1958 Week 15 College Football Team Rankings

December 2, 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	1	0.797	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	8–0–1	0.944	4	+38	Beat Navy 22–6
2	-1	0.890	LSU	SEC	10–0	1.000	1	+47	BYE
3	0	0.901	Air Force (AIR FORCE)	IND FBSI	9–0–1	0.950	2	+44	Beat Colorado 20–14
4	0	1.024	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	7–1–1	0.833	8	+33	BYE
5	0	1.040	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	8–1	0.889	6	+33	BYE
6	0	1.077	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	9–1	0.900	5	+37	Beat Oklahoma State 7–0
7	0	1.230	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	9–0–1	0.950	2	+34	Beat Alabama 14–8
8	1	1.332	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	6–1–2	0.778	13	+25	BYE
9	1	1.385	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	6–1–2	0.778	13	+23	BYE
10	2	1.479	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	7–1–1	0.833	8	+21	BYE
11	0	1.555	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND FBSI	7–3	0.700	18	+27	Lost to Oklahoma 0–7
12	-4	1.619	TCU	IND SWC	8–2	0.800	10	+27	Lost to SMU 13–20
13	1	1.805	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND IVY	7–2	0.778	13	+18	BYE
14	2	1.820	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	6–4	0.600	39	+26	Beat USC 20–13
15	5	1.829	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	8–2	0.800	10	+20	Beat Mississippi State 21–0
16	-3	1.836	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	8–2	0.800	10	+22	Beat Furman 36–19
17	-2	1.868	North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)	IND MVC	7–2–1	0.750	16	+18	BYE
18	3	1.875	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	7–3	0.700	18	+20	Beat Wichita State 25–6
19	-2	1.967	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	6–2	0.750	16	+17	BYE
20	3	2.008	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	6–3–1	0.650	35	+15	Beat Pittsburgh 25–21
21	3	2.151	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	7–3	0.700	18	+16	BYE
22	0	2.163	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	8–1	0.889	6	+11	BYE
23	3	2.196	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND SKY	7–3	0.700	18	+16	BYE
24	8	2.216	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	7–3	0.700	18	+19	Beat Texas A&M 27–0
25	4	2.277	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND MVC	6–2–2	0.700	18	+10	Beat Miami (OH) 18–7
26	15	2.292	SMU	IND SWC	6–4	0.600	39	+16	Beat TCU 20–13
27	-2	2.323	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND IVY	6–3	0.667	30	+12	BYE
28	-1	2.325	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	6–3	0.667	30	+10	BYE
29	7	2.335	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	ACC	7–3	0.700	18	+15	Beat Wake Forest 24–7
30	9	2.404	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND IVY	6–3	0.667	30	+12	Beat Pennsylvania 19–7
31	3	2.417	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	7–3	0.700	18	+13	BYE
32	-14	2.418	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	6–2–2	0.700	18	+5	Lost to Virginia Tech 16–21
33	-3	2.422	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND SKY	7–3	0.700	18	+14	BYE
34	-1	2.462	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	6–3–1	0.650	35	+12	Beat Miami 12–9
35	-16	2.470	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	5–2–3	0.650	35	+6	Lost to Tennessee 6–10
36	4	2.519	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND FBSI	6–4	0.600	39	+9	Beat Fresno State 52–6
37	1	2.554	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND MVC	5–4	0.556	49	+8	Beat Texas Tech 22–17
38	-7	2.581	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	6–3	0.667	30	+8	Lost to Army 6–22
39	-4	2.606	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	6–4	0.600	39	+11	Lost to Air Force 14–20
40	-3	2.607	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	5–4	0.556	49	+10	BYE
41	4	2.617	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND BOR	7–3	0.700	18	+3	Beat Marquette 42–18
42	2	2.714	Brown (BROWN)	IND IVY	6–3	0.667	30	+4	Beat Colgate 28–6
43	0	2.736	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	7–3	0.700	18	+2	BYE
44	4	2.796	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND SKY	6–4	0.600	39	+6	Beat Denver 9–8
45	2	2.807	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	5–5	0.500	58	+13	Beat Baylor 33–21
46	9	2.807	Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)	IND BOR	6–4	0.600	39	+10	Beat New Mexico State 26–20
47	3	2.879	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	6–4	0.600	39	+5	BYE
48	1	2.885	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	6–4	0.600	39	+7	BYE
49	-21	2.925	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	SEC	5–4–1	0.550	52	+9	Lost to Georgia 3–16
50	6	2.933	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	4–6	0.400	72	+6	Beat Georgia Tech 16–3
51	-5	2.941	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	5–4–1	0.550	52	+7	BYE
52	2	2.962	BYU	IND SKY	6–4	0.600	39	+2	BYE
53	-1	3.080	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	5–3–1	0.611	38	+4	BYE
54	-12	3.090	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	5–4–1	0.550	52	+4	Lost to Penn State 21–25
