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1958 Week 8 College Football Team Rankings

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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.
RankChangeRatingTeamConfRecordWin %PlaceNOWGame Status
100.462Air Force (AIR FORCE)IND FBSI2–0–10.83317+4Beat Colorado State 36–6
290.487Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)B102–0–10.83317+5Beat Pittsburgh 22–8
300.568Army (ARMY)IND FBSI3–01.0001+6Beat Notre Dame 14–2
4-20.740Iowa (IOWA)B102–0–10.83317+4Beat Indiana 34–13
510.785Pacific (PACIFIC)IND FBSI3–01.0001+6Beat BYU 26–8
610.834Houston (HOUSTON)IND MVC3–01.0001+4Beat Wichita State 44–0
7130.844LSUSEC4–01.0001+6Beat Miami 41–0
8-40.866Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B103–01.0001+4Beat Purdue 31–6
981.038Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI3–01.0001+3Beat Michigan 20–14
10121.103Colorado (COLORADO)IND B83–01.0001+4Beat Arizona 65–12
1141.151Clemson (CLEMSON)ACC4–01.0001+6Beat Vanderbilt 12–7
1211.158Rutgers (RUTGERS)IND FBSI3–01.0001+3Beat Richmond 23–12
13101.246Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC4–01.0001+5Beat Oklahoma 15–14
1471.314Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND SOCON3–0–10.87516+3Tied William & Mary 6–6
15-101.373Purdue (PURDUE)B102–10.66731+4Lost to Wisconsin 6–31
1691.386Auburn (AUBURN)SEC3–01.0001+3Beat Kentucky 8–0
17-51.389Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B103–01.0001+3Beat Illinois 19–13
1861.392Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B103–01.0001+3Beat Minnesota 7–3
19141.444Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND IVY3–01.0001+2Beat Brown 20–0
20-101.490Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND FBSI3–10.75020+4Lost to Tulsa 16–24
21-121.551Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B82–10.66731+3Lost to Texas 14–15
2281.609Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)ACC3–10.75020+4Beat NC State 13–7
2331.640Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)SEC4–01.0001+2Beat Tulane 19–8
24101.760North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)IND MVC3–10.75020+3Beat Drake 42–0
25171.796TCUIND SWC3–10.75020+3Beat Texas Tech 26–0
26481.865Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI2–10.66731+2Beat Cornell 55–0
27-131.894Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI3–10.75020+2Lost to Michigan State 8–22
28311.964Wyoming (WYOMING)IND SKY3–10.75020+2Beat Oregon State 28–0
29292.028Tulsa (TULSA)IND MVC3–10.75020+2Beat Oklahoma State 24–16
30-222.034Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND SKY2–10.66731+2Lost to Air Force 6–36
31182.058Villanova (VILLANOVA)IND FBSI3–10.75020+3Beat Detroit Mercy 7–0
32-142.088Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI2–10.66731+2Lost to Army 2–14
33-12.101Kentucky (KENTUCKY)SEC2–20.50047+3Lost to Auburn 0–8
34172.110Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)IND BOR2–20.50047+3Beat Arizona State 14–6
35-192.127Brown (BROWN)IND IVY2–10.66731+2Lost to Dartmouth 0–20
3632.147Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)IND FBSI1–10.50047+1BYE
37-22.195Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)SEC3–10.75020+2Beat Tennessee 21–7
38142.219California (CALIFORNIA)PAC2–20.50047+3Beat Utah 36–21
39-122.361Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)SEC2–1–10.62544+2Lost to Clemson 7–12
40162.379Princeton (PRINCETON)IND IVY2–10.66731+1Beat Pennsylvania 20–14
41212.410New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)IND SKY3–10.75020+1Beat Utah State 34–14
42112.444Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND SOCON3–10.750200Beat Virginia 22–13
43-52.508Oregon (OREGON)PAC2–10.66731+1Beat USC 25–0
44282.551Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B82–20.50047+2Beat Nebraska 23–6
45252.689Boston University (BOSTON UNIVERSITY)IND FBSI2–10.66731+1Beat West Virginia 36–30
46-102.690Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)IND FBSI2–20.50047+1Lost to TCU 0–26
47-22.733Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)IND MVC2–1–10.62544+1Beat Xavier 14–8
48-292.744Michigan (MICHIGAN)B101–1–10.50047+1Lost to Navy 14–20
49-212.771Cornell (CORNELL)IND IVY2–10.66731+1Lost to Syracuse 0–55
50-132.775Tennessee (TENNESSEE)SEC1–20.33375+1Lost to Georgia Tech 7–21
51282.820Florida (FLORIDA)SEC2–10.667310Beat UCLA 21–14
52152.850North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)ACC2–20.50047+1Beat South Carolina 6–0
53162.858Alabama (ALABAMA)SEC1–1–10.500470Beat Furman 29–6
54-112.875Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)IND FBSI2–20.500470Lost to Villanova 0–7
5592.889Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)SEC2–10.667310Beat Memphis 28–6
