1958 Week 5 College Football Team Rankings

September 23, 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	Game Status
1	102	0.350	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Richmond 66–22
2	80	0.370	TCU	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Kansas 42–0
3	96	0.448	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Maryland 34–0
4	97	0.448	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Stanford 40–6
5	36	0.458	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Drake 33–0
6	60	0.516	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Idaho 27–0
7	64	0.574	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat UCLA 27–6
8	82	0.574	USC	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Oregon State 21–0
9	19	0.584	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Tulane 34–14
10	34	0.584	LSU	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Rice 26–6
11	49	0.604	North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)	IND MVC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat UTEP 26–8
12	53	0.613	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Denver 31–14
13	85	0.623	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	Beat West Texas A&M 28–12
14	12	0.633	Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat George Washington 21–6
15	-1	0.642	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND MVC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Dayton 14–0
16	17	0.642	Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)	IND BOR	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Tulsa 14–0
17	74	0.642	Utah (UTAH)	IND SKY	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Montana 20–6
18	-10	0.662	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Arkansas 12–0
19	38	0.691	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND SKY	1–0	1.000	1	Beat New Mexico State 16–7
20	59	0.701	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	ACC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Duke 8–0
21	79	0.701	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat San José State 14–6
22	34	0.711	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Penn State 14–7
23	36	0.711	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat North Carolina 21–14
24	-8	0.730	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Virginia 20–15
25	59	0.730	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Georgia 13–8
26	42	0.740	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat California 24–20
27	67	0.740	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Missouri 12–8
28	15	0.750	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Wyoming 17–14
29	-26	0.769	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND BOR	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Utah State 7–6
30	56	0.769	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Texas A&M 15–14
31	78	1.178	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	2–0	1.000	1	Beat Georgia Tech 13–0
32	78	1.241	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	Beat Furman 42–6
33	-32	1.310	Air Force (AIR FORCE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	75	BYE
34	-32	1.310	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	0–0	0.000	75	BYE
35	-29	1.310	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	75	BYE
36	-29	1.310	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	0–0	0.000	75	BYE
37	-27	1.310	Boston University (BOSTON UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	75	BYE
38	-27	1.310	Brown (BROWN)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	75	BYE
39	-22	1.310	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	75	BYE
40	-22	1.310	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	75	BYE
41	-22	1.310	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND SKY	0–0	0.000	75	BYE
42	-22	1.310	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	75	BYE
43	-22	1.310	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	75	BYE
44	-22	1.310	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	75	BYE
45	-11	1.310	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	75	BYE
46	-11	1.310	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	75	BYE
47	-11	1.310	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND MVC	0–0	0.000	75	BYE
48	-10	1.310	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	0–0	0.000	75	BYE
49	-10	1.310	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	0–0	0.000	75	BYE
50	-10	1.310	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	0–0	0.000	75	BYE
51	-4	1.310	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	75	BYE
52	-4	1.310	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	0–0	0.000	75	BYE
53	-4	1.310	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	0–0	0.000	75	BYE
54	-4	1.310	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	0–0	0.000	75	BYE
55	-3	1.310	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	0–0	0.000	75	BYE
56	-1	1.310	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	75	BYE
57	4	1.310	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	0–0	0.000	75	BYE
58	4	1.310	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	75	BYE
59	4	1.310	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	0–0	0.000	75	BYE
60	4	1.310	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	75	BYE
61	9	1.310	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	75	BYE
62	10	1.310	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	75	BYE
63	10	1.310	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	0–0	0.000	75	BYE
64	12	1.310	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	75	BYE
65	13	1.310	SMU	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	75	BYE
66	15	1.310	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	75	BYE
67	16	1.310	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	0–0	0.000	75	BYE
68	37	1.310	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	75	BYE
69	37	1.310	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	0–0	0.000	75	BYE
70	38	1.310	Yale (YALE)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	75	BYE
71	14	1.384	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	0–1	0.000	40	Lost to Texas Tech 14–15
72	20	1.384	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND SKY	0–1	0.000	40	Lost to Arizona 6–7
73	34	1.469	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND SKY	0–1	0.000	40	Lost to Kansas State 14–17
74	-61	1.512	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	0–1	0.000	40	Lost to Pacific 20–24
75	-22	1.512	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	0–1	0.000	40	Lost to Vanderbilt 8–12
76	-45	1.554	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	0–1	0.000	40	Lost to Texas 8–13
77	19	1.554	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	0–1	0.000	40	Lost to Clemson 15–20
78	-20	1.639	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	0–1	0.000	40	Lost to NC State 14–21
79	-10	1.639	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	40	Lost to Nebraska 7–14
80	-53	1.681	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	0–1	0.000	40	Lost to South Carolina 0–8
81	-4	1.681	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	40	Lost to Washington 6–14
82	-73	1.733	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Scranton 48–0
83	-79	1.801	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND BOR	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Hawai'i 47–6
84	-79	1.851	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	0–1	0.000	40	Lost to Baylor 0–12
85	-53	1.894	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	SEC	0–1	0.000	40	Lost to Kentucky 0–13
86	-62	1.936	Dayton (DAYTON)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	40	Lost to Cincinnati 0–14
87	-33	1.936	Montana (MONTANA)	IND SKY	0–1	0.000	40	Lost to Utah 6–20
88	0	1.936	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	0–1	0.000	40	Lost to Hardin Simmons 0–14
89	8	1.947	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Morehead State 46–20
90	-60	1.979	George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)	IND SOCON	0–1	0.000	40	Lost to Detroit Mercy 6–21
91	-79	1.986	BYU	IND SKY	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Fresno State 29–7
92	10	2.021	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND BOR	0–1	0.000	40	Lost to Virginia Tech 12–28
93	-42	2.035	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Memphis 17–0
94	-69	2.064	Denver (DENVER)	IND SKY	0–1	0.000	40	Lost to Oklahoma State 14–31
95	0	2.064	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat West Chester 28–14
96	-51	2.093	Marquette (MARQUETTE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat South Dakota State 18–7
97	-4	2.106	UTEP	IND BOR	0–1	0.000	40	Lost to North Texas 8–26
98	-24	2.191	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	0–1	0.000	40	Lost to LSU 6–26
99	-12	2.191	Tulane (TULANE)	SEC	0–1	0.000	40	Lost to Florida 14–34
100	-33	2.234	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	0–1	0.000	40	Lost to USC 0–21
101	-12	2.234	UCLA	PAC	0–1	0.000	40	Lost to Pittsburgh 6–27
102	-65	2.489	Idaho (IDAHO)	PAC	0–1	0.000	40	Lost to Oregon 0–27
103	-57	2.786	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	0–1	0.000	40	Lost to Wake Forest 0–34
104	-24	2.786	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	0–1	0.000	40	Lost to Washington State 6–40
105	-76	2.871	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	0–1	0.000	40	Lost to Florida State 6–42
106	-64	3.126	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	0–1	0.000	40	Lost to TCU 0–42
107	-32	3.211	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	0–1	0.000	40	Lost to West Virginia 22–66
108	4	6.715	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND BOR	0–2	0.000	40	Lost to New Mexico 7–16
109	2	6.927	Drake (DRAKE)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	40	Lost to Iowa State 0–33
110	-87	11.069	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND SOCON	0–1	0.000	40	Lost to Catawba 17–22
111	-7	11.111	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	0–1	0.000	40	Lost to Bowling Green State 14–20
112	-97	11.536	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	0–1	0.000	40	Lost to Newberry 0–16