1958 small college football rankings

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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.

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UPI coaches poll

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|Week1 = 1

|Week2 = 2

|Week3 = 3

|Week4 = 4

|Week5 = 5

|Week6 = 6

|Week7 = 7

|Week8 = 8

|Week9 = 9

|Week10 = 10

|Week11 = 11

|Week1Date = Sept 25{{cite news|title='Jacks Win Game, Poly Gets Rating|newspaper=Tucson Daily Citizen|location=Tucson, Arizona|date=September 25, 1958|page=21|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/10789348/poll_1958_0925_small_upi_first/|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=May 5, 2017}}{{Open access}}

|Week2Date = Oct 2{{cite news|title=Miss. South. Leads Poll|newspaper=The Bristol Daily Courier|location=Bristol, Pennsylvania|author=Earl Wright|date=October 2, 1958|page=5C|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/10789486/poll_1958_1002_small_upi/|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=May 5, 2017}}{{Open access}}

|Week3Date = Oct 9{{cite news|title=Mississippi Southern Is Top Small College|newspaper=Appeal Democrat|location=Marysville, California|date=October 9, 1958|page=14|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/10789518/poll_1958_1009_small_upi/|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=May 5, 2017}}{{Open access}}

|Week4Date = Oct 16{{cite news|title=UPI Ranks La. Tech 20th Among Smaller US Colleges|author=Earl Wright|newspaper=The Town Talk|location=Alexandria, Louisiana|date=October 16, 1958|page=Ten|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/10789558/poll_1958_1016_small_upi/|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=May 5, 2017}}{{Open access}}

|Week5Date = Oct 23{{cite news|title=Willamette Rated 16th In UP Poll|newspaper=Medford Mail Tribune|location=Medford, Oregon|date=October 23, 1958|page=12|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/10789685/poll_1958_1023_small_upi/|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=May 5, 2017}}{{Open access}}

|Week6Date = Oct 30{{cite news|title=Flagstaff Zooms To 9th In UPI Poll|newspaper=Tucson Daily Citizen|location=Tucson, Arizona|date=October 30, 1958|page=47|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/10789777/poll_1958_1030_small_upi/|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=May 5, 2017}}{{Open access}}

|Week7Date = Nov 6{{cite news|title=Miami Places Third In Football Poll|newspaper=The Cincinnati Enquirer|location=Cincinnati, Ohio|date=November 6, 1958|page=3E|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/10789806/poll_1958_1106_small_upi/|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=May 5, 2017}}{{Open access}}

|Week8Date = Nov 13{{cite news|title=Mississippi Southern, Miami Head Small College UPI Poll|author = Earl Wright|newspaper=The Daily Republican|location=Monongahela, Pennsylvania|date=November 13, 1958|page=Two|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/10789868/poll_1958_1113_small_upi/|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=May 5, 2017}}{{Open access}}

|Week9Date = Nov 20{{cite news|title=Bobcats Fifth in Latest Small College Football Poll|newspaper=The Daily Inter Lake|location=Kalispell, Montana|date=November 19, 1958|page=9|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/10789899/poll_1958_1119_small_upi/|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=May 5, 2017}}{{Open access}}

|Week10Date = Nov 28{{cite news|title=Grid Powers|newspaper=Lead Daily Call|location=Lead, South Dakota|date=November 28, 1958|page=3|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/10789939/poll_1958_1128_small_upi/|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=May 5, 2017}}{{Open access}}

|Week11Date = Dec 4{{cite news|title=Southerners Top Rankings|newspaper=Albany Democrat-Herald|location=Albany, Oregon|date=December 4, 1958|page=18|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/10789973/poll_1958_1204_small_upi_final/|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=May 5, 2017}}{{Open access}}

|Week1-1 = Mississippi Southern (9)

|Week1-2 = Connecticut (3)

|Week1-3 = {{cfb link|year=1958|team=Idaho State Bengals|title=Idaho State}} (4)

|Week1-4 = Chattanooga (1)

|Week1-5 = Ohio (2) In the actual printed polls, Ohio was listed as Ohio University on 9/25, 10/2, 10/9, & 10/16

