| Season: | 1998 |
| Number Of Bowls: | 22 |
| Bowl Start: | December 19, 1998 |
| Bowl End: | January 4, 1999 |
| Championship Bowl: | Fiesta Bowl |
| Championship Location: | Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ |
| Champions: | Tennessee |
| Conference1: | SEC |
| Conference1 Teams: | 8 |
| Conference1 Wins: | 4 |
| Conference1 Losses: | 4 |
| Conference1 Ap Poll: | 7 |
| Conference2: | Big 12 |
| Conference2 Teams: | 7 |
| Conference2 Wins: | 3 |
| Conference2 Losses: | 4 |
| Conference2 Ap Poll: | 5 |
| Conference3: | Big Ten |
| Conference3 Teams: | 5 |
| Conference3 Wins: | 5 |
| Conference3 Losses: | 0 |
| Conference3 Ap Poll: | 5 |
| Conference4: | ACC |
| Conference4 Teams: | 5 |
| Conference4 Wins: | 2 |
| Conference4 Losses: | 3 |
| Conference4 Ap Poll: | 3 |
| Conference5: | Pac-10 |
| Conference5 Teams: | 5 |
| Conference5 Wins: | 1 |
| Conference5 Losses: | 4 |
| Conference5 Ap Poll: | 2 |
| Conference6: | Big East |
| Conference6 Teams: | 4 |
| Conference6 Wins: | 2 |
| Conference6 Losses: | 2 |
| Conference6 Ap Poll: | 3 |
| Conference7: | WAC |
| Conference7 Teams: | 4 |
| Conference7 Wins: | 2 |
| Conference7 Losses: | 2 |
| Conference7 Ap Poll: | 1 |
| Conference8: | CUSA |
| Conference8 Teams: | 3 |
| Conference8 Wins: | 1 |
| Conference8 Losses: | 2 |
| Conference8 Ap Poll: | 1 |
| Conference9: | Big West |
| Conference9 Teams: | 1 |
| Conference9 Wins: | 1 |
| Conference9 Losses: | 0 |
| Conference9 Ap Poll: | 0 |
| Conference10: | MAC |
| Conference10 Teams: | 1 |
| Conference10 Wins: | 1 |
| Conference10 Losses: | 0 |
| Conference10 Ap Poll: | 0 |
The 1998–99 NCAA football bowl games concluded the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season. In the first year of the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) era, Tennessee defeated Florida State in the 1999 Fiesta Bowl, designated as the BCS National Championship Game for the 1998 season.
A total of 22 bowl games were played between December 19, 1998 and January 4, 1999 by 44 bowl-eligible teams.[1] Two new bowl games were established in 1998–99: the Oahu Bowl and the Music City Bowl.
| - | Date | Time | Game | Site | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1 | 4:30 PM | Rose Bowl | Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA | No. 9 Wisconsin 38, No. 6 UCLA 31 | ||
| 8:30 PM | Sugar Bowl | Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, LA | No. 3 Ohio State 24, No. 8 Texas A&M 14 | |||
| Jan 2 | 8:00 PM | Orange Bowl | Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL | No. 7 Florida 31, No. 18 Syracuse 10 | ||
| Jan 4 | 8:00 PM | Fiesta Bowl (BCS National Championship Game) | Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ | No. 1 Tennessee 23, No. 2 Florida State 16 | ||
| Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game. All times are in Eastern Time. |