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1958 College Football School Ratings

1957 CFB School Ratings 1959 CFB School Ratings

Champions:
LSU (AP, UPI)
Iowa (FWAA)

Heisman Memorial Trophy: Pete Dawkins (Army)

FWAA Coach of the Year Award: Paul Dietzel (LSU)

AP Preseason #1: Ohio State

AP Final #1: LSU

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The SRS columns are SRS broken up into offensive and defensive components.
The Scoring columns are points per game adjusted for strength of opposition.
The Passing, Rushing, and Total columns are yards per attempt adjusted for strength of opposition.
AP Rank reflects the current AP poll ranking or the last ranking from the year.

112 Schools

112 Schools Table
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
1	Iowa	Big Ten	2	8	1	1	17.49	7.29	24.78	42.59	-1.41
2	Wisconsin	Big Ten	7	7	1	1	8.95	12.88	21.83	36.04	-6.99
3	LSU	SEC	1	11	0	0	9.75	11.75	21.50	39.55	-5.48
4	Purdue	Big Ten	13	6	1	2	10.35	9.73	20.08	35.72	-3.73
5	Army	Ind	3	8	0	1	8.67	11.31	19.98	38.61	-4.37
6	Oklahoma	Big 7	5	10	1	0	9.03	10.74	19.77	39.14	-5.80
7	Ohio State	Big Ten	8	6	1	2	9.84	7.61	17.45	36.04	-1.72
8	Texas Christian	SWC	10	8	2	1	5.12	12.20	17.32	31.50	-5.82
9	Northwestern	Big Ten		5	4	0	11.28	5.33	16.61	36.77	-0.37
10	Notre Dame	Ind	17	6	4	0	11.96	3.44	15.40	36.40	1.94
11	SMU	SWC	18	6	4	0	8.85	6.19	15.04	34.45	-0.67
12	Ole Miss	SEC	11	9	2	0	5.24	9.27	14.50	30.75	-3.97
13	Air Force	Ind	6	9	0	2	6.64	7.67	14.31	31.97	-0.92
14	Auburn	SEC	4	9	0	1	5.56	8.49	14.05	29.68	-2.67
15	Syracuse	Ind	9	8	2	0	5.04	7.88	12.92	35.90	-2.35
16	Rice	SWC		5	5	0	7.63	4.98	12.61	32.57	-0.11
17	Florida	SEC	14	6	4	1	3.12	7.18	10.30	28.72	-3.11
18	Texas	SWC		7	3	0	5.88	4.23	10.11	29.22	0.99
19	Penn State	Ind		6	3	1	2.23	7.76	9.99	30.65	-1.55
20	Pitt	Ind		5	4	1	4.89	4.48	9.37	29.22	-0.52
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
21	Oklahoma State	Ind	19	8	3	0	5.25	3.84	9.08	28.85	1.82
22	Illinois	Big Ten		4	5	0	5.68	3.38	9.06	31.05	1.35
23	Washington State	PCC		7	3	0	4.56	4.06	8.62	31.28	1.16
24	Vanderbilt	SEC		5	2	3	-0.05	8.25	8.20	24.72	-2.76
25	Georgia	SEC		4	6	0	4.42	3.40	7.82	34.35	2.07
26	North Carolina	ACC		6	4	0	3.79	3.83	7.61	29.23	2.49
27	Georgia Tech	SEC		5	4	1	-0.56	8.01	7.46	23.58	-2.29
28	Michigan State	Big Ten		3	5	1	1.64	5.80	7.45	26.84	0.16
29	Houston	MVC		5	4	0	7.04	0.11	7.16	34.09	9.28