|Week1-6 = {{cfb link|year=1958|team=Wittenberg Tigers|title=Wittenberg}} (1)

|Week1-7 = {{cfb link|year=1958|team=Hillsdale Dales|title=Hillsdale}} (1)

|Week1-8 = Middle Tennessee (2) т

|Week1-8-Color = t

|Week1-9 = {{cfb link|year=1958|team=East Texas State Lions|title=East Texas State}} (1) т

|Week1-9-Color = t

|Week1-10 = {{cfb link|year=1958|team=Ripon Redmen|title=Ripon}} т

|Week1-11 = Cal PolyIn the actual printed polls, Cal Poly was listed as Cal Poly at San Luis Obispo on 9/25, 10/2, 10/9, 10/16, 10/23, 10/30, 11/6, 11/13, 11/19, & 11/28

|Week1-12 = Bowling Green

|Week1-13 = Maine

|Week1-14 = Montana State

|Week1-15 = Delaware

|Week1-16 = {{cfb link|year=1958|team=Lenoir–Rhyne Bears|title=Lenoir–Rhyne}} т

|Week1-16-Color = t

|Week1-17 = {{cfb link|year=1958|team=Butler Bulldogs|title=Butler}} т

|Week1-18 = Miami (OH) т

|Week1-18-Color = t

|Week1-19 = {{cfb link|year=1958|team=Pittsburg State Gorillas|title=Pittsburg State}} т In the actual printed polls, Pittsburg State was listed as Pittsburg (Kansas) on 9/25

|Week1-20 = Northeastern StateIn the actual printed polls, Northeastern State was listed as Northeastern Oklahoma on 9/25, 10/9, 10/30, 11/6, 11/13, 11/19, 11/28 & 12/4

|Week1-21 =

|Week2-1 = Mississippi Southern (2–0) (12)

|Week2-1-Color =

|Week2-2 = Ohio (2–0) (2)

|Week2-2-Color = u

|Week2-3 = Idaho State (1–0) (3)

|Week2-3-Color =

|Week2-4 = Chattanooga (2–0) (2)

|Week2-4-Color =

|Week2-5 = Miami (OH) (1–0) (4)

|Week2-5-Color = u

|Week2-6 = Lehigh (1–0) (2)

|Week2-6-Color = npr

|Week2-7 = East Texas State (2–0)

|Week2-7-Color = u

|Week2-8 = Connecticut (1–1)

|Week2-8-Color = d

|Week2-9 = Montana State (2–0)

|Week2-9-Color = u

|Week2-10 = Butler (2–0) (2)

|Week2-10-Color = u

|Week2-11 = Cal Poly (2)

|Week2-11-Color =

|Week2-12 = Middle Tennessee

|Week2-12-Color = d

|Week2-13 = Central Michigan (1)

|Week2-13-Color = npr

|Week2-14 = Kent State

|Week2-14-Color = npr

|Week2-15 = {{cfb link|year=1958|team=Juniata Eagles|title=Juniata}} т

|Week2-15-Color = tnpr

|Week2-16 = Bowling Green т

|Week2-16-Color = td

|Week2-17 = Memphis State т

|Week2-17-Color = npr

|Week2-18 = Maine т

|Week2-18-Color = td

|Week2-19 = Wittenberg т

|Week2-19-Color = d

|Week2-20 = {{cfb link|year=1958|team=Hofstra Pride|title=Hofstra}} т

|Week2-20-Color = tnpr

|Week2-21 = Louisville т

|Week2-21-Color = npr

|Week3-1 = Mississippi Southern (3–0) (18)

|Week3-1-Color =

|Week3-2 = East Texas State (3–0) (2)

|Week3-2-Color = u

|Week3-3 = Idaho State (2–0) (2)

|Week3-3-Color =

|Week3-4 = Connecticut (2–1) (3)

|Week3-4-Color = u

|Week3-5 = Chattanooga (2–1) (2)

|Week3-5-Color = d

|Week3-6 = Kent State (3–0) (1)

|Week3-6-Color = u

|Week3-7 = Bowling Green (3–0) (3)

