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The UPI small college football rankings was a system used by the United Press International (UPI) from 1958 to 1974 to rank the best small college football teams in the United States.

The UPI announced in September 1958 that it had formed a Small-College Football Rating Board consisting of 47 coaches charged on a weekly basis with ranking the nation's best "small college" football teams. [1] The initial board was made up of one coach from each of 47 states. Each coach was asked to submit a weekly ballot ranking the ten best teams out of the 519 small-college football programs. The rankings included schools that were members of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), members of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), and members of both or neither. The team ranked No. 1 at the end of the year was presented with a trophy by the UPI. [1]

Top teams in final polls

The following chart lists the top five teams in the final UPI small college rankings for each year from 1958 to 1974. The figures in brackets reflect the number of first-place votes received in the final voting. The figures in parentheses reflect the total points received.

YearNo. 1No. 2No. 3No. 4No. 5Source
1958 Mississippi Southern [36] (403) Miami (OH) (215) Arizona State–Flagstaff [2] (209) Northeastern State (OK) [1] (205) East Texas State (172) [2]
1959 Bowling Green [23] (407) Mississippi Southern [5] (247) Middle Tennessee [2] (231) Delaware [1] (211) East Texas State (179) [3]
1960 Ohio [28] (343) Bowling Green (250) Lenoir–Rhyne [3] (236) Muskingum [1] (100) Florida A&M (94) [4]
1961 Pittsburg State [14] (250) Baldwin–Wallace [1] (179) Mississippi Southern [4] (163) Southeastern Louisiana (148) Fresno State [8] (147) [5]
1962 Southern Miss [19] (286) Florida A&M [7] (273) Central State (OK) [3] (233) Lenoir–Rhyne (204) Wittenberg [2] (126) [6]
1963 Delaware [18] (309) Northern Illinois [8] (285) UMass [1] (160) Saint John's (MN) [1] (158) Wittenberg (153) [7]
1964 Cal State Los Angeles [26] (318) Wittenberg [7] (278) UMass (217) East Carolina (196) Concordia (MN) [1] (152)
Louisiana Tech [1] (152)		 [8]
1965 North Dakota State [21] (301) Cal State Los Angeles [2] (224) Middle Tennessee State [3] (209) East Carolina [1] (187) Weber State [3] (117) [9]
1966 San Diego State [30] (336) Montana State [3] (272) Tennessee State [1] (242) Northwestern State (166) North Dakota (161) [10]
1967 San Diego State [17] (317) North Dakota State [14] (299) Texas–Arlington [2] (205) Fairmont State [1] (194) West Chester State [1] (132) [11]
1968 San Diego State [21] (312) North Dakota State [9] (300) Chattanooga (236) New Mexico Highlands (209) Texas A&I (184) [12]
1969 North Dakota State [24] (319) Montana [8] (295) Colorado State–Greeley [1] (197) Akron (186) Arkansas State (173) [13]
1970 Arkansas State [21] (318) Tampa [8] (279) Montana [3] (272) North Dakota State (201) Tennessee State [1] (173) [14]
1971 Delaware [20] (306) McNeese State [5] (267) Eastern Michigan [3] (238) Tennessee State [1] (185) C.W. Post (130) [15]
1972 Delaware [21] (334) Louisiana Tech [12] (310) Cal Poly [1] (239) South Dakota [1] (193) Tennessee State (184) [16]
1973 Tennessee State [27] (314) Western Kentucky [3] (275) Louisiana Tech [1] (224) Abilene Christian (224) Wittenberg (169) [17]
1974 Louisiana Tech [27] (322) UNLV [5] (254) Boise State [1] (188) Delaware (168) Texas A&I (132) [18]

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The 1958 small college football rankings are rankings of college football teams representing smaller college and university teams during the 1958 college football season, including the 1958 NCAA College Division football season and the 1958 NAIA football season. The rankings were prepared and published the United Press International (UPI). It was the first year that the UPI compiled small-college rankings.

The 1959 small college football rankings are rankings of college football teams representing smaller college and university teams during the 1959 college football season, including the 1959 NCAA College Division football season and the 1959 NAIA football season. The rankings were prepared and published the United Press International (UPI).

The 1960 small college football rankings are rankings of college football teams representing smaller college and university teams during the 1960 college football season, including the 1960 NCAA College Division football season and the 1960 NAIA football season. Separate rankings were published by the Associated Press (AP) and the United Press International (UPI). The AP rankings were selected by a board of experts, and the UPI rankings were selected by a board of 47 small-college coaches from throughout the country.

The 1966 small college football rankings are rankings of college football teams representing smaller college and university teams during the 1966 college football season, including the 1966 NCAA College Division football season and the 1966 NAIA football season. Separate rankings were published by the Associated Press (AP) and the United Press International (UPI). The AP rankings were selected by a board of sports writers, and the UPI rankings were selected by a board of small-college coaches.

