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1958 college football season

1958 ACC football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#12 Clemson $ 5 1 0     8 3 0
#15 South Carolina 5 2 0     8 3 0
Duke 3 2 0     5 5 0
North Carolina 4 3 0     6 4 0
Maryland 3 3 0     4 6 0
Wake Forest 2 4 0     3 7 0
NC State 2 5 0     2 7 1
Virginia 1 5 0     1 9 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
1958 Big 7 football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#5 Oklahoma $ 6 0 0     10 1 0
Missouri 4 1 1     5 4 1
Colorado 4 2 0     6 4 0
Kansas 3 2 1     4 5 1
Kansas State 2 4 0     3 7 0
Nebraska 1 5 0     3 7 0
Iowa State 0 6 0     4 6 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
1958 Big Ten football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#2 Iowa $ 5 1 0     8 1 1
#7 Wisconsin 5 1 1     7 1 1
#8 Ohio State 4 1 2     6 1 2
#13 Purdue 3 1 2     6 1 2
Indiana 3 2 1     5 3 1
Illinois 4 3 0     4 5 0
Northwestern 3 4 0     5 4 0
Michigan 1 5 1     2 6 1
Minnesota 1 6 0     1 8 0
Michigan State 0 5 1     3 5 1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
1958 Ivy League football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
Dartmouth $   6 1         7 2  
Cornell   5 2         6 3  
Princeton   5 2         6 3  
Brown   4 3         6 3  
Penn   4 3         4 5  
Harvard   3 4         4 5  
Columbia   1 6         1 8  
Yale   0 7         2 7  
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
1958 Missouri Valley Conference football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
North Texas State $ 2 1 1     7 2 1
Cincinnati 1 1 2     6 2 2
Tulsa 2 2 0     7 3 0
Houston 2 2 0     5 4 0
Wichita State 1 2 1     4 5 1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
1958 MSC football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
Wyoming $ 6 1 0     8 3 0
New Mexico 5 1 0     7 3 0
BYU 5 2 0     6 4 0
Colorado State 4 3 0     6 4 0
Utah 3 3 0     4 7 0
Utah State 2 5 0     3 7 0
Denver 2 5 0     2 8 0
Montana 0 7 0     0 10 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
1958 PCC football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#16 California $ 6 1 0     7 4 0
Washington State 6 2 0     7 3 0
USC 4 2 1     4 5 1
Oregon State 5 3 0     6 4 0
Oregon 4 4 0     4 6 0
UCLA 2 4 1     3 6 1
Stanford 2 5 0     2 8 0
Washington 1 6 0     3 7 0
Idaho 0 3 0     4 5 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
1958 SEC football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#1 LSU $ 6 0 0     11 0 0
#4 Auburn 6 0 1     9 0 1
#11 Ole Miss 4 2 0     9 2 0
Vanderbilt 2 1 3     5 2 3
Tennessee 4 3 0     4 6 0
Alabama 3 4 1     5 4 1
Kentucky 3 4 1     5 4 1
#14 Florida 2 3 1     6 4 1
Georgia Tech 2 3 1     5 4 1
Georgia 2 4 0     4 6 0
Tulane 1 5 0     3 7 0
Mississippi State 1 6 0     3 6 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
1958 NCAA University Division independents football records
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#6 Air Force         9 0 2
#3 Army         8 0 1
Rutgers         8 1 0
#9 Syracuse         8 2 0
#19 Oklahoma State         8 3 0
Boston College         7 3 0
Florida State         7 4 0
Holy Cross         6 3 0
Navy         6 3 0
Penn State         6 3 1
#17 Notre Dame         6 4 0
Pacific (CA)         6 4 0
Villanova         6 4 0
Pittsburgh         5 4 1
Detroit         4 4 1
Boston University         4 5 0
San Jose State         4 5 0
Texas Tech         3 7 0
Marquette         2 7 1
Drake         2 7 0
Dayton         2 8 0
Miami (FL)         2 8 0
Colgate         1 8 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1958 NCAA University Division football season was notable in that it was the first to feature the two-point conversion. On January 13, 1958, the 11-man NCAA Rules Committee unanimously approved a resolution to allow teams to choose between kicking an extra point after a touchdown, or running or passing from the 3-yard line for 2 points. University of Michigan athletic director Fritz Crisler said at the meeting in Fort Lauderdale, "It's a progressive step which will make football more interesting for the spectators," adding that the rule "will add drama to what has been the dullest, most stupid play in the game."

Louisiana State University (LSU), with a record of 10–0, was crowned the national champion at the end of the regular season by both major polls and would go on to win the Sugar Bowl. The Iowa Hawkeyes who won the Rose Bowl were crowned national champions by the Football Writers Association of America after the bowl games were played.

During the 20th century, the NCAA had no playoff for the major college football teams in the University Division, later known as Division I-A. The NCAA did recognize a national champion based upon the final results of "wire service" (AP and UPI) polls. The extent of that recognition came in the form of acknowledgment in the annual NCAA Football Guide of the "unofficial" national champions. The AP poll in 1958 consisted of the votes of as many as 203 sportswriters. Though not all writers voted in every poll, each would give their opinion of the twenty best teams. Under a point system of 20 points for first place, 19 for second, etc., the "overall" ranking was determined. Although the rankings were based on the collective opinion of the representative sportswriters, the teams that remained "unbeaten and untied" were generally ranked higher than those that had not. A defeat, even against a strong opponent, tended to cause a team to drop in the rankings, and a team with two or more defeats was unlikely to remain in the Top 20. The top teams played on New Year's Day in the four major postseason bowl games: the Rose Bowl (near Los Angeles at Pasadena), the Sugar Bowl (New Orleans), the Orange Bowl (Miami), and the Cotton Bowl (Dallas).


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