|Week3-7-Color = u

|Week3-8 = Butler (3–0) (1)

|Week3-8-Color = u

|Week3-9 = Central Michigan (4–0) (2)

|Week3-9-Color = u

|Week3-10 = Montana State (3–0)

|Week3-10-Color = d

|Week3-11 = Ohio (1)

|Week3-11-Color = d

|Week3-12 = Cal Poly (1)

|Week3-12-Color = d

|Week3-13 = Miami (OH) т

|Week3-13-Color = td

|Week3-14 = Delaware т

|Week3-14-Color = tnpr

|Week3-15 = Lehigh т

|Week3-15-Color = d

|Week3-16 = Middle Tennessee

|Week3-16-Color = d

|Week3-17 = {{cfb link|year=1958|team=Iowa State Teachers Panthers|title=Iowa State Teachers}}

|Week3-17-Color = npr

|Week3-18 = Florida A&M

|Week3-18-Color = npr

|Week3-19 = Northeastern State

|Week3-19-Color = npr

|Week3-20 = Memphis State т

|Week3-20-Color = td

|Week3-21 = Wittenberg т

|Week3-21-Color = d

|Week4-1 = Mississippi Southern (4–0) (23)

|Week4-1-Color =

|Week4-2 = Connecticut (3–1) (1)

|Week4-2-Color = u

|Week4-3 = Chattanooga (3–1)

|Week4-3-Color = u

|Week4-4 = Idaho State (3–0)

|Week4-4-Color = d

|Week4-5 = Bowling Green (4–0) (4)

|Week4-5-Color = u

|Week4-6 = Miami (OH) (2–1) (1)

|Week4-6-Color = u

|Week4-7 = Montana State (4–0)

|Week4-7-Color = u

|Week4-8 = East Texas State (3–1)

|Week4-8-Color = d

|Week4-9 = Butler (4–0) (1)

|Week4-9-Color = d

|Week4-10 = Cal Poly (4–0)

|Week4-10-Color = u

|Week4-11 = Middle Tennessee

|Week4-11-Color = u

|Week4-12 = Central Michigan (2)

|Week4-12-Color = d

|Week4-13 = Ohio

|Week4-13-Color = d

|Week4-14 = Northeastern State (2)

|Week4-14-Color = u

|Week4-15 = {{cfb link|year=1958|team=Wheaton Thunder|title=Wheaton (IL)}} (2) т

|Week4-15-Color = tnpr

|Week4-16 = Maine т

|Week4-16-Color = npr

|Week4-17 = Juniata (1)

|Week4-17-Color = npr

|Week4-18 = {{cfb link|year=1958|team=Benedictine Ravens|title=St. Benedict's}}

|Week4-18-Color = npr

|Week4-19 = {{cfb link|year=1958|team=Amherst Lord Jeffs|title=Amherst}} (1)

|Week4-19-Color = npr

|Week4-20 = Louisiana Tech т

|Week4-20-Color = tnpr

|Week4-21 = Kent State т

|Week4-21-Color = d

|Week5-1 = Mississippi Southern (4–0) (25)

|Week5-1-Color =

|Week5-2 = Connecticut (4–1) (4)

|Week5-2-Color =

|Week5-3 = Bowling Green (5–0) (2)

|Week5-3-Color = u

|Week5-4 = Chattanooga (4–1)

|Week5-4-Color = d

|Week5-5 = Montana State (5–0)

|Week5-5-Color = u

|Week5-6 = Miami (OH) (3–1)

|Week5-6-Color =

|Week5-7 = Butler (5–0)

|Week5-7-Color = u

|Week5-8 = Central Michigan (6–0)

|Week5-8-Color = u

|Week5-9 = Northeastern State (6–0)

|Week5-9-Color = u

|Week5-10 = Wheaton (IL) (5–0)

