1958 NCAA College Division football rankings

The 1958 NCAA College Division football rankings are from the United Press International poll of College Division head coaches. The 1958 NCAA College Division football season was the first year UPI published a poll in what was termed the "Small College" division. The Associated Press did not start their version of the poll until 1960. In most of the weekly polls, the Top 10 included the team's record while the "Second 10" did not. Individual team records in the Top 10 were sometimes missing as well.

Legend

		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
(#–#)		Win–loss record
(Italics)		Number of first place votes
т		Tied with team above or below also with this symbol

The UPI coaches poll

	Week 1 Sept 25[1]	Week 2 Oct 2[2]	Week 3 Oct 9[3]	Week 4 Oct 16[4]	Week 5 Oct 23[5]	Week 6 Oct 30[6]	Week 7 Nov 6[7]	Week 8 Nov 13[8]	Week 9 Nov 20[9]	Week 10 Nov 28[10]	Week 11 Dec 4[11]
1.	Mississippi Southern (9)	Mississippi Southern (2–0) (12)	Mississippi Southern (3–0) (18)	Mississippi Southern (4–0) (23)	Mississippi Southern (4–0) (25)	Mississippi Southern (5–0) (34)	Mississippi Southern (6–0) (31)	Mississippi Southern (7–0) (34)	Mississippi Southern (8–0) (33)	Mississippi Southern (8–0) (32)	Mississippi Southern (9–0) (36)	1.
2.	Connecticut (3)	Ohio (2–0) (2)	East Texas State (3–0) (2)	Connecticut (3–1) (1)	Connecticut (4–1) (4)	Montana State (6–0)	Montana State (7–0) (1)	Miami (OH) (5–2) (1)	Miami (OH) (5–2) (1)	Miami (OH) (6–2) (1)	Miami (OH) (6–3)	2.
3.	Idaho State (4)	Idaho State (1–0) (3)	Idaho State (2–0) (2)	Chattanooga (3–1)	Bowling Green (5–0) (2)	Miami (OH) (3–2)	Miami (OH) (4–2) (2)	Chattanooga (5–3) (1)	Arizona State College (9–0) (2)	Northeastern State (9–0) (1)	Arizona State College (10–0) (2)	3.
4.	Chattanooga (1)	Chattanooga (2–0) (2)	Connecticut (2–1) (3)	Idaho State (3–0)	Chattanooga (4–1)	East Texas State (5–1)	Northeastern State (8–0) (5)	East Texas State (7–1)	Northeastern State (9–0) (1)	East Texas State (9–1) (1)	Northeastern State (9–0) (1)	4.
5.	Ohio (2) [note 1]	Miami (OH) (1–0) (4)	Chattanooga (2–1) (2)	Bowling Green (4–0) (4)	Montana State (5–0)	Northeastern State (7–0) (1)	East Texas State (6–1)	Northeastern State (8–0)	Montana State (8–1)	Arizona State College (10–0) (2)	East Texas State (9–1)	5.
6.	Wittenberg (1)	Lehigh (1–0) (2)	Kent State (3–0) (1)	Miami (OH) (2–1) (1)	Miami (OH) (3–1)	Bowling Green (5–1) (1)	Arizona State College (8–0) (1)	Arizona State College (8–0) (3)	East Texas State (8–1)	Montana State (8–1)	Montana State (8–1)	6.
7.	Hillsdale (1)	East Texas State (2–0)	Bowling Green (3–0) (3)	Montana State (4–0)	Butler (5–0)	Wheaton (IL) (6–0) (1)	Wheaton (IL) (7–0)	Montana State (7–1) (1)	Chattanooga (5–4)	Chattanooga (5–4)	Wheaton (IL) (8–0) (1)	7.
8.	Middle Tennessee State (2) т	Connecticut (1–1)	Butler (3–0) (1)	East Texas State (3–1)	Central Michigan (6–0)	Chattanooga (4–2)	St. Benedict's (8–0)	Wheaton (IL) (8–0) (1)	Wheaton (IL) (8–0) (1)	Wheaton (IL) (8–0) (1)	Chattanooga (5–5)	8.
