1958 major college football rankings

none August 2023 December 2025 1958 Ohio State LSU Two human polls comprised the 1958 major college football rankings. Unlike most sports, college football's governing body, the NCAA, does not bestow a national championship, instead that title is bestowed by one or more different polling agencies. There are two main weekly polls that begin in the preseason—the AP Poll and the Coaches Poll. Legend   Increase in ranking   Decrease in ranking   Not ranked previous week   National champion (#–#)   Win–loss record (Italics)   Number of first place votes т Tied with team above or below also with this symbol AP poll November 2025 The final AP poll was released on December 1, at the end of the 1958 regular season, weeks before the major bowls. The AP would not release a post-bowl season final poll regularly until 1968. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 (Final) Aug Sep 22 Sep 29 Oct 6 Oct 13 Oct 20 Oct 27 Nov 3 Nov 10 Nov 17 Nov 24 Dec 1 Ohio State (46) Oklahoma (23) Notre Dame (11) Michigan State (4) Auburn (9) Ole Miss Navy TCU Army (1) North Carolina (1) Texas Oregon State (2) Iowa Wisconsin Mississippi State (1) Miami (FL) SMU (1) Clemson Pittsburgh Texas A&M Ohio State (0–0) (45) Oklahoma (0–0) (12) Auburn (0–0) (18) u Michigan State (0–0) Notre Dame (0–0) (6) d TCU (1–0) (12) u Pittsburgh (1–0) u Army (0–0) u Ole Miss (1–0) d Washington State (1–0) npr Mississippi State (0–0) u Navy (0–0) d West Virginia (1–0) (2) npr Wisconsin (0–0) (2) LSU (1–0) т tnpr Miami (FL) (0–0) т u Kentucky (1–0) (2) npr Florida (1–0) т tnpr South Carolina (1–0) т npr SMU (0–0) (3) d Clemson Iowa North Carolina Oregon State Texas Texas A&M Oklahoma (1–0) (66) u Auburn (1–0) (58) u Ohio State (1–0) (23) d Michigan State (1–0) (3) Army (1–0) (5) u Ole Miss (2–0) (2) u Notre Dame (1–0) (2) d Iowa (1–0) (15) npr Wisconsin (1–0) (2) u Clemson (2–0) (2) npr Mississippi State (1–0) Pittsburgh (2–0) d LSU (2–0) u Purdue (1–0) npr Navy (1–0) d Michigan (1–0) npr SMU (0–1) (1) т tu Texas (2–0) т npr Houston (1–0) npr Vanderbilt (2–0) npr Florida Kentucky Miami (FL) South Carolina TCU Washington State West Virginia Auburn (2–0) (43) u Oklahoma (2–0) (24) d Army (2–0) (7) u Notre Dame (2–0) (7) u Ohio State (2–0) (6) d Wisconsin (2–0) (6) u Ole Miss (3–0) (1) d Clemson (3–0) (4) u Michigan State (1–0–1) (1) d Pittsburgh (3–0) (2) u LSU (3–0) u Navy (2–0) u Purdue (2–0) u Michigan (1–0–1) (1) u Oregon (1–1) npr Texas (3–0) u Iowa (1–0–1) d SMU (0–2) (1) d Colorado (2–0) т tnpr Houston (2–0) т Mississippi State Vanderbilt Army (3–0) (77) u Auburn (3–0) (54) d Ohio State (3–0) (9) u Wisconsin (3–0) (16) u Michigan State (2–0–1) (4) u Navy (3–0) (1) u Texas (4–0) (3) u Ole Miss (4–0) (2) d LSU (4–0) (2) u Clemson (4–0) (7) d Oklahoma (3–1) d Notre Dame (2–1) (1) d Iowa (2–0–1) (1) u Oregon (2–1) u Houston (3–0) (1) u SMU (1–2) u Northwestern (3–0) npr Florida (2–1) npr