|Week5-10-Color = u

|Week5-11 = East Texas State

|Week5-11-Color = d

|Week5-12 = St. Benedict's

|Week5-12-Color = u

|Week5-13 = Amherst

|Week5-13-Color = u

|Week5-14 = Idaho State

|Week5-14-Color = d

|Week5-15 = {{cfb link|year=1958|team=Arizona State College Lumberjacks|title=Arizona State College}} In the actual printed polls, Arizona State College was listed as Arizona (Flagstaff) State on 10/30, 11/6, 11/13, & 11/19

|Week5-15-Color = npr

|Week5-16 = {{cfb link|year=1958|team=Willamette Bearcats|title=Willamette}}

|Week5-16-Color = npr

|Week5-17 = Lamar Tech

|Week5-17-Color = npr

|Week5-18 = Cal Poly

|Week5-18-Color = d

|Week5-19 = Juniata

|Week5-19-Color = d

|Week5-20 = Middle Tennessee

|Week5-20-Color = d

|Week5-21 =

|Week6-1 = Mississippi Southern (5–0) (34)

|Week6-1-Color =

|Week6-2 = Montana State (6–0)

|Week6-2-Color = u

|Week6-3 = Miami (OH) (3–2)

|Week6-3-Color = u

|Week6-4 = East Texas State (5–1)

|Week6-4-Color = u

|Week6-5 = Northeastern State (7–0) (1)

|Week6-5-Color = u

|Week6-6 = Bowling Green (5–1) (1)

|Week6-6-Color = d

|Week6-7 = Wheaton (IL) (6–0) (1)

|Week6-7-Color = u

|Week6-8 = Chattanooga (4–2)

|Week6-8-Color = d

|Week6-9 = Arizona State College (7–0) (3)

|Week6-9-Color = u

|Week6-10 = Connecticut (4–2) (1)

|Week6-10-Color = d

|Week6-11 = St. Benedict's (1)

|Week6-11-Color = u

|Week6-12 = Memphis State

|Week6-12-Color = npr

|Week6-13 = Amherst (1)

|Week6-13-Color =

|Week6-14 = Delaware

|Week6-14-Color = npr

|Week6-15 = Willamette

|Week6-15-Color = u

|Week6-16 = Central Michigan

|Week6-16-Color = d

|Week6-17 = Lafayette

|Week6-17-Color = npr

|Week6-18 = Cal Poly

|Week6-18-Color =

|Week6-19 = Kent State

|Week6-19-Color = npr

|Week6-20 = Buffalo (1) т

|Week6-20-Color = tnpr

|Week6-21 = {{cfb link|year=1958|team=Williams Ephs|title=Williams}} т

|Week6-21-Color = npr

|Week7-1 = Mississippi Southern (6–0) (31)

|Week7-1-Color =

|Week7-2 = Montana State (7–0) (1)

|Week7-2-Color =

|Week7-3 = Miami (OH) (4–2) (2)

|Week7-3-Color =

|Week7-4 = Northeastern State (8–0) (5)

|Week7-4-Color = u

|Week7-5 = East Texas State (6–1)

|Week7-5-Color = d

|Week7-6 = Arizona State College (8–0) (1)

|Week7-6-Color = u

|Week7-7 = Wheaton (IL) (7–0)

|Week7-7-Color =

|Week7-8 = St. Benedict's (8–0)

|Week7-8-Color = u

|Week7-9 = Connecticut (5–2)

|Week7-9-Color = u

|Week7-10 = Willamette (7–0)

|Week7-10-Color = u

|Week7-11 = Chattanooga

|Week7-11-Color = d

|Week7-12 = Kent State

|Week7-12-Color = u

|Week7-13 = Memphis State т

|Week7-13-Color = td

|Week7-14 = {{cfb link|year=1958|team=Kearney State Lopers|title=Kearney State}} т

|Week7-14-Color = npr

|Week7-15 = Buffalo

|Week7-15-Color = u

|Week7-16 = Bowling Green

|Week7-16-Color = d

|Week7-17 = Lafayette

|Week7-17-Color =

|Week7-18 = Cal Poly

|Week7-18-Color =

|Week7-19 = {{cfb link|year=1958|team=West Chester Golden Rams|title=West Chester}}

|Week7-19-Color = tnpr

|Week7-20 = {{cfb link|year=1958|team=Missouri Valley Vikings|title=Missouri Valley}}