9.	East Texas State (1) т	Montana State (2–0)	Central Michigan (4–0) (2)	Butler (4–0) (1)	Northeastern State (6–0)	Arizona State College (7–0) (3)	Connecticut (5–2)	St. Benedict's (9–0) (1)	St. Benedict's (10–0) (1)	Buffalo (8–1) (2) т	St. Benedict's	9.
10.	Ripon т	Butler (2–0) (2)	Montana State (3–0)	Cal Poly (4–0)	Wheaton (IL) (5–0)	Connecticut (4–2) (1)	Willamette (7–0)	Connecticut (6–2)	Connecticut (7–2)	St. Benedict's (10–0) т	Buffalo (8–1) (2)	10.
11.	Cal Poly [note 2]	Cal Poly (2)	Ohio (1)	Middle Tennessee State	East Texas State	St. Benedict's (1)	Chattanooga	Kearney	Buffalo (2)	Middle Tennessee State	Middle Tennessee State (1)	11.
12.	Bowling Green	Middle Tennessee State	Cal Poly (1)	Central Michigan (2)	St. Benedict's	Memphis State	Kent State	Bowling Green	Cal Poly	Cal Poly т	Connecticut	12.
13.	Maine	Central Michigan (1)	Miami (OH) т	Ohio	Amherst	Amherst (1)	Memphis State т	Cal Poly	Middle Tennessee State	Connecticut т	Gustavus Adolphus	13.
14.	Montana State	Kent State	Delaware т	Northeastern State (2)	Idaho State	Delaware	Kearney т	Willamette	Kearney	Bowling Green	Bowling Green	14.
15.	Delaware	Juniata т	Lehigh т	Wheaton (IL) (2) т	Arizona State College [note 3]	Willamette	Buffalo	Middle Tennessee State	Rochester т	Gustavus Adolphus	Cal Poly	15.
16.	Lenoir–Rhyne т	Bowling Green т	Middle Tennessee State	Maine т	Willamette	Central Michigan	Bowling Green	Buffalo	Bowling Green т	Kearney	Wittenberg т	16.
17.	Butler т	Memphis State т	Iowa State Teachers	Juniata (1)	Lamar Tech	Lafayette	Lafayette	Rochester	Missouri Valley	West Chester	West Chester т	17.
18.	Miami (OH) т	Maine т	Florida A&M	St. Benedict's	Cal Poly	Cal Poly	Cal Poly	Gustavus Adolphus т	Sewanee	Memphis State	Memphis State	18.
19.	Pittsburg State т [note 4]	Wittenberg т	Northeastern State	Amherst (1)	Juniata	Kent State	West Chester	Memphis State т	West Chester т	Sewanee т	Rochester	19.
20.	Northeastern State [note 5]	Hofstra т	Memphis State т	Louisiana Tech т	Middle Tennessee State	Buffalo (1) т	Missouri Valley	Missouri Valley	Memphis State т	Wittenberg т	Kearney	20.
21.		Louisville т	Wittenberg т	Kent State т		Williams т						21.
	Week 1 Sept 25[12]	Week 2 Oct 2[13]	Week 3 Oct 9[14]	Week 4 Oct 16[15]	Week 5 Oct 23[16]	Week 6 Oct 30[17]	Week 7 Nov 6[18]	Week 8 Nov 13[19]	Week 9 Nov 20[20]	Week 10 Nov 28[21]	Week 11 Dec 4[22]
		Dropped: 7 Hillsdale 10 Ripon 15 Delaware 16 Lenoir–Rhyne 19 Pittsburg State 20 Northeastern State	Dropped: 15 Juniata 18 Maine 20 Hofstra 21 Louisville	Dropped: 14 Delaware 15 Lehigh 17 Iowa State Teachers 18 Florida A&M 20 Memphis State 20 Wittenberg	Dropped: 13 Ohio 16 Maine 20 Louisiana Tech 20 Kent State	Dropped: 7 Butler 14 Idaho State 17 Lamar Tech 19 Juniata 20 Middle Tennessee State	Dropped: 13 Amherst 14 Delaware 16 Central Michigan 20 Williams	Dropped: 12 Kent State 17 Lafayette 19 West Chester State	Dropped: 14 Willamette 18 Gustavus Adolphus	Dropped: 15 Rochester 17 Missouri Valley	Dropped: 19 Sewanee

