1958 Regular Season Final College Football Team Rankings

December 9, 1958By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1958 Season Tags: • No Comments

1958 rankings calculated with the Classic formula (Ken's 2016-based hybrid, applied retroactively); records, NOW and game results come from James Howell's historical college football score archive.

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Rank	Change	Rating	Team	Conf	Record	Win %	Place	NOW	Game Status
1	0	0.797	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	8–0–1	0.944	4	+38	BYE
2	0	0.888	LSU	SEC	10–0	1.000	1	+48	BYE
3	0	0.890	Air Force (AIR FORCE)	IND FBSI	9–0–1	0.950	2	+45	BYE
4	0	1.027	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	7–1–1	0.833	8	+33	BYE
5	0	1.057	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	8–1	0.889	6	+33	BYE
6	0	1.098	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	9–1	0.900	5	+37	BYE
7	0	1.228	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	9–0–1	0.950	2	+34	BYE
8	0	1.336	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	6–1–2	0.778	13	+25	BYE
9	0	1.389	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	6–1–2	0.778	13	+23	BYE
10	0	1.473	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	7–1–1	0.833	8	+22	BYE
11	0	1.542	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND FBSI	7–3	0.700	17	+27	BYE
12	0	1.616	TCU	IND SWC	8–2	0.800	10	+27	BYE
13	3	1.799	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	8–2	0.800	10	+23	BYE
14	0	1.820	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	6–4	0.600	39	+26	BYE
15	0	1.829	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	8–2	0.800	10	+20	BYE
16	-3	1.857	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND IVY	7–2	0.778	13	+17	BYE
17	0	1.858	North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)	IND MVC	7–2–1	0.750	16	+18	BYE
18	0	1.862	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	7–3	0.700	17	+20	BYE
19	9	1.948	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	7–3	0.700	17	+17	Beat Holy Cross 26–8
20	0	2.066	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	6–3–1	0.650	35	+15	BYE
21	1	2.171	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	8–1	0.889	6	+11	BYE
22	-1	2.173	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	7–3	0.700	17	+16	BYE
23	0	2.179	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND SKY	7–3	0.700	17	+17	BYE
24	0	2.202	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	7–3	0.700	17	+19	BYE
25	0	2.269	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND MVC	6–2–2	0.700	17	+10	BYE
26	0	2.284	SMU	IND SWC	6–4	0.600	39	+16	BYE
27	2	2.318	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	ACC	7–3	0.700	17	+15	BYE
28	-1	2.331	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND IVY	6–3	0.667	30	+12	BYE
29	-10	2.331	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	6–3	0.667	30	+14	Lost to Boston College 8–26
30	3	2.409	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND SKY	7–3	0.700	17	+14	BYE
31	-1	2.412	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND IVY	6–3	0.667	30	+12	BYE
32	0	2.417	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	6–2–2	0.700	17	+5	BYE
33	-2	2.433	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	7–3	0.700	17	+14	BYE
34	1	2.439	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	5–2–3	0.650	35	+7	BYE
35	-1	2.454	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	6–3–1	0.650	35	+13	BYE
36	0	2.462	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND FBSI	6–4	0.600	39	+9	BYE
37	0	2.530	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND MVC	5–4	0.556	49	+9	BYE
38	0	2.582	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	6–3	0.667	30	+8	BYE
39	2	2.603	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND BOR	7–3	0.700	17	+3	BYE
40	-1	2.606	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	6–4	0.600	39	+12	BYE
41	-1	2.607	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	5–4	0.556	49	+10	BYE
42	1	2.710	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	7–3	0.700	17	+3	BYE
43	-1	2.721	Brown (BROWN)	IND IVY	6–3	0.667	30	+4	BYE
44	0	2.784	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND SKY	6–4	0.600	39	+7	BYE
45	1	2.796	Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)	IND BOR	6–4	0.600	39	+10	BYE
46	-1	2.798	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	5–5	0.500	58	+13	BYE
47	0	2.872	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	6–4	0.600	39	+5	BYE
48	2	2.887	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	4–6	0.400	71	+6	BYE
49	0	2.916	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	SEC	5–4–1	0.550	52	+9	BYE
50	-2	2.922	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	6–4	0.600	39	+6	BYE
51	0	2.935	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	5–4–1	0.550	52	+7	BYE
52	0	2.950	BYU	IND SKY	6–4	0.600	39	+3	BYE
53	0	3.085	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	5–3–1	0.611	38	+4	BYE