|Week7-20-Color = npr

|Week7-21 =

|Week8-1 = Mississippi Southern (7–0) (34)

|Week8-1-Color =

|Week8-2 = Miami (OH) (5–2) (1)

|Week8-2-Color = u

|Week8-3 = Chattanooga (5–3) (1)

|Week8-3-Color = u

|Week8-4 = East Texas State (7–1)

|Week8-4-Color = u

|Week8-5 = Northeastern State (8–0)

|Week8-5-Color = d

|Week8-6 = Arizona State College (8–0) (3)

|Week8-6-Color =

|Week8-7 = Montana State (7–1) (1)

|Week8-7-Color = d

|Week8-8 = Wheaton (IL) (8–0) (1)

|Week8-8-Color = d

|Week8-9 = St. Benedict's (9–0) (1)

|Week8-9-Color = d

|Week8-10 = Connecticut (6–2)

|Week8-10-Color = d

|Week8-11 = Kearney State

|Week8-11-Color = u

|Week8-12 = Bowling Green

|Week8-12-Color = u

|Week8-13 = Cal Poly

|Week8-13-Color = u

|Week8-14 = Willamette

|Week8-14-Color = d

|Week8-15 = Middle Tennessee

|Week8-15-Color = npr

|Week8-16 = Buffalo

|Week8-16-Color = d

|Week8-17 = Rochester

|Week8-17-Color = npr

|Week8-18 = {{cfb link|year=1958|team=Gustavus Adolphus Golden Gusties|title=Gustavus Adolphus}} т

|Week8-18-Color = tnpr

|Week8-19 = Memphis State т

|Week8-19-Color = d

|Week8-20 = Missouri Valley

|Week8-21 =

|Week9-1 = Mississippi Southern (8–0) (33)

|Week9-1-Color =

|Week9-2 = Miami (OH) (5–2) (1)

|Week9-2-Color =

|Week9-3 = Arizona State College (9–0) (2)

|Week9-3-Color = u

|Week9-4 = Northeastern State (9–0) (1)

|Week9-4-Color = u

|Week9-5 = Montana State (8–1)

|Week9-5-Color = u

|Week9-6 = East Texas State (8–1)

|Week9-6-Color = d

|Week9-7 = Chattanooga (5–4)

|Week9-7-Color = d

|Week9-8 = Wheaton (IL) (8–0) (1)

|Week9-8-Color =

|Week9-9 = St. Benedict's (10–0) (1)

|Week9-9-Color =

|Week9-10 = Connecticut (7–2)

|Week9-10-Color =

|Week9-11 = Buffalo (2)

|Week9-11-Color = u

|Week9-12 = Cal Poly

|Week9-12-Color = u

|Week9-13 = Middle Tennessee

|Week9-13-Color = u

|Week9-14 = Kearney

|Week9-14-Color = d

|Week9-15 = Rochester т

|Week9-15-Color = tu

|Week9-16 = Bowling Green т

|Week9-16-Color = d

|Week9-17 = Missouri Valley

|Week9-17-Color = u

|Week9-18 = Sewanee

|Week9-18-Color = npr

|Week9-19 = West Chester т

|Week9-19-Color = tnpr

|Week9-20 = Memphis State т

|Week9-20-Color = d

|Week9-21 =

|Week10-1 = Mississippi Southern (8–0) (32)

|Week10-1-Color =

|Week10-2 = Miami (OH) (6–2) (1)

|Week10-2-Color =

|Week10-3 = Northeastern State (9–0) (1)

|Week10-3-Color = u

|Week10-4 = East Texas State (9–1) (1)

|Week10-4-Color = u

|Week10-5 = Arizona State College (10–0) (2)

|Week10-5-Color = d

|Week10-6 = Montana State (8–1)

|Week10-6-Color = d

|Week10-7 = Chattanooga (5–4)

|Week10-7-Color =

|Week10-8 = Wheaton (IL) (8–0) (1)

