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1958 Year Summary

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National Champions: Louisiana State (AP, UPI), Iowa (FWAA)

Heisman Memorial Trophy: Pete Dawkins (Army)
FWAA Coach of the Year Award: Paul Dietzel (Louisiana State)

AP Preseason #1: Ohio State ▪ AP Final #1: Louisiana State

Conference Summary

Sorted by SRS
Overall Bowls SRS Polls
Rk Conference Schs G W L T Pct G W L T Pct SRS SOS Pre Final Champion
1 Big Ten Conference 10 91 47 35 9 .566 1 1 0 0 1.000 13.10 10.84 4 4 Iowa
2 Southwest Conference 7 71 37 33 1 .528 1 0 0 1 .500 8.74 7.69 4 2 Texas Christian
3 Southeastern Conference 12 122 69 45 8 .598 3 2 1 0 .667 8.60 5.04 3 4 Louisiana State
4 Big Seven Conference 7 71 35 34 2 .507 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.60 2.66 1 1 Oklahoma
5 Missouri Valley Conference 5 49 29 16 4 .633 0 0 0 0 2.13 -2.20 0 0 North Texas
6 Pacific Coast Conference 9 90 40 48 2 .456 1 0 1 0 .000 1.68 2.98 1 1 California
7 Independent 23 224 120 97 7 .551 4 1 2 1 .375 1.22 -0.33 5 6
8 Atlantic Coast Conference 8 81 36 44 1 .451 1 0 1 0 .000 -0.43 1.25 2 2 Clemson
9 Skyline Conference 8 82 36 46 0 .439 1 1 0 0 1.000 -7.05 -5.53 0 0 Wyoming
10 Ivy Group 8 72 36 36 0 .500 0 0 0 0 -7.51 -7.28 0 0 Dartmouth
11 Southern Conference 9 85 34 46 5 .429 0 0 0 0 -9.80 -7.11 0 0 West Virginia
12 Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association 6 60 23 37 0 .383 1 0 1 0 .000 -12.22 -7.60 0 0 Hardin-Simmons

AP Poll Summary

School Conf Pre 9/22 9/29 10/6 10/13 10/20 10/27 11/3 11/10 11/17 11/24 Final
Louisiana State SEC   15 13 11 9 3 1 1 1 1 1 1
Iowa Big Ten 13   8 17 13 7 2 2 2 6 4 2
Army Ind 9 8 5 3 1 1 3 3 3 3 5 3
Auburn SEC 5 3 2 1 2 5 4 5 4 2 2 4
Oklahoma Big 7 2 2 1 2 11 9 7 6 6 4 3 5
Air Force Ind           14 13 10 10 9 8 6
Wisconsin Big Ten 14 14 9 6 4 13 8 7 5 5 6 7
Ohio State Big Ten 1 1 3 5 3 2 5 16 16 11 9 8
Syracuse Ind               12 12 10 10 9
Texas Christian SWC 8 6     20 16 18 11 9 7 7 10
Mississippi SEC 6 9 6 7 8 6 6 9 7 13 13 11
Clemson ACC 18   10 8 10 10 19 17   16 12 12
Purdue Big Ten     14 13   15 10 8 8 8 11 13
Florida SEC   18     18     19 18 12 14 14
South Carolina ACC   18                 16 15
California PCC                   19 17 16
Notre Dame Ind 3 5 7 4 12 11   14   15 18 17
Southern Methodist SWC 17 20 17 18 16     20 15     18
Oklahoma State Ind                       19
Rutgers Ind             20 18 19   20 20
School Conf Pre 9/22 9/29 10/6 10/13 10/20 10/27 11/3 11/10 11/17 11/24 Final
Colorado Big 7       19   12 9          
Georgia Tech SEC           17     20      
Houston MVC     19 19 15              
Kentucky SEC   17                    
Miami (FL) Ind 16 15                    
Michigan Big Ten     16 14 19              
Michigan State Big Ten 4 4 4 9 5 20            
Mississippi State SEC 15 11 11     19       18    
Navy Ind 7 12 15 12 6 18 15          
North Carolina ACC 10           17 15 11 17    
Northwestern Big Ten         17 8 11 4 13 20    
Oregon PCC       15 14              
Oregon State PCC 12                      
Pittsburgh Ind 19 7 12 10     12   14   19  
Rice SWC             14 13 17      
Texas SWC 11   17 16 7 4 16          
Texas A&M SWC 20                      
Vanderbilt SEC     20             14 15  
Washington State PCC   10                    
West Virginia Southern   13