30	Alabama	SEC		5	4	1	-1.76	8.87	7.12	21.98	-3.19
31	Navy	Ind		6	3	0	5.91	0.88	6.79	30.47	6.03
32	South Carolina	ACC	15	7	3	0	1.34	5.07	6.41	24.68	1.92
33	Indiana	Big Ten		5	3	1	-2.23	8.36	6.13	21.03	-0.41
34	California	PCC	16	7	4	0	7.59	-1.54	6.05	31.19	6.94
35	Missouri	Big 7		5	4	1	3.34	2.59	5.93	27.97	4.29
36	USC	PCC		4	5	1	1.76	3.99	5.74	27.09	0.48
37	Oregon	PCC		4	6	0	-4.79	10.43	5.64	20.88	-5.82
38	Kentucky	SEC		5	4	1	-0.14	5.54	5.40	27.06	0.87
39	Clemson	ACC	12	8	3	0	2.01	3.00	5.01	24.52	3.27
40	Tulsa	MVC		7	3	0	1.82	3.08	4.90	27.81	3.60
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
41	Boston College	Ind		7	3	0	3.17	1.55	4.72	29.85	4.87
42	Colorado	Big 7		6	4	0	3.19	1.32	4.51	30.09	4.14
43	Duke	ACC		5	5	0	0.38	4.10	4.49	23.79	1.45
44	Minnesota	Big Ten		1	8	0	2.44	1.76	4.20	28.15	2.62
45	Arkansas	SWC		4	6	0	1.34	2.77	4.11	28.14	2.82
46	Florida State	Ind		7	4	0	0.72	3.28	4.00	27.71	3.89
47	North Texas	MVC		7	2	1	0.03	3.55	3.58	23.62	3.71
48	Michigan	Big Ten		2	6	1	5.78	-2.32	3.47	29.65	8.20
49	Rutgers	Ind	20	8	1	0	3.11	0.23	3.34	31.31	8.87
50	West Virginia	Southern		4	5	1	8.70	-5.46	3.24	36.24	11.51
51	Pacific	Ind		6	4	0	5.03	-1.86	3.16	33.54	9.64
52	Tulane	SEC		3	7	0	1.22	1.47	2.69	26.33	7.67
53	Baylor	SWC		3	7	0	4.11	-1.52	2.59	28.98	7.12
54	Mississippi State	SEC		3	6	0	1.81	0.43	2.23	28.09	4.41
55	Tennessee	SEC		4	6	0	-1.61	3.58	1.97	22.22	2.15
56	Dartmouth	Ivy		7	2	0	-0.19	2.04	1.85	20.46	8.26
57	Holy Cross	Ind		6	3	0	-2.27	3.70	1.43	19.69	3.42
58	Wyoming	Skyline		8	3	0	1.79	-0.52	1.27	24.67	6.92
59	UCLA	PCC		3	6	1	2.41	-1.46	0.95	27.68	6.47
60	Oregon State	PCC		6	4	0	-3.45	4.04	0.60	20.90	2.65
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
61	Cincinnati	MVC		6	2	2	-3.56	3.85	0.30	18.80	3.00
62	Kansas	Big 7		4	5	1	-2.70	2.88	0.17	21.41	6.62
63	Arizona State	BIAA		7	3	0	2.51	-2.67	-0.16	27.87	9.59
64	Colorado State	Skyline		6	4	0	-2.61	2.03	-0.58	21.78	5.07
65	Texas A&M	SWC		4	6	0	0.72	-1.34	-0.62	24.87	8.60
66	Miami (FL)	Ind		2	8	0	-0.38	-0.40	-0.78	23.60	6.05
67	Washington	PCC		3	7	0	-2.00	1.09	-0.91	23.00	3.27
68	Boston University	Ind		4	5	0	3.28	-5.33	-2.05	26.97	14.23
69	Hardin-Simmons	BIAA		6	5	0	-3.56	1.48	-2.08	19.89	6.96
70	Virginia Military Institute	Southern		6	2	2	-1.75	-0.36	-2.10	21.43	9.34
71	San Jose State	Ind		4	5	0	-1.49	-0.86	-2.34	25.01	6.53
72	Cornell	Ivy		6	3	0	-2.34	-0.08	-2.42	17.24	12.39
