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1958 NCAA College Division football season
Champion(s) Mississippi Southern (UPI)
Prairie View A&M ( black)
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The 1958 NCAA College Division football season was the third season of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association at the NCAA College Division level.

Conference standings

1958 California Collegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 15 Cal Poly 4 – 1 – 0 9 – 1 – 0
Fresno State $ 4 – 1 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
UC Santa Barbara 3 – 2 – 0 4 – 4 – 1
San Diego State 2 – 3 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Long Beach State 1 – 3 – 1 2 – 6 – 1
Los Angeles State 0 – 4 – 1 4 – 4 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from UPI small college poll
1958 Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
North Carolina A&T $ 6 – 0 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
North Carolina College 5 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Morgan State 5 – 2 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
Shaw 6 – 3 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Bluefield State 4 – 2 – 0 5 – 2 – 1
St. Augustine's 6 – 2 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
Maryland State 4 – 3 – 0 4 – 3 – 0
Howard 4 – 2 – 0 5 – 2 – 1
Johnson C. Smith 5 – 2 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
Hampton 6 – 3 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Delaware State 3 – 4 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Virginia State 3 – 6 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Winston-Salem State 3 – 5 – 0 3 – 5 – 1
Elizabeth City State 2 – 5 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Fayetteville State 1 – 7 – 0 1 – 7 – 0
Lincoln (PA) 1 – 5 – 0 1 – 7 – 0
Virginia Union 1 – 6 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
Saint Paul's (VA) 0 – 7 – 0 0 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1958 Central Intercollegiate Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 9 St. Benedict's $^ 5 – 0 – 0 10 – 1 – 0
Pittsburg State 3 – 2 – 0 4 – 5 – 1
Emporia State 2 – 2 – 1 5 – 4 – 1
Fort Hays State 2 – 2 – 1 4 – 4 – 1
Washburn 2 – 3 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Southwestern (KS) 0 – 5 – 0 1 – 7 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NAIA playoff participant
Rankings from UPI small college poll
1958 College Conference of Illinois football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Wheaton (IL) $ 7 – 0 – 0 8 – 0 – 0
Carroll (WI) 5 – 2 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
North Central (IL) 5 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Lake Forest 4 – 3 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
Illinois Wesleyan 4 – 3 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Millikin 2 – 5 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
Augustana (IL) 2 – 6 – 0 1 – 7 – 0
Elmhurst 0 – 7 – 0 0 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1958 Far Western Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
San Francisco State $ 4 – 1 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Humboldt State 3 – 2 – 0 7 – 2 – 1
Cal Aggies 3 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Chico State 2 – 3 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Nevada 2 – 3 – 0 3 – 3 – 0
Sacramento State 1 – 4 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1958 Gulf States Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Northwestern State + 4 – 1 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
Louisiana Tech + 4 – 1 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Northeast Louisiana State 3 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
McNeese State 2 – 3 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Southeastern Louisiana 2 – 3 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Southwestern Louisiana 0 – 5 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
1958 Hoosier Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Hanover $ 5 – 0 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Anderson (IN) 4 – 1 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
Indiana Central 2 – 3 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Taylor 2 – 3 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Manchester (IN) 1 – 4 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Franklin (IN) 1 – 4 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
1958 Indiana Collegiate Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Butler $ 5 – 1 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
Ball State 4 – 2 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
Saint Joseph's (IN) 4 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Valparaiso 3 – 3 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Evansville 3 – 3 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
DePauw 1 – 5 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Indiana State 1 – 5 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1958 Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Western Illinois $ 5 – 1 – 0 6 – 1 – 1
Southern Illinois 4 – 2 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Central Michigan 4 – 2 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Eastern Michigan 3 – 3 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Northern Illinois 2 – 4 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Illinois State Normal 2 – 4 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Eastern Illinois 1 – 5 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1958 Iowa Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Wartburg $ 7 – 0 – 1 8 – 0 – 1
Luther 6 – 1 – 1 7 – 1 – 1
Iowa Wesleyan 6 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Buena Vista 4 – 4 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Dubuque 4 – 4 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Upper Iowa 3 – 5 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Simpson 2 – 5 – 1 2 – 5 – 1
Parsons 2 – 6 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Central (IA) 0 – 7 – 1 0 – 8 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
1958 Lone Star Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 5 East Texas State $ 6 – 1 – 0 10 – 1 – 0
Lamar Tech 5 – 2 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
Sam Houston State 5 – 2 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Texas A&I 4 – 3 – 0 7 – 4 – 0
Southwest Texas State 4 – 3 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Howard Payne 2 – 5 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Stephen F. Austin 1 – 6 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Sul Ross 1 – 6 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from UPI small college poll
1958 Mason–Dixon Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Randolph–Macon $ 5 – 0 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Hampden–Sydney 3 – 1 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Western Maryland 2 – 2 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Bridgewater 1 – 3 – 0 1 – 6 – 1
Johns Hopkins 0 – 3 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
Gallaudet 0 – 2 – 0 2 – 5 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • Conference standings were based on the Dickinson Scoring System.
1958 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Hope + 5 – 1 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
Hillsdale + 5 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Albion + 5 – 1 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
Alma 3 – 3 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
Adrian 2 – 4 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Olivet 1 – 5 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
Kalamazoo 0 – 6 – 0 0 – 8 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
1958 Mid-American Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 2 Miami (OH) $ 5 – 0 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Kent State 5 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
No. 14 Bowling Green 4 – 2 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Ohio 2 – 4 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Western Michigan 2 – 4 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Toledo 1 – 4 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Marshall 1 – 5 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from UPI small college poll
1958 Mid-Ohio League football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Bluffton $ 5 – 0 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
Findlay 4 – 1 – 0 4 – 4 – 1
Defiance 3 – 2 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Ohio Northern 1 – 4 – 0 1 – 6 – 0
Wilmington (OH) 1 – 4 – 0 1 – 6 – 0
Ashland 1 – 4 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1958 Middle Atlantic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
University
No. 20 Rutgers x 4 – 0 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
Lafayette 5 – 1 – 1 5 – 3 – 1
Gettysburg 3 – 1 – 1 7 – 1 – 1
Lehigh 2 – 1 – 2 3 – 3 – 3
Delaware 2 – 3 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
Bucknell 1 – 5 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
Temple 0 – 5 – 0 0 – 8 – 0
Muhlenberg * 1 – 2 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
College–Northern
Juniata x 6 – 0 – 0 7 – 0 – 1
Lycoming 4 – 1 – 0 7 – 1 – 0
Lebanon Valley 3 – 1 – 1 4 – 3 – 1
Susquehanna 3 – 2 – 0 3 – 4 – 0
Moravian 3 – 3 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Wagner 3 – 3 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Dickinson 3 – 4 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Albright 2 – 4 – 1 2 – 6 – 1
Wilkes 1 – 7 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
Scranton * 2 – 2 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
College–Southern
Pennsylvania Military x 7 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Johns Hopkins 5 – 1 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
Haverford 4 – 2 – 0 4 – 3 – 0
Western Maryland 1 – 4 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Swarthmore 1 – 4 – 0 1 – 7 – 0
Drexel 1 – 5 – 0 1 – 7 – 0
Ursinus 0 – 8 – 0 0 – 8 – 0
West Chester * 1 – 0 – 0 9 – 1 – 0
Franklin & Marshall * 3 – 1 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • * – Ineligible for championship due to insufficient conference games
Rankings from AP Poll
1958 Midwest Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 5 Lincoln (MO) $ 3 – 0 – 0 7 – 1 – 0
No. 8 Jackson State 2 – 0 – 0 6 – 2 – 1
No. 14 Tennessee A&I 2 – 1 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Central State (OH) 1 – 2 – 0 5 – 2 – 0
Kentucky State 0 – 3 – 0 0 – 7 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from Pittsburgh Courier [1]
1958 Midwest Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Coe $ 7 – 1 – 0 7 – 1 – 0
Carleton 6 – 1 – 1 6 – 1 – 1
Ripon 6 – 2 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
St. Olaf 4 – 4 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Cornell (IA) 3 – 4 – 1 3 – 4 – 1
Grinnell 2 – 4 – 2 2 – 4 – 2
Knox 2 – 5 – 1 2 – 5 – 1
Monmouth (IL) 2 – 5 – 1 2 – 5 – 1
Lawrence 1 – 7 – 0 1 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1958 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 13 Gustavus Adolphus $^ 7 – 0 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
Concordia (MN) 6 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Saint John's (MN) 5 – 2 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
Minnesota–Duluth 4 – 3 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
St. Thomas (MN) 3 – 4 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Macalester 2 – 5 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Hamline 2 – 5 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
Augsburg 0 – 7 – 0 0 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NAIA playoff participant
Rankings from UPI small college poll
1958 Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
SE Missouri State $ 5 – 0 – 0 7 – 1 – 1
Missouri–Rolla 4 – 1 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
NE Missouri State 3 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
SW Missouri State 2 – 3 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Central Missouri State 1 – 4 – 0 2 – 6 – 1
NW Missouri State 0 – 5 – 0 0 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1958 North Central Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
North Dakota $ 5 – 1 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
South Dakota 4 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Augustana (SD) 3 – 3 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
Morningside 3 – 3 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
South Dakota State 3 – 3 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
North Dakota State 2 – 4 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Iowa State Teachers 1 – 5 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1958 Northern State College Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Mankato State $ 5 – 0 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Bemidji State 4 – 1 – 0 7 – 1 – 0
Michigan Tech 2 – 2 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Winona State 1 – 3 – 1 3 – 4 – 1
Moorhead State 1 – 4 – 0 1 – 7 – 0
St. Cloud State 0 – 3 – 1 1 – 6 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
1958 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. T–16 Wittenberg $ 6 – 0 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
Muskingum 6 – 1 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
Akron 6 – 2 – 0 6 – 2 – 1
Wooster 4 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Capital 4 – 3 – 1 4 – 3 – 1
Heidelberg 3 – 3 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Ohio Wesleyan 3 – 3 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Marietta 3 – 4 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Kenyon 3 – 4 – 0 3 – 4 – 0
Denison 3 – 5 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Otterbein 2 – 4 – 1 3 – 4 – 2
Mount Union 3 – 6 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Oberlin 1 – 5 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Hiram 1 – 6 – 0 1 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from UPI small college poll
1958 Ohio Valley Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 11 Middle Tennessee + 5 – 1 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
Tennessee Tech + 5 – 1 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