Michigan (1–1–1) d TCU (3–1) npr Colorado Pittsburgh Purdue Army (4–0) (90) Ohio State (4–0) (14) u LSU (5–0) (22) u Texas (5–0) (2) u Auburn (3–0–1) (5) d Ole Miss (5–0) (4) u Iowa (3–0–1) (13) u Northwestern (4–0) (3) u Oklahoma (4–1) (1) u Clemson (4–0) (5) Notre Dame (3–1) u Colorado (4–0) (1) npr Wisconsin (3–1) d Air Force (3–0–1) npr Purdue (3–1) npr TCU (4–1) u Georgia Tech (3–1–1) npr Navy (3–1) d Mississippi State (3–1) npr Michigan State (2–1–1) d Florida Houston Michigan Oregon SMU LSU (6–0) (54) u Iowa (4–0–1) (33) u Army (4–0–1) (20) d Auburn (4–0–1) (23) u Ohio State (4–0–1) (9) d Ole Miss (6–0) (7) Oklahoma (5–1) (5) u Wisconsin (3–1–1) u Colorado (5–0) (2) u Purdue (4–1) u Northwestern (4–1) d Pittsburgh (4–1–1) npr Air Force (4–0–1) u Rice (4–2) npr Navy (4–1) u Texas (5–1) d North Carolina (5–2) (1) npr TCU (4–1) d Clemson (4–1) d Rutgers (5–0) (1) npr Georgia Tech Michigan State Mississippi State Notre Dame LSU (7–0) (82) Iowa (5–0–1) (54) Army (5–0–1) (7) Northwestern (5–1) u Auburn (5–0–1) (7) d Oklahoma (5–1) (8) u Wisconsin (4–1–1) u Purdue (5–1) u Ole Miss (6–1) d Air Force (5–0–1) u TCU (5–1) u Syracuse (5–1) (3) npr Rice (4–2) u Notre Dame (4–2) npr North Carolina (5–2) (1) u Ohio State (4–1–1) (1) d Clemson (5–1) u Rutgers (6–0) (1) u Florida (2–3–1) npr SMU (3–3) npr Colorado Navy Pittsburgh Texas LSU (8–0) (95) Iowa (6–0–1) (52) Army (6–0–1) Auburn (6–0–1) (6) u Wisconsin (5–1–1) u Oklahoma (6–1) (3) Ole Miss (7–1) (2) u Purdue (5–1–1) TCU (6–1) u Air Force (6–0–1) North Carolina (6–2) (2) u Syracuse (6–1) Northwestern (5–2) d Pittsburgh (5–2–1) npr SMU (4–3) u Ohio State (4–1–2) Rice (4–3) d Florida (3–3–1) u Rutgers (7–0) (1) d Georgia Tech (5–2–1) npr Clemson Notre Dame LSU (9–0) (114) Auburn (7–0–1) (21) u Army (7–0–1) (12) Oklahoma (7–1) (22) u Wisconsin (6–1–1) Iowa (6–1–1) (4) d TCU (7–1) u Purdue (6–1–1) (8) Air Force (7–0–1) u Syracuse (7–1) u Ohio State (5–1–2) (6) u Florida (4–3–1) u Ole Miss (7–2) d Vanderbilt (5–1–3) npr Notre Dame (5–3) npr Clemson (6–2) npr North Carolina (6–3) (1) d Mississippi State (3–5) npr California (6–3) npr Northwestern (5–3) d Georgia Tech Pittsburgh Rice Rutgers SMU LSU (10–0) (115) Auburn (8–0–1) (5) Oklahoma (8–1) (9) u Iowa (7–1–1) (16) u Army (7–0–1) (1) d Wisconsin (7–1–1) (3) d TCU (8–1) Air Force (8–0–1) (1) u Ohio State (6–1–2) (4) u Syracuse (8–1) (1) Purdue (6–1–2) d Clemson (7–2) (1) u Ole Miss (7–2) Florida (5–3–1) d Vanderbilt (5–1–3) d South Carolina (5–3) npr California (7–3) u Notre Dame (5–4) d Pittsburgh (5–3–1) npr Rutgers (8–0) npr Mississippi State North Carolina Northwestern LSU (10–0) (130) nc Iowa (7–1–1) (17) u Army (8–0–1) (13) u Auburn (9–0–1) (9) d Oklahoma (9–1) (10) d Air Force (9–0–1) (2) u Wisconsin (7–1–1) (13) d Ohio State (6–1–2) (3) u Syracuse (8–1) (1) u TCU (8–2) d Ole Miss (8–2) (2) u Clemson (8–2) (1) Purdue (6–1–2) d Florida (6–3–1) South Carolina (6–3) u California (7–3) u Notre Dame (6–4) (1) u SMU (6–4) npr Oklahoma State (7–3) npr Rutgers (8–1) (1) Pittsburgh Vanderbilt UPI Coaches Poll The final United Press International (UPI) Coaches Poll was released prior to the bowl games, on December 1.