Notes

1. In the actual printed polls, Ohio was listed as Ohio University on 9/25, 10/2, 10/9, & 10/16
2. In the actual printed polls, Cal Poly was listed as Cal Poly at San Luis Obispo on 9/25, 10/2, 10/9, 10/16, 10/23, 10/30, 11/6, 11/13, 11/19, & 11/28
3. In the actual printed polls, Arizona State College was listed as Arizona (Flagstaff) State on 10/30, 11/6, 11/13, & 11/19
4. In the actual printed polls, Pittsburg State was listed as Pittsburg (Kansas) on 9/25
5. In the actual printed polls, Northeastern State was listed as Northeastern Oklahoma on 9/25, 10/9, 10/30, 11/6, 11/13, 11/19, 11/28 & 12/4

References

1. "'Jacks Win Game, Poly Gets Rating". Tucson Daily Citizen. Tucson, Arizona. September 25, 1958. p. 21. Retrieved May 5, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
2. Earl Wright (October 2, 1958). "Miss. South. Leads Poll". The Bristol Daily Courier. Bristol, Pennsylvania. p. 5C. Retrieved May 5, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Mississippi Southern Is Top Small College". Appeal Democrat. Marysville, California. October 9, 1958. p. 14. Retrieved May 5, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
4. Earl Wright (October 16, 1958). "UPI Ranks La. Tech 20th Among Smaller US Colleges". The Town Talk. Alexandria, Louisiana. p. Ten. Retrieved May 5, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Willamette Rated 16th In UP Poll". Medford Mail Tribune. Medford, Oregon. October 23, 1958. p. 12. Retrieved May 5, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Flagstaff Zooms To 9th In UPI Poll". Tucson Daily Citizen. Tucson, Arizona. October 30, 1958. p. 47. Retrieved May 5, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "Miami Places Third In Football Poll". The Cincinnati Enquirer. Cincinnati, Ohio. November 6, 1958. p. 3E. Retrieved May 5, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
8. Earl Wright (November 13, 1958). "Mississippi Southern, Miami Head Small College UPI Poll". The Daily Republican. Monongahela, Pennsylvania. p. Two. Retrieved May 5, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
9. "Bobcats Fifth in Latest Small College Football Poll". The Daily Inter Lake. Kalispell, Montana. November 19, 1958. p. 9. Retrieved May 5, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
10. "Grid Powers". Lead Daily Call. Lead, South Dakota. November 28, 1958. p. 3. Retrieved May 5, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
11. "Southerners Top Rankings". Albany Democrat-Herald. Albany, Oregon. December 4, 1958. p. 18. Retrieved May 5, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
12. "'Jacks Win Game, Poly Gets Rating". Tucson Daily Citizen. Tucson, Arizona. September 25, 1958. p. 21. Retrieved May 5, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
13. Earl Wright (October 2, 1958). "Miss. South. Leads Poll". The Bristol Daily Courier. Bristol, Pennsylvania. p. 5C. Retrieved May 5, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
14. "Mississippi Southern Is Top Small College". Appeal Democrat. Marysville, California. October 9, 1958. p. 14. Retrieved May 5, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
15. Earl Wright (October 16, 1958). "UPI Ranks La. Tech 20th Among Smaller US Colleges". The Town Talk. Alexandria, Louisiana. p. Ten. Retrieved May 5, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
16. "Willamette Rated 16th In UP Poll". Medford Mail Tribune. Medford, Oregon. October 23, 1958. p. 12. Retrieved May 5, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
17. "Flagstaff Zooms To 9th In UPI Poll". Tucson Daily Citizen. Tucson, Arizona. October 30, 1958. p. 47. Retrieved May 5, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
18. "Miami Places Third In Football Poll". The Cincinnati Enquirer. Cincinnati, Ohio. November 6, 1958. p. 3E. Retrieved May 5, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
19. Earl Wright (November 13, 1958). "Mississippi Southern, Miami Head Small College UPI Poll". The Daily Republican. Monongahela, Pennsylvania. p. Two. Retrieved May 5, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
20. "Bobcats Fifth in Latest Small College Football Poll". The Daily Inter Lake. Kalispell, Montana. November 19, 1958. p. 9. Retrieved May 5, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
21. "Grid Powers". Lead Daily Call. Lead, South Dakota. November 28, 1958. p. 3. Retrieved May 5, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
22. "Southerners Top Rankings". Albany Democrat-Herald. Albany, Oregon. December 4, 1958. p. 18. Retrieved May 5, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.