56-122.975South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)ACC2–20.50047+1Lost to North Carolina 0–6
57-282.984Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B82–20.50047+1Lost to Kansas State 6–23
58-273.015Miami (MIAMI)IND FBSI1–20.33375+2Lost to LSU 0–41
59173.063Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI2–20.50047-1Beat Marquette 40–8
60243.128Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)PAC2–20.500470Beat Idaho 8–0
6153.186Denver (DENVER)IND SKY2–20.50047-1Beat Montana 29–0
6233.201Rice (RICE)IND SWC2–20.500470Beat Arkansas 24–0
63-233.245Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)IND FBSI3–20.60046-1Lost to Georgia 13–28
6493.342Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC2–20.500470Beat Maryland 14–10
65-183.452BYUIND SKY2–20.500470Lost to Pacific 8–26
66-123.519NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)ACC2–20.50047-1Lost to Wake Forest 7–13
67-173.607Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)IND BOR2–20.50047-2Lost to Hardin Simmons 6–14
68213.703UTEPIND BOR2–20.50047+2Beat West Texas A&M 29–12
69-63.736SMUIND SWC1–20.333750Beat Missouri 32–19
70-153.816Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC2–20.50047-2Lost to Duke 7–12
71-33.987Virginia (VIRGINIA)ACC1–30.25085-1Lost to Virginia Tech 13–22
72184.001Duke (DUKE)ACC2–20.50047-3Beat Baylor 12–7
73-274.023Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC2–20.50047-3Lost to Stanford 12–22
7494.029Georgia (GEORGIA)SEC1–30.250850Beat Florida State 28–13
75-184.061Maryland (MARYLAND)ACC1–30.25085-1Lost to Texas A&M 10–14
76-164.064Oregon State (OREGON STATE)PAC2–20.50047-2Lost to Wyoming 0–28
77-294.119Indiana (INDIANA)B101–20.333750Lost to Iowa 13–34
78-374.180Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B82–20.50047-4Lost to Kansas 0–7
79-24.236George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)IND SOCON1–10.50047-2BYE
80144.301Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND SOCON2–10.667310Beat Presbyterian 7–6
8164.308Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)IND FBSI1–20.33375-2BYE
82144.437Kansas (KANSAS)IND B81–30.25085-1Beat Iowa State 7–0
83-84.452Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI1–20.33375-1Beat Bucknell 7–0
8444.581William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)IND SOCON0–2–10.16799-1Tied Virginia Military Institute 6–6
85144.598Columbia (COLUMBIA)IND IVY1–20.33375-1Beat Yale 13–0
8694.750Tulane (TULANE)SEC0–40.000101-2Lost to Ole Miss 8–19
87-264.788USCPAC1–30.25085-2Lost to Oregon 0–25
88184.854Stanford (STANFORD)PAC1–30.25085-2Beat Washington 22–12
89-45.178Arizona (ARIZONA)IND BOR1–30.25085-2Lost to Colorado 12–65
90-45.246Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B100–30.000101-3Lost to Northwestern 3–7
91-135.271Marquette (MARQUETTE)IND FBSI1–20.33375-2Lost to Penn State 8–40
92-125.373UCLAPAC1–30.25085-4Lost to Florida 14–21
9305.380Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND SKY1–30.25085-4Lost to New Mexico 14–34
9485.594New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)IND BOR2–30.40074-2Beat Western State 27–24
95-145.693West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND SOCON1–30.25085-4Lost to Boston University 30–36
96-255.873Yale (YALE)IND IVY1–20.33375-3Lost to Columbia 0–13
97-155.953Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B81–30.25085-4Lost to SMU 19–32
98-76.078Idaho (IDAHO)PAC1–30.25085-5Lost to Washington State 0–8
9926.081Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND IVY0–30.000101-3Lost to Princeton 14–20
10076.370Harvard (HARVARD)IND IVY1–20.33375-1Beat Lehigh 20–0
101-46.556Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC0–40.000101-6Lost to Rice 0–24
102-106.616Utah (UTAH)IND SKY1–30.25085-7Lost to California 21–36
10367.073Illinois (ILLINOIS)B100–30.000101-5Lost to Ohio State 13–19
104-67.204West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)IND BOR0–40.000101-7Lost to UTEP 12–29
10507.448Richmond (RICHMOND)IND SOCON0–40.000101-6Lost to Rutgers 12–23
106-27.618Montana (MONTANA)IND SKY0–40.000101-7Lost to Denver 0–29
107-47.979Furman (FURMAN)IND SOCON0–30.000101-4Lost to Alabama 6–29
10808.078Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)IND MVC0–3–10.125100-1Lost to Houston 0–44
109-98.111Dayton (DAYTON)IND FBSI1–30.25085-1Lost to Ohio 8–27
11009.542Drake (DRAKE)IND FBSI0–50.000101-4Lost to North Texas 0–42
111110.839Citadel (CITADEL)IND SOCON0–30.000101-1Lost to Wofford 6–18
112-111.065San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)IND FBSI0–30.000101-2Lost to CAL Poly SAN Luis Obispo 6–10

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