Other Champions
The UPI conducted a "small college" coaches' poll. In 1958, the first year for the poll, Mississippi Southern (now USM), which had beaten N.C. State and Virginia Tech en route to a 9-0-0 record, was #1 from start to finish, followed by #2 Miami University (Oxford, Ohio), #3 Arizona State College (Flagstaff), #4 Northeastern (Oklahoma), and #5 East Texas State. . The third annual NAIA championship game, held in St. Petersburg, Florida, and called the Holiday Bowl, pitted the #4 Northeastern State Redmen against the Lumberjacks of #3 Arizona State College (Flagstaff) (now Northern Arizona University). Northeastern won, 19-13.
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