | Jr. | Washington | N/A | N/A | N/A |