73	BYU	Skyline		6	4	0	-0.51	-1.99	-2.50	23.14	9.48
74	Maryland	ACC		4	6	0	-2.56	-0.21	-2.77	22.33	8.49
75	Iowa State	Big 7		4	6	0	-7.30	4.16	-3.14	18.66	1.57
76	Texas Tech	Ind		3	7	0	-2.63	-0.64	-3.27	20.31	6.30
77	Princeton	Ivy		6	3	0	3.20	-6.57	-3.37	24.30	16.87
78	New Mexico	Skyline		7	3	0	2.04	-5.64	-3.60	23.90	14.81
79	Brown	Ivy		6	3	0	2.39	-6.09	-3.69	22.71	15.78
80	Kansas State	Big 7		3	7	0	-1.58	-2.58	-4.16	22.31	9.56
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
81	Wake Forest	ACC		3	7	0	-1.98	-2.23	-4.21	22.80	8.64
82	Nebraska	Big 7		3	7	0	-2.55	-2.30	-4.86	21.61	10.25
83	Pennsylvania	Ivy		4	5	0	-1.91	-3.02	-4.93	19.71	15.77
84	Stanford	PCC		2	8	0	-1.49	-3.49	-4.98	23.66	10.14
85	Harvard	Ivy		4	5	0	-4.60	-0.48	-5.08	15.61	9.93
86	Wichita State	MVC		4	5	1	-0.81	-4.48	-5.29	21.37	14.89
87	Utah	Skyline		4	7	0	-2.77	-3.76	-6.53	20.70	10.34
88	Idaho	PCC		4	5	0	-4.22	-2.39	-6.61	19.38	10.16
89	Detroit Mercy	Ind		4	4	1	-4.15	-2.84	-6.99	18.90	13.32
90	Villanova	Ind		6	4	0	-5.50	-1.82	-7.32	15.55	9.59
91	Marquette	Ind		2	7	1	-1.75	-5.58	-7.33	21.94	15.26
92	North Carolina State	ACC		2	7	1	-4.29	-3.18	-7.47	18.59	10.54
93	Denver	Skyline		2	8	0	-4.09	-3.77	-7.85	19.88	9.16
94	Virginia Tech	Southern		5	4	1	-3.21	-5.87	-9.08	18.75	14.73
95	Davidson	Southern		5	4	0	-2.79	-8.11	-10.90	17.39	17.38
96	Richmond	Southern		3	7	0	-2.27	-8.73	-10.99	19.27	17.13
97	Virginia	ACC		1	9	0	-3.26	-9.22	-12.47	20.15	21.27
98	The Citadel	Southern		4	6	0	-9.57	-3.26	-12.84	13.99	16.62
99	New Mexico State	BIAA		4	6	0	-1.97	-11.30	-13.27	19.15	20.25
100	Utah State	Skyline		3	7	0	-6.95	-6.78	-13.73	15.70	14.31
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
101	William & Mary	Southern		2	6	1	-11.44	-2.39	-13.82	11.01	13.53
102	George Washington	Southern		3	5	0	-9.42	-6.43	-15.85	11.29	14.05
103	Furman	Southern		2	7	0	-0.96	-14.92	-15.88	20.88	24.79
104	Colgate	Ind		1	8	0	-10.81	-5.18	-15.99	11.13	19.73
105	UTEP	BIAA		2	7	0	-10.87	-6.04	-16.91	11.22	16.42
106	Arizona	BIAA		3	7	0	-8.79	-9.02	-17.81	13.61	22.55
107	Yale	Ivy		2	7	0	-8.42	-9.78	-18.19	10.11	21.38
108	Drake	Ind		2	7	0	-9.01	-9.76	-18.78	13.54	24.22
109	Dayton	Ind		2	8	0	-12.90	-8.69	-21.59	9.24	18.99
110	Montana	Skyline		0	10	0	-9.54	-13.35	-22.89	13.97	25.47
111	West Texas State	BIAA		1	9	0	-8.31	-14.80	-23.12	13.86	23.59
112	Columbia	Ivy		1	8	0	-14.74	-9.53	-24.26	5.79	28.42