54	1	3.099	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	5–4–1	0.550	52	+4	BYE
55	-1	3.167	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	5–4–1	0.550	52	+4	BYE
56	0	3.236	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	6–4	0.600	39	+12	BYE
57	0	3.352	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	5–4–1	0.550	52	+1	BYE
58	0	3.476	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND SOCON	4–5–1	0.450	61	-1	BYE
59	0	3.547	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND IVY	4–5	0.444	65	-1	BYE
60	1	3.658	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	5–5	0.500	58	-2	BYE
61	1	3.693	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	4–6	0.400	71	-3	BYE
62	1	3.741	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	4–5–1	0.450	61	-1	BYE
63	2	3.789	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	4–6	0.400	71	+6	BYE
64	3	3.801	Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)	IND FBSI	4–4–1	0.500	58	-5	BYE
65	1	3.842	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	4–5	0.444	65	-3	BYE
66	-2	3.844	USC	PAC	4–5–1	0.450	61	-5	BYE
67	1	3.863	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	4–5–1	0.450	61	+4	BYE
68	1	3.932	Boston University (BOSTON UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	4–5	0.444	65	-7	BYE
69	1	4.116	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND SOCON	5–4–1	0.550	52	-2	BYE
70	1	4.200	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	3–5–1	0.389	80	-3	BYE
71	1	4.254	Tulane (TULANE)	SEC	3–7	0.300	85	-5	BYE
72	1	4.255	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND IVY	4–5	0.444	65	-4	BYE
73	-13	4.313	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	4–6	0.400	71	-12	Lost to Miami 0–2
74	0	4.385	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	3–7	0.300	85	-10	BYE
75	1	4.448	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	4–6	0.400	71	-9	BYE
76	1	4.454	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	4–6	0.400	71	-10	BYE
77	-2	4.478	Idaho (IDAHO)	PAC	4–5	0.444	65	-12	BYE
78	0	4.522	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	3–6	0.333	84	-10	BYE
79	0	4.611	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND SOCON	5–4	0.556	49	-10	BYE
80	0	4.795	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	3–7	0.300	85	-8	BYE
81	1	4.830	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	4–6	0.400	71	-19	BYE
82	3	4.835	Utah (UTAH)	IND SKY	4–7	0.364	82	-18	Beat Hawai'i 47–20
83	-2	4.904	UCLA	PAC	3–6–1	0.350	83	-14	BYE
84	-1	4.904	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND FBSI	4–5	0.444	65	-4	BYE
85	-1	4.996	Marquette (MARQUETTE)	IND FBSI	2–7–1	0.250	97	-11	BYE
86	0	5.202	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	3–7	0.300	85	-15	BYE
87	0	5.263	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	3–7	0.300	85	-20	BYE
88	1	5.375	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	3–7	0.300	85	-18	BYE
89	1	5.404	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	2–6–1	0.278	95	-12	BYE
90	-2	5.419	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	3–7	0.300	85	-21	BYE
91	0	5.431	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND BOR	4–6	0.400	71	-19	BYE
92	4	5.431	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	2–8	0.200	103	-15	Beat Oregon 2–0
93	-1	5.595	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND FBSI	3–7	0.300	85	-24	BYE
94	-1	5.640	George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)	IND SOCON	3–5	0.375	81	-16	BYE
95	-1	5.861	Denver (DENVER)	IND SKY	2–8	0.200	103	-26	BYE
96	-1	5.925	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND SKY	3–7	0.300	85	-28	BYE
97	1	6.045	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	4–6	0.400	71	-14	BYE
98	-1	6.050	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND BOR	3–7	0.300	85	-25	BYE
99	0	6.152	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	2–7	0.222	99	-21	BYE
100	0	6.286	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	2–8	0.200	103	-24	BYE
101	0	6.681	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	1–8	0.111	107	-21	BYE
102	0	6.718	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	2–6–1	0.278	95	-21	BYE
103	0	6.789	Yale (YALE)	IND IVY	2–7	0.222	99	-28	BYE
104	0	6.811	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	1–9	0.100	110	-25	BYE
105	0	6.914	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	2–7–1	0.250	97	-22	BYE
106	0	6.977	UTEP	IND BOR	2–7	0.222	99	-14	BYE
107	0	7.086	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	1–8	0.111	107	-28	BYE
108	0	7.743	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND IVY	1–8	0.111	107	-20	BYE
109	0	7.796	Drake (DRAKE)	IND FBSI	2–7	0.222	99	-20	BYE
110	0	8.423	Dayton (DAYTON)	IND FBSI	2–8	0.200	103	-10	BYE
111	0	9.576	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND BOR	1–9	0.100	110	-28	BYE
112	0	10.147	Montana (MONTANA)	IND SKY	0–10	0.000	112	-41	BYE