1959 NCAA College Division football rankings
The 1959 NCAA College Division football rankings are from the United Press International poll of College Division head coaches. The 1959 NCAA College Division football season was the second year UPI published a poll in what was termed the "Small College" division. The Associated Press did not start their version of the poll until 1960. The Top 10 included the team's record while the "Second 10" did not.
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Win–loss record | |
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Tied with team above or below also with this symbol |
The UPI coaches poll[]
| Week 1 Sept 24[1] | Week 2 Oct 1[2] | Week 3 Oct 8[3] | Week 4 Oct 15[4] | Week 5 Oct 22[5] | Week 6 Oct 29[6] | Week 7 Nov 5[7] | Week 8 Nov 12[8] | Week 9 Nov 19[9] | Week 10 Nov 26[10] | ||
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| 1. | Mississippi Southern (11) | Mississippi Southern (1–0) (27) | Mississippi Southern (1–1) (22) | Mississippi Southern (2–1) (32) | Mississippi Southern (3–1) (32) | Mississippi Southern (4–1) (32) | Delaware (6–0) (18) | Delaware (7–0) (23) | Bowling Green (8–0) (20) | Bowling Green (9–0) (23) | 1. |
| 2. | West Chester Teachers (7) | Miami (OH) (1–0) (4) | Miami (OH) (2–0) (9) | West Chester Teachers (3–0) (2) | Delaware (4–0) (1) | Delaware (5–0) (2) | Mississippi Southern (4–2) (13) | Mississippi Southern (5–2) (7) | Mississippi Southern (6–2) (5) | Mississippi Southern (6–3) (5) | 2. |
| 3. | Chattanooga (2) т | West Chester Teachers (2–0) (5) | East Texas State (3–0) (3) | Delaware (3–0) (2) | West Chester Teachers (4–0) (2) | Miami (OH) (4–1) (1) | West Chester Teachers (6–0) (2) | Bowling Green (7–0) (4) | Middle Tennessee State (9–0) (3) | Middle Tennessee State (9–0) (2) | 3. |
| 4. | East Texas State (2) т | East Texas State (2–0) (1) | West Chester Teachers (2–0) (2) | Montana State (3–1) (1) | Miami (OH) (3–1) | West Chester Teachers (5–0) | Bowling Green (6–0) (4) | Middle Tennessee State (8–0) (2) | Delaware (7–1) (4) | Delaware (8–1) (1) | 4. |
| 5. | Connecticut (1) | Xavier (3–0) | Buffalo (2–0) (1) | Miami (OH) (2–1) | Middle Tennessee State (5–0) (2) | Middle Tennessee State (6–0) (1) | Middle Tennessee State (7–0) (3) | East Texas State (7–1) | East Texas State (8–1) | East Texas State (9–1) | 5. |
| 6. | Miami (OH) (1) | Montana State (2–0) (1) | Chattanooga (2–1) | Middle Tennessee State (4–0) | Ohio (4–0) | Bowling Green (5–0) (3) | East Texas State (6–1) | West Chester Teachers (6–1) | Western Illinois (9–0) (1) | Western Illinois (9–0) | 6. |
| 7. | Xavier (3) | Chattanooga (1–1) | Montana State (2–1) (1) | East Texas State (3–1) (1) | East Texas State (4–1) | East Texas State (5–1) | Miami (OH) (4–2) (1) | Memphis State (5–2) (1) | West Chester Teachers (7–1) | Memphis State (5–4) | 7. |
| 8. | Arizona State College (2) | Buffalo (1–0) | Middle Tennessee State (3–0) (1) | Ohio (3–0) (3) | Bowling Green (4–0) | Buffalo (4–1) | Memphis State (5–2) (2) | Miami (OH) (5–2) | Memphis State (5–3) | Louisiana Tech (8–1) (2) | 8. |
| 9. | Northeastern State (1) | Northeastern State (2–1) | Delaware (2–0) | Chattanooga (2–2) | Buffalo (3–1) | Lamar Tech (7–0) (1) | Buffalo (4–1) | Western Illinois (8–0) | Ohio (7–1) | Ohio (7–2) | 9. |
| 10. | Middle Tennessee State | Arizona State College (1–2) | Xavier (3–1) | Buffalo (2–1) | Montana State (3–2) | Ohio (4–1) | Western Illinois (7–0) | Buffalo (5–1) | Louisiana Tech (6–1) | West Chester Teachers (7–1) | 10. |
| 11. | Hillsdale | Memphis State | Ohio | Bowling Green (1) | Lamar Tech т | Western Illinois | Ohio | Hillsdale | Buffalo т | Lenoir–Rhyne (1) | 11. |
