1975 NAIA Division I football season

American college football season

1975 NAIA Division I football season

Regular season| August–November 1975
Postseason| November 29–December 13, 1975
National Championship| Javelina Stadium
Kingsville, TX
Champions| Texas A&I (4)

* ← 1974
* NAIA Division I football season
* 1976 →

The 1975 NAIA Division I football season was the 20th season of college football sponsored by the NAIA, was the sixth season of play of the top division of the NAIA's two-division structure for football.

The season was played from August to November 1975 and culminated in the 1975 NAIA Division I Champion Bowl, played on December 13, 1975 on the campus of Texas A&I University in Kingsville, Texas.[1] Texas A&I defeated Salem in the Champion Bowl, 37–0, to win their fourth, and second consecutive, NAIA national title.[2]

## Conference realignment

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### Conference changes

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* This was the first season of football for South Atlantic Conference. The league comprised eight teams from North Carolina and South Carolina, with seven being former members of the Carolinas Conference.
* This was the final season of play for the Great Plains Athletic Conference, which disbanded after only four seasons. The seven members, spread across Colorado, Kansas, and Nebraska, would subsequently all depart for other NAIA conferences.

### Membership changes

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Team | 1974 conference | 1975 conference

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Catawba | Carolinas | South Atlantic
Elon | Carolinas | South Atlantic
Gardner–Webb | Independent | South Atlantic
Guilford | Carolinas | Independent
Lenