# 1958 small college football rankings

The 1958 small college football rankings are rankings of college football teams representing smaller college and university teams during the 1958 college football season. The rankings were prepared and published the United Press International (UPI). It was the first year that the UPI compiled small-college rankings. The Associated Press (AP) did not begin publishing small-college rankings until 1960.
The UPI's small-college rankings for 1957 were based on voting by the UPI's board of coaches. Mississippi Southern compiled a perfect 9–0 record and was ranked No. 1 in the final UPI small-college rankings. The Miami Redskins were ranked second.

## Legend

| | Increase in ranking |
| | Decrease in ranking |
| | Not ranked previous week |
| (#–#) | Win–loss record |
| (Italics) | Number of first place votes |
| т | Tied with team above or below also with this symbol |

## UPI coaches poll

| | Week 1 Sept 25 | Week 2 Oct 2 | Week 3 Oct 9 | Week 4 Oct 16 | Week 5 Oct 23 | Week 6 Oct 30 | Week 7 Nov 6 | Week 8 Nov 13 | Week 9 Nov 20 | Week 10 Nov 28 | Week 11 Dec 4 | |
| 1. | Mississippi Southern (9) | Mississippi Southern (2–0) (12) | Mississippi Southern (3–0) (18) | Mississippi Southern (4–0) (23) | Mississippi Southern (4–0) (25) | Mississippi Southern (5–0) (34) | Mississippi Southern (6–0) (31) | Mississippi Southern (7–0) (34) | Mississippi Southern (8–0) (33) | Mississippi Southern (8–0) (32) | Mississippi Southern (9–0) (36) | 1. |
| 2. | Connecticut (3) | Ohio (2–0) (2) | East Texas State (3–0) (2) | Connecticut (3–1) (1) | Connecticut (4–1) (4) | Montana State (6–0) | Montana State (7–0) (1) | Miami (OH) (5–2) (1) | Miami (OH) (5–2) (1) | Miami (OH) (6–2) (1) | Miami (OH) (6–3) | 2. |
| 3. | Idaho State (4) | Idaho State (1–0) (3) | Idaho State (2–0) (2) | Chattanooga (3–1) | Bowling Green (5–0) (2) | Miami (OH) (3–2) | Miami (OH) (4–2) (2) | Chattanooga (5–3) (1) | Arizona State College (9–0) (2) | Northeastern State (9–0) (1) | Arizona State College (10–0) (2) | 3. |
| 4. | Chattanooga (1) | Chattanooga (2–0) (2) | Connecticut (2–1) (3) | Idaho State (3–0) | Chattanooga (4–1) | East Texas State (5–1) | Northeastern State (8–0) (5) | East Texas State (7–1) | Northeastern State (9–0) (1) | East Texas State (9–1) (1) | Northeastern State (9–0) (1) | 4. |
| 5. | Ohio (2) | Miami (OH) (1–0) (4) | Chattanooga (2–1) (2) | Bowling Green (4–0) (4) | Montana State (5–0) | Northeastern State (7–0) (1) | East Texas State (6–1) | Northeastern State (8–0) | Montana State (8–1) | Arizona State College (10–0) (2) | East Texas State (9–1) | 5. |
| 6. | Wittenberg (1) | Lehigh (1–0) (2) | Kent State (3–0) (1) | Miami (OH) (2–1) (1) | Miami (OH) (3–1) | Bowling Green (5–1) (1) | Arizona State College (8–0) (1) | Arizona State College (8–0) (3) | East Texas State (8–1) | Montana State (8–1) | Montana State (8–1) | 6. |
| 7. | Hillsdale (1) | East Texas State (2–0) | Bowling Green (3–0) (3) | Montana State (4–0) | Butler (5–0) | Wheaton (IL) (6–0) (1) | Wheaton (IL) (7–0) | Montana State (7–1) (1) | Chattanooga (5–4) | Chattanooga (5–4) | Wheaton (IL) (8–0) (1) | 7. |
| 8. | Middle Tennessee (2) т | Connecticut (1–1) | Butler (3–0) (1) | East Texas State (3–1) | Central Michigan (6–0) | Chattanooga (4–2) | St. Benedict's (8–0) | Wheaton (IL) (8–0) (1) | Wheaton (IL) (8–0) (1) | Wheaton (IL) (8–0) (1) | Chattanooga (5–5) | 8. |
| 9. | East Texas State (1) т | Montana State (2–0) | Central Michigan (4–0) (2) | Butler (4–0) (1) | Northeastern State (6–0) | Arizona State College (7–0) (3) | Connecticut (5–2) | St. Benedict's (9–0) (1) | St. Benedict's (10–0) (1) | Buffalo (8–1) (2) т | St. Benedict's | 9. |
| 10. | Ripon т | Butler (2–0) (2) | Montana State (3–0) | Cal Poly (4–0) | Wheaton (IL) (5–0) | Connecticut (4–2) (1) | Willamette (7–0) | Connecticut (6–2) | Connecticut (7–2) | St. Benedict's (10–0) т | Buffalo (8–1) (2) | 10. |
| 11. | Cal Poly | Cal Poly (2) | Ohio (1) | Middle Tennessee | East Texas State | St. Benedict's (1) | Chattanooga | Kearney State | Buffalo (2) | Middle Tennessee | Middle Tennessee (1) | 11. |
| 12. | Bowling Green | Middle Tennessee | Cal Poly (1) | Central Michigan (2) | St. Benedict's | Memphis State | Kent State | Bowling Green | Cal Poly | Cal Poly т | Connecticut | 12. |
| 13. | Maine | Central Michigan (1) | Miami (OH) т | Ohio | Amherst | Amherst (1) | Memphis State т | Cal Poly | Middle Tennessee | Connecticut т | Gustavus Adolphus | 13. |
| 14. | Montana State | Kent State | Delaware т | Northeastern State (2) | Idaho State | Delaware | Kearney State т | Willamette | Kearney | Bowling Green | Bowling Green | 14. |
| 15. | Delaware | Juniata т | Lehigh т | Wheaton (IL) (2) т | Arizona State College | Willamette | Buffalo | Middle Tennessee | Rochester т | Gustavus Adolphus | Cal Poly | 15. |
| 16. | Lenoir–Rhyne т | Bowling Green т | Middle Tennessee | Maine т | Willamette | Central Michigan | Bowling Green | Buffalo | Bowling Green т | Kearney | Wittenberg т | 16. |
| 17. | Butler т | Memphis State т | Iowa State Teachers | Juniata (1) | Lamar Tech | Lafayette | Lafayette | Rochester | Missouri Valley | West Chester | West Chester т | 17. |
| 18. | Miami (OH) т | Maine т | Florida A&M | St. Benedict's | Cal Poly | Cal Poly | Cal Poly | Gustavus Adolphus т | Sewanee | Memphis State | Memphis State | 18. |
| 19. | Pittsburg State т | Wittenberg т | Northeastern State | Amherst (1) | Juniata | Kent State | West Chester | Memphis State т | West Chester т | Sewanee т | Rochester | 19. |
| 20. | Northeastern State | Hofstra т | Memphis State т | Louisiana Tech т | Middle Tennessee | Buffalo (1) т | Missouri Valley | Missouri Valley | Memphis State т | Wittenberg т | Kearney | 20. |
| 21. | | Louisville т | Wittenberg т | Kent State т | | Williams т | | | | | | 21. |
| | Week 1 Sept 25 | Week 2 Oct 2 | Week 3 Oct 9 | Week 4 Oct 16 | Week 5 Oct 23 | Week 6 Oct 30 | Week 7 Nov 6 | Week 8 Nov 13 | Week 9 Nov 20 | Week 10 Nov 28 | Week 11 Dec 4 | |
| | | Dropped: 7 Hillsdale10 Ripon15 Delaware16 Lenoir–Rhyne19 Pittsburg State20 Northeastern State | Dropped: 15 Juniata18 Maine20 Hofstra21 Louisville | Dropped: 14 Delaware15 Lehigh17 Iowa State Teachers18 Florida A&M20 Memphis State20 Wittenberg | Dropped: 13 Ohio16 Maine20 Louisiana Tech20 Kent State | Dropped: 7 Butler14 Idaho State17 Lamar Tech19 Juniata20 Middle Tennessee | Dropped: 13 Amherst14 Delaware16 Central Michigan20 Williams | Dropped: 12 Kent State17 Lafayette19 West Chester State | Dropped: 14 Willamette18 Gustavus Adolphus | Dropped: 15 Rochester17 Missouri Valley | Dropped: 19 Sewanee | |