| 12. | Cal Poly | Middle Tennessee State | Arizona State College | Lamar Tech | Bucknell т | Montana State | Lamar Tech | Ohio | Lenoir–Rhyne т | Buffalo | 12. |
| 13. | Montana State (1) | Connecticut | Northeastern State | Arizona State College | Hillsdale | Louisiana Tech | Hillsdale | Lenoir–Rhyne | Butler | Butler | 13. |
| 14. | Memphis State (1) | Bowling Green (1) | Lamar Tech | Memphis State т | Memphis State | Hillsdale | Lenoir–Rhyne | Louisiana Tech т | Hillsdale | Florida A&M | 14. |
| 15. | Gustavus Adolphus | Hillsdale | McMurry | Hillsdale т | Chattanooga т | Memphis State | Montana State | Montana State т | Miami (OH) | Hillsdale | 15. |
| 16. | Northern Illinois | Delaware т | Hillsdale | Northeastern State | Kent State т | Lenoir–Rhyne | Arizona State College | Lamar Tech | Presbyterian | Idaho State | 16. |
| 17. | Lamar Tech | Butler т | Bowling Green | Butler | Western Illinois | Presbyterian т | Butler | Butler | Northern Illinois т | San Francisco State | 17. |
| 18. | Butler | Lamar Tech | Western Illinois т | Kent State | Lenoir–Rhyne т | Arizona State College т | Chattanooga | Idaho State т | Tennessee State т | Presbyterian | 18. |
| 19. | Toledo | McMurry | Louisiana Tech т | Texas A&I т | Arizona State College т | Chattanooga | Presbyterian | William Jewell т | Idaho State | Miami (OH) | 19. |
| 20. | Pittsburg State т | Fresno State | Butler | Xavier т | Louisiana Tech | Tennessee State A&I | Louisiana Tech | Florida A&M | Montana State | McMurry т | 20. |
| 21. | Buffalo т | Louisiana Tech т | Hofstra т | 21. | |||||||
| 22. | Central Michigan т | 22. | |||||||||
| 23. | UMass т | 23. | |||||||||
| Week 1 Sept 24[1] | Week 2 Oct 1[2] | Week 3 Oct 8[3] | Week 4 Oct 15[4] | Week 5 Oct 22[5] | Week 6 Oct 29[6] | Week 7 Nov 5[7] | Week 8 Nov 12[8] | Week 9 Nov 19[9] | Week 10 Nov 26[10] | ||
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References[]
- ^ "Mississippi Southern Tops Small Colleges". The Santa Fe New Mexican. Santa Fe, New Mexico. September 24, 1959. p. 11. Retrieved May 5, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Small College Grid Ratings". Simpson's Leader-Times. Kittanning, Pennsylvania. October 1, 1959. p. 10. Retrieved May 5, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Small College Poll Shows Miami 2nd". Palladium-Item. Richmond, Indiana. October 8, 1959. p. 8. Retrieved May 5, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Small College Football Poll". Galesburg Register-Mail. Galesburg, Illinois. October 15, 1959. p. 14. Retrieved May 5, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Delaware Ranks Second In UPI Grid Poll; Miss. Southern Holds Top Spot". The Morning News. Wilmington, Delaware. October 22, 1959. p. 32. Retrieved May 5, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Mississippi Southern Paces Small Colleges". Corvallis Gazette-Times. Corvallis, Oregon. October 29, 1959. p. 11. Retrieved May 5, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Grid Powers". Lead Daily Call. Lead, South Dakota. November 5, 1959. p. 2. Retrieved May 5, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Hens, Southerners Still Ranked 1-2". The Monroe Star. Monroe, Louisiana. November 12, 1959. p. 1-D. Retrieved May 5, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "La. Tech Ranked 10th in UPI Poll". The Times. Shreveport, Louisiana. November 19, 1959. p. 5-E. Retrieved May 5, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Bowling Green Voted Small College Champs". Tyrone Daily Herald. Tyrone, Pennsylvania. November 27, 1959. p. 6. Retrieved May 5, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
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