55	-4	3.104	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	5–4–1	0.550	52	+4	BYE
56	1	3.270	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	6–4	0.600	39	+11	BYE
57	-4	3.352	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	5–4–1	0.550	52	+1	Lost to Auburn 8–14
58	1	3.470	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND SOCON	4–5–1	0.450	61	-1	BYE
59	-1	3.542	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND IVY	4–5	0.444	65	-1	Lost to Cornell 7–19
60	2	3.606	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	4–5	0.444	65	-4	BYE
61	0	3.654	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	5–5	0.500	58	-2	BYE
62	4	3.718	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	4–6	0.400	72	-3	BYE
63	0	3.736	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	4–5–1	0.450	61	-1	BYE
64	-4	3.793	USC	PAC	4–5–1	0.450	61	-4	Lost to Notre Dame 13–20
65	9	3.815	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	4–6	0.400	72	+6	Beat Vanderbilt 10–6
66	-1	3.832	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	4–5	0.444	65	-3	BYE
67	0	3.873	Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)	IND FBSI	4–4–1	0.500	58	-5	BYE
68	-4	3.875	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	4–5–1	0.450	61	+4	Lost to Tulsa 6–25
69	-1	3.915	Boston University (BOSTON UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	4–5	0.444	65	-6	BYE
70	15	4.111	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND SOCON	5–4–1	0.550	52	-2	Beat Virginia Military Institute 21–16
71	-2	4.193	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	3–5–1	0.389	80	-3	BYE
72	-2	4.238	Tulane (TULANE)	SEC	3–7	0.300	84	-5	BYE
73	-1	4.250	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND IVY	4–5	0.444	65	-4	BYE
74	-1	4.381	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	3–7	0.300	84	-10	Lost to South Carolina 7–24
75	3	4.427	Idaho (IDAHO)	PAC	4–5	0.444	65	-12	BYE
76	-5	4.473	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	4–6	0.400	72	-9	Lost to Texas 0–27
77	-1	4.493	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	4–6	0.400	72	-11	BYE
78	-3	4.508	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	3–6	0.333	83	-10	Lost to Ole Miss 0–21
79	-2	4.610	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND SOCON	5–4	0.556	49	-10	BYE
80	-1	4.772	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	3–7	0.300	84	-8	BYE
81	-1	4.830	UCLA	PAC	3–6–1	0.350	82	-14	BYE
82	1	4.834	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	4–6	0.400	72	-19	BYE
83	3	4.909	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND FBSI	4–5	0.444	65	-4	BYE
84	-2	4.981	Marquette (MARQUETTE)	IND FBSI	2–7–1	0.250	97	-10	Lost to Arizona State 18–42
85	9	5.058	Utah (UTAH)	IND SKY	3–7	0.300	84	-18	Beat Utah State 12–7
86	1	5.186	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	3–7	0.300	84	-15	BYE
87	-3	5.271	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	3–7	0.300	84	-20	Lost to Rice 21–33
88	3	5.341	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	3–7	0.300	84	-21	BYE
89	-8	5.359	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	3–7	0.300	84	-18	Lost to William & Mary 15–18
90	-1	5.396	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	2–6–1	0.278	95	-12	BYE
91	-3	5.461	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND BOR	4–6	0.400	72	-19	Lost to Hardin Simmons 20–26
92	-2	5.579	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND FBSI	3–7	0.300	84	-24	Lost to Houston 17–22
93	8	5.639	George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)	IND SOCON	3–5	0.375	81	-16	Beat Citadel 20–14
94	1	5.889	Denver (DENVER)	IND SKY	2–8	0.200	103	-26	Lost to Colorado State 8–9
95	-2	5.916	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND SKY	3–7	0.300	84	-28	Lost to Utah 7–12
96	0	6.016	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	1–8	0.111	106	-19	Lost to Florida 9–12
97	0	6.040	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND BOR	3–7	0.300	84	-25	BYE
98	-6	6.064	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	4–6	0.400	72	-14	Lost to George Washington 14–20
99	-1	6.174	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	2–7	0.222	99	-21	Lost to Clemson 19–36
100	-1	6.218	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	2–8	0.200	103	-23	BYE
101	-1	6.535	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	1–8	0.111	106	-20	Lost to Brown 6–28
102	6	6.711	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	2–6–1	0.278	95	-21	Beat Richmond 18–15
103	-1	6.774	Yale (YALE)	IND IVY	2–7	0.222	99	-28	BYE
104	-1	6.834	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	1–9	0.100	110	-25	BYE
105	0	6.922	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	2–7–1	0.250	97	-22	BYE
106	0	6.991	UTEP	IND BOR	2–7	0.222	99	-14	BYE
107	-3	7.049	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	1–8	0.111	106	-28	BYE
108	-1	7.715	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND IVY	1–8	0.111	106	-20	BYE
109	0	7.810	Drake (DRAKE)	IND FBSI	2–7	0.222	99	-20	BYE
110	0	8.320	Dayton (DAYTON)	IND FBSI	2–8	0.200	103	-9	BYE
111	0	9.575	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND BOR	1–9	0.100	110	-28	BYE
112	0	10.173	Montana (MONTANA)	IND SKY	0–10	0.000	112	-41	BYE