|Week10-8-Color =

|Week10-9 = Buffalo (8–1) (2) т

|Week10-9-Color = tu

|Week10-10 = St. Benedict's (10–0) т

|Week10-10-Color = d

|Week10-11 = Middle Tennessee

|Week10-11-Color = u

|Week10-12 = Cal Poly т

|Week10-12-Color = t

|Week10-13 = Connecticut т

|Week10-13-Color = d

|Week10-14 = Bowling Green

|Week10-14-Color = u

|Week10-15 = Gustavus Adolphus

|Week10-15-Color = npr

|Week10-16 = Kearney

|Week10-16-Color = d

|Week10-17 = West Chester

|Week10-17-Color = u

|Week10-18 = Memphis State

|Week10-18-Color = u

|Week10-19 = Sewanee т

|Week10-19-Color = td

|Week10-20 = Wittenberg т

|Week10-20-Color = npr

|Week10-21 =

|Week11-1 = Mississippi Southern (9–0) (36)

|Week11-1-Color =

|Week11-2 = Miami (OH) (6–3)

|Week11-2-Color =

|Week11-3 = Arizona State College (10–0) (2)

|Week11-3-Color = u

|Week11-4 = Northeastern State (9–0) (1)

|Week11-4-Color = d

|Week11-5 = East Texas State (9–1)

|Week11-5-Color = d

|Week11-6 = Montana State (8–1)

|Week11-6-Color =

|Week11-7 = Wheaton (IL) (8–0) (1)

|Week11-7-Color = u

|Week11-8 = Chattanooga (5–5)

|Week11-8-Color = d

|Week11-9 = St. Benedict's

|Week11-9-Color = u

|Week11-10 = Buffalo (8–1) (2)

|Week11-10-Color = d

|Week11-11 = Middle Tennessee (1)

|Week11-11-Color =

|Week11-12 = Connecticut

|Week11-12-Color = u

|Week11-13 = Gustavus Adolphus

|Week11-13-Color = u

|Week11-14 = Bowling Green

|Week11-14-Color =

|Week11-15 = Cal Poly

|Week11-15-Color = d

|Week11-16 = Wittenberg т

|Week11-16-Color = tu

|Week11-17 = West Chester т

|Week11-17-Color =

|Week11-18 = Memphis State

|Week11-18-Color =

|Week11-19 = Rochester

|Week11-19-Color = npr

|Week11-20 = Kearney

|Week11-20-Color = d

|Week11-21 =

|Week2Dropped = {{ubl|7 Hillsdale|10 Ripon|15 Delaware|16 Lenoir–Rhyne|19 Pittsburg State|20 Northeastern State}}

|Week3Dropped = {{ubl|15 Juniata|18 Maine|20 Hofstra|21 Louisville}}

|Week4Dropped = {{ubl|14 Delaware|15 Lehigh|17 Iowa State Teachers|18 Florida A&M|20 Memphis State|20 Wittenberg}}

|Week5Dropped = {{ubl|13 Ohio|16 Maine|20 Louisiana Tech|20 Kent State}}

|Week6Dropped = {{ubl|7 Butler|14 Idaho State|17 Lamar Tech|19 Juniata|20 Middle Tennessee}}

|Week7Dropped = {{ubl|13 Amherst|14 Delaware|16 Central Michigan|20 Williams}}

|Week8Dropped = {{ubl|12 Kent State|17 Lafayette|19 West Chester State}}

|Week9Dropped = {{ubl|14 Willamette|18 Gustavus Adolphus}}

|Week10Dropped = {{ubl|15 Rochester|17 Missouri Valley}}

|Week11Dropped = 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:{{cite news|title=Top '58 teams|newspaper=The Pittsburgh Courier|date=December 20, 1958|page=27|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/new-pittsburgh-courier-1958-pc-rankings/141999688/|via=Newspapers.com}}

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:{{cite web|author=Luix Virgil Overbea|date=December 27, 1958|title=Prairie View, Southern, Florida placed 1,2,3 in grid rankings|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=HgMnAAAAIBAJ&pg=3062%2C6541446|work=The Black Dispatch (p. 9)}}

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)

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References

Rankings

Category:NCAA College Division football rankings