The 1964 small college football rankings are rankings of college football teams representing smaller college and university teams during the 1964 college football season, including the 1964 NCAA College Division football season and the 1964 NAIA football season. Separate rankings were published by the Associated Press (AP) and the United Press International (UPI). The AP rankings were selected by a board of sports writers, and the UPI rankings were selected by a board of small-college coaches.

The 1965 small-college football rankings are rankings of college football teams representing smaller college and university teams during the 1965 college football season, including the 1965 NCAA College Division football season and the 1965 NAIA football season. Separate rankings were published by the Associated Press (AP) and the United Press International (UPI). The AP rankings were selected by a board of sports writers, and the UPI rankings were selected by a board of small-college coaches.

The 1967 small college football rankings are rankings of college football teams representing smaller college and university teams during the 1967 college football season, including the 1967 NCAA College Division football season and the 1967 NAIA football season. Separate rankings were published by the Associated Press (AP) and the United Press International (UPI). The AP rankings were selected by a board of sports writers, and the UPI rankings were selected by a board of small-college coaches.

The 1968 small college football rankings are rankings of college football teams representing smaller college and university teams during the 1968 college football season, including the 1968 NCAA College Division football season and the 1968 NAIA football season. Separate rankings were published by the Associated Press (AP) and the United Press International (UPI). The AP rankings were selected by a board of sports writers, and the UPI rankings were selected by a board of small-college coaches.

The 1969 small college football rankings are rankings of college football teams representing smaller college and university teams during the 1969 college football season, including the 1969 NCAA College Division football season and the 1969 NAIA football season. Separate rankings were published by the Associated Press (AP) and the United Press International (UPI). The AP rankings were selected by a board of sports writers, and the UPI rankings were selected by a board of small-college coaches.

The 1961 small college football rankings are rankings of college football teams representing smaller college and university teams during the 1961 college football season, including the 1961 NCAA College Division football season and the 1961 NAIA football season. Separate rankings were published by the Associated Press (AP) and the United Press International (UPI). The AP rankings were selected by a board of experts, and the UPI rankings were selected by a board of small-college coaches from throughout the country.

The 1962 small college football rankings are rankings of college football teams representing smaller college and university teams during the 1962 college football season, including the 1962 NCAA College Division football season and the 1962 NAIA football season. Separate rankings were published by the Associated Press (AP) and the United Press International (UPI). The AP rankings were selected by a board of eight sports writers, and the UPI rankings were selected by a board of small-college coaches from throughout the country.

The 1963 small college football rankings are rankings of college football teams representing smaller college and university teams during the 1963 college football season, including the 1963 NCAA College Division football season and the 1963 NAIA football season. Separate rankings were published by the Associated Press (AP) and the United Press International (UPI). The AP rankings were selected by a board of sports writers, and the UPI rankings were selected by a board of small-college coaches.

The 1970 small college football rankings are rankings of college football teams representing smaller college and university teams during the 1970 college football season, including the 1970 NCAA College Division football season and the 1970 NAIA football season. Separate rankings were published by the Associated Press (AP) and the United Press International (UPI). The AP rankings were selected by a board of sports writers, and the UPI rankings were selected by a board of small-college coaches.

The 1971 small college football rankings are rankings of college football teams representing smaller college and university teams during the 1971 college football season, including the 1971 NCAA College Division football season and the 1971 NAIA football season. Separate rankings were published by the Associated Press (AP) and the United Press International (UPI). The AP rankings were selected by a board of sports writers, and the UPI rankings were selected by a board of small-college coaches.

The 1972 small college football rankings are rankings of college football teams representing smaller college and university teams during the 1972 college football season, including the 1972 NCAA College Division football season and the 1972 NAIA football season. Separate rankings were published by the Associated Press (AP) and the United Press International (UPI). The AP rankings were selected by a board of sports writers, and the UPI rankings were selected by a board of small-college coaches.

The 1973 small college football rankings are rankings of college football teams representing smaller college and university teams during the 1973 NCAA Division II, Division III, and NAIA football seasons. Separate rankings were published by the Associated Press (AP) and the United Press International (UPI). The AP rankings were selected by a board of sports writers, and the UPI rankings were selected by a board of small-college coaches.

The 1974 NCAA College Division football rankings are from the United Press International poll of College Division head coaches and from the Associated Press poll of sportswriters and broadcasters. The 1974 NCAA Division II football season was the 17th year UPI published a Coaches Poll and it was the 15th year for the Associated Press. Both polls used the term "College Division" in 1974, but many of the referenced publications continued to use the "Small College" terminology.

The 1964 NCAA College Division football season was the ninth season of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association at the NCAA College Division level.

The 1972 NCAA College Division football season was the 17th and final season of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association at the NCAA College Division level.

The AP small college football rankings was a system used by the Associated Press (AP) from 1960 to 1974 to rank the best small college football teams in the United States.

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