East Tennessee State 4 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Eastern Kentucky 3 – 3 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Western Kentucky 2 – 4 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Murray State 2 – 4 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Morehead State 0 – 6 – 0 0 – 8 – 1
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from UPI small college poll
1958 Pennsylvania State Teachers College Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
California (PA) $ 6 – 0 – 0 8 – 0 – 0
No. T–16 West Chester 6 – 0 – 0 9 – 1 – 0
Indiana (PA) 4 – 1 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
Lock Haven 5 – 2 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
Bloomsburg 3 – 2 – 1 5 – 2 – 1
Slippery Rock 2 – 3 – 1 2 – 6 – 1
Millersville 3 – 3 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Shippensburg 3 – 4 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Edinboro 2 – 4 – 1 4 – 4 – 1
Clarion 2 – 4 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
East Stroudsburg 1 – 3 – 1 2 – 5 – 2
Kutztown 1 – 2 – 0 3 – 3 – 1
Mansfield 1 – 6 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
Cheyney 0 – 5 – 0 0 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • Conference standings were based on the Saylor system of ratings.
Rankings from UPI small college poll
1958 Presidents' Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Western Reserve $ 4 – 0 – 0 4 – 3 – 0
Allegheny 3 – 1 – 1 3 – 4 – 1
Wayne State (MI) 2 – 1 – 1 2 – 4 – 1
Thiel * 1 – 1 – 1 2 – 4 – 1
John Carroll 3 – 4 – 0 3 – 4 – 0
Case Tech 2 – 3 – 1 2 – 4 – 1
Bethany (WV) 1 – 3 – 0 1 – 6 – 1
Washington & Jefferson 1 – 4 – 0 1 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • * Ineligible for conference title
1958 Rocky Mountain Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Colorado College + 4 – 1 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Colorado Mines + 4 – 1 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Idaho State 3 – 2 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Colorado State–Greeley 3 – 2 – 0 5 – 3 – 1
Adams State 1 – 4 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
Western State (CO) 0 – 5 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
1958 Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Whittier $ 4 – 0 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
Redlands 3 – 1 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Occidental 2 – 2 – 0 3 – 5 – 1
Pomona 1 – 3 – 0 3 – 5 – 1
Caltech 0 – 4 – 0 2 – 5 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
1958 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Florida A&M $ 5 – 0 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
South Carolina State 7 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Alabama State 6 – 1 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
Tuskegee 5 – 2 – 1 6 – 3 – 1
Fort Valley State 3 – 2 – 1 5 – 2 – 1
Xavier (LA) 3 – 2 – 1 3 – 3 – 1
Clark (GA) 3 – 4 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Benedict 3 – 3 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Morehouse 3 – 3 – 0 3 – 4 – 1
Morris Brown 2 – 4 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Alabama A&M 1 – 7 – 1 1 – 7 – 1
Knoxville 1 – 6 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
Fisk 1 – 7 – 0 1 – 7 – 0
Bethune–Cookman 1 – 6 – 0 1 – 7 – 0
Allen 4 – 2 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
Lane 3 – 1 – 0 4 – 4 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
  • Conference standings were by Dickinson System; Allen was ineligible and Lane did not play a sufficient number of conference game to be rated.
1958 Southwestern Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Prairie View A&M $ 5 – 0 – 0 10 – 0 – 1
Southern 3 – 2 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
Texas College 3 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Texas Southern 2 – 3 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Wiley 2 – 3 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Arkansas AM&N 0 – 5 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1958 Virginia Little Eight Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Randolph–Macon $ 2 – 0 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Emory and Henry 1 – 0 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Hampden–Sydney 1 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Bridgewater 0 – 2 – 0 3 – 4 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1958 West Penn Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Westminster (PA) $ 3 – 1 – 0 6 – 1 – 1
Geneva 2 – 1 – 1 5 – 3 – 1
Saint Vincent 1 – 1 – 1 4 – 2 – 1
Carnegie Tech * 1 – 1 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
Waynesburg 0 – 3 – 0 3 – 5 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
  • * – ineligible for conference title
1958 Wisconsin State College Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
River Falls State $ 6 – 0 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Stevens Point State 5 – 0 – 1 7 – 0 – 1
Oshkosh State 4 – 2 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
Whitewater State 4 – 2 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
La Crosse State 3 – 3 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
Eau Claire State 3 – 3 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Platteville State 1 – 4 – 1 1 – 4 – 1
Milwaukee 1 – 5 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Superior State 1 – 5 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Stout State 1 – 5 – 0 1 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • Stevens Point State beat River Falls State on September 18, but the game was not counted in the conference standings.
1958 Yankee Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 12 Connecticut $ 4 – 0 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Maine 3 – 1 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
Rhode Island 2 – 2 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
UMass 1 – 3 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
Vermont 0 – 1 – 0 2 – 4 – 1
New Hampshire 0 – 4 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from UPI small college poll
1958 NCAA College Division independents football records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 1 Mississippi Southern   –   9 – 0 – 0
Rochester   –   8 – 0 – 0
Rose Poly   –   8 – 0 – 0
Sewanee   –   8 – 0 – 0
No. 10 Buffalo   –   8 – 1 – 0
No. 6 Montana State   –   8 – 1 – 0
North Park   –   7 – 1 – 0
Carthage   –   7 – 2 – 0
Southern Connecticut State   –   7 – 2 – 0
Carnegie Tech   –   6 – 2 – 0
Northeastern   –   6 – 2 – 0
Cal Poly Pomona   –   7 – 3 – 0
Trinity (TX)   –   6 – 3 – 0
Hofstra   –   6 – 4 – 0
Tampa   –   6 – 4 – 0
Abilene Christian   –   5 – 5 – 0
No. 8 Chattanooga   –   5 – 5 – 0
Baldwin–Wallace   –   4 – 4 – 1
Louisville   –   4 – 4 – 0
Northern Michigan   –   5 – 5 – 0
Xavier   –   5 – 5 – 0
Washington University   –   4 – 4 – 0
Arkansas State   –   4 – 5 – 0
No. 18 Memphis State   –   4 – 5 – 0
UC Riverside   –   2 – 3 – 2
Hawaii   –   5 – 7 – 0
St. Norbert   –   3 – 6 – 0
Wabash   –   3 – 6 – 0
Howard (AL)   –   1 – 5 – 1
Pepperdine   –   1 – 7 – 0
Washington and Lee   –   1 – 7 – 0
Rankings from UPI small college poll