## HBCU rankings

The Pittsburgh Courier, a leading African American newspaper, ranked the top 1958 teams from historically black colleges and universities in an era when college football was often racially segregated.
The rankings were published on December 20:
* 1. Prairie View A&M (10–0–1)
* 2. Southern (8–2)
* 3. Florida A&M (7–2)
* 4. North Carolina A&T (7–2)
* 5. Lincoln (MO) (8–1)
* 6. South Carolina State (7–2)
* 7. North Carolina College (7–2)
* 8. Jackson State (6–2–1)
* 9. Bishop (9–1)
* 10. Grambling (6–3)
* 11. Texas Southern (5–5)
* 12. Texas College (5–4)
* 13. Alabama State (6–2)
* 14. Tennessee A&I (4–4)
* 15. Morgan State (5–3)
The Associated Negro Press also published rankings on December 27:
* 1. Prairie View A&M (10–0–1)
* 2. Southern (8–2)
* 3. Florida A&M (7–2)
* 4. Lincoln (MO) (8–1)
* 5. Texas Southern (5–5)
* 6. Grambling (6–3)
* 7. Jackson State (6–2–1)
* 8. Tennessee A&I (4–4)
* 9. North Carolina A&T (7–2)
* 10. North Carolina College (7–2)
* 11. South Carolina State (7–2)
* 12. Wiley (5–5)
* 13. Morgan State (5–3)