1958 NCAA College Division football rankings
# 1958 NCAA College Division football rankings

The 1958 NCAA College Division football rankings are from the United Press International poll of College Division head coaches. The 1958 NCAA College Division football season was the first year UPI published a poll in what was termed the "small college" division. The Associated Press did not start their version of the poll until 1960. In most of the weekly polls, the Top 10 included the team's record while the "Second 10" did not. Individual team records in the Top 10 were sometimes missing as well.

## 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 |

## The 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 | |
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| 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 | |