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=DrQhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=DpwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3827%2C199134 Reading Eagle Pennsylvania UPI LSU Tigers voted college football champs December 1, 1958 18 This was the first UPI poll following the merger of United Press and International News Service. LSU received 29 of the 35 first-place votes; Iowa received four, and one each went to Army and Air Force.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=kM8pAAAAIBAJ&sjid=7w8EAAAAIBAJ&pg=7471%2C656908 Milwaukee Sentinel UPI LSU voted best in UPI poll; Badgers 6th December 2, 1958 3, part 2 Ranking Team Conference Bowl 1 LSU SEC Won Sugar, 7–0 2 Iowa Big Ten Won Rose, 38–12 3 Army Independentnone 4 Auburn SEC 5 Oklahoma Big Eight Won Orange, 21–6 6 Wisconsin Big Tennone 7 Ohio State Big Ten 8 Air Force IndependentTied Cotton, 0–0 9 TCU Southwest 10 Syracuse Independent Lost Orange, 6–21 11 Purdue Big Ten none 12 Ole Miss SEC Won Gator, 7–3 13 Clemson ACC Lost Sugar, 0–7 14 Notre Dame Independent none 15 Florida SEC Lost Gator, 3–7 16 California Pacific Coast Lost Rose, 12–38 17 Northwestern Big Tennone 18 SMU Southwest Prior to the 1975 season, the Big Ten and Pacific Coast (later AAWU / Pac-8) conferences allowed only one postseason participant each, for the Rose Bowl. The Ivy League has prohibited its members from participating in postseason football since the league was officially formed in 1954. Litkenhous Ratings thumb|right|Litkenhous Ratings Championship trophy, 1934–1962 The final Litkenhous Ratings, released in December 1958, ranked over 650 teams. The top 50 teams as ranked by Litkenhous were: Final Football Litratings Show Vanderbilt 24th The Nashville Banner December 16, 1958 32 https://www.newspapers.com/article/nashville-banner-final-football-litratin/124785709/ Newspapers.com 15em 1. LSU 2. Army 3. Oklahoma 4. Iowa 5. Wisconsin 6. Ole Miss 7. Syracuse 8. Purdue 9. TCU 10. Ohio State 11. Northwestern 12. SMU 13. Auburn 14. Notre Dame 15. Rice 16. Georgia 17. Florida 18. Penn State 19. Illinois 20. Air Force 21. Pittsburgh 22. Texas 23. North Carolina 24. Vanderbilt 25. Alabama 26. Washington State 27. Kentucky 28. Georgia Tech 29. Mississippi Southern 30. Arkansas 31. Oregon 32. Michigan State 33. Oklahoma State 34. Mississippi State 35. Houston 36. South Carolina 37. Trinity (TX) 38. USC 39. Minnesota 40. West Virginia 41. Florida State 42. Duke 43. Navy 44. Tulsa 45. Colorado 46. Tennessee 47. Texas East 48. Missouri 49. Indiana 50. California 73. Memphis State - 76.5 81. Chattanooga - 74.6 See also 1958 College Football All-America Team References * Category:College football rankings