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1958 Wisconsin

7–⁠1–⁠1 (5–⁠1–⁠1 Big Ten), coached by Milt Bruhn, finished No. 7 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Wisconsin in 1958, game by game: won at No. 15 Miami 20–0; won vs. Marquette 50–0; won vs. No. 13 Purdue 31–6; lost vs. No. 13 Iowa 9–20; tied at No. 2 Ohio State 7–7; won at Michigan State 9–7; won vs. No. 4 Northwestern 17–13; won at Illinois 31–12; won vs. Minnesota 27–12+50−11Won 20–0 at No. 15 Miami+20No. 15 MiamiWon 50–0 vs. Marquette+50MarquetteWon 31–6 vs. No. 13 Purdue+25No. 13 PurdueLost 9–20 vs. No. 13 Iowa-11No. 13 IowaTied 7–7 at No. 2 Ohio State0No. 2 Ohio StateWon 9–7 at Michigan State+2Michigan StateWon 17–13 vs. No. 4 Northwestern+4No. 4 NorthwesternWon 31–12 at Illinois+19IllinoisWon 27–12 vs. Minnesota+15Minnesota
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 26at15MiamiW 20–⁠041%
Oct 4vsMarquetteW 50–⁠086%
Oct 11vs13PurdueW 31–⁠657%
Oct 18vs13IowaL 9–⁠2054%
Oct 25at2Ohio StateT 7–⁠731%
Nov 1atMichigan StateW 9–⁠741%
Nov 8vs4NorthwesternW 17–⁠1369%
Nov 15atIllinoisW 31–⁠1253%
Nov 22vsMinnesotaW 27–⁠1282%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Minnesota 27–⁠12; No. 7 in the final AP poll; 2nd in the Big Ten.

In program history: The 24th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 135 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 14
  2. Wk 2: 14
  3. Wk 3: 9
  4. Wk 4: 6
  5. Wk 5: 4
  6. Wk 6: 13
  7. Wk 7: 8
  8. Wk 8: 7
  9. Wk 9: 5
  10. Wk 10: 5
  11. Wk 11: 6
  12. Final: 7
Record
7–⁠1–⁠1
Conference
5–⁠1–⁠1 2nd in Big Ten
AP final
No. 7 peak No. 4
Points
201–⁠77
Coach
Milt Bruhn
Elo
1661 +110 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
22.3 No. 4 of 112 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Jon Hobbs and Dave Kocourek
Most valuable player
Jon Hobbs and Dick Teteak

All-Big Ten

2 first team, 3 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1958 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1958 Big Ten standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Iowa5–⁠18–⁠1–⁠12
Wisconsin5–⁠1–⁠17–⁠1–⁠17
Ohio State4–⁠1–⁠26–⁠1–⁠28
Purdue3–⁠1–⁠26–⁠1–⁠213
Indiana3–⁠2–⁠15–⁠3–⁠1
Illinois4–⁠34–⁠5
Northwestern3–⁠45–⁠4
Michigan1–⁠5–⁠12–⁠6–⁠1
Minnesota1–⁠61–⁠8
Michigan State0–⁠5–⁠13–⁠5–⁠1

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.