Rankings

Main article: 1958 small college football rankings

Small college poll

In 1958, United Press International (UPI) conducted a "small college" coaches' poll for the first time. Mississippi Southern, which had beaten NC State and VPI en route to a 9–0 record, [2] was ranked first from start to finish. [3]

United Press International (coaches) final poll
Published on December 4 [4]

Rank School Record No. 1
votes 		Total
points
1 Mississippi Southern 9–0 36 403
2 Miami (OH) 6–3 215
3 Arizona State–Flagstaff 10–0 2 209
4 Northeastern State 9–0 1 205
5 East Texas State 9–1 172
6 Montana State 8–1 148
7 Wheaton (IL) 8–0 1 107
8 Chattanooga 5–5 105
9 St. Benedict's 10–0 92
10 Buffalo 8–1 91

See also

References

  1. ^ "Prairie View '58 Nat'l Champs". The Pittsburgh Courier. December 20, 1958. p. 27 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Welcome cfbdatawarehouse.com - BlueHost.com". Archived from the original on September 28, 2018. Retrieved February 26, 2019.
  3. ^ "Southern Small College Champ; Axers Third," Yuma Daily Sun, Dec. 4, 1958, p9
  4. ^ UPI (December 4, 1958). "Miss. Southern Tops Final Poll Of Grid Powers". Brownwood Bulletin. Brownwood, Texas. Retrieved February 26, 2017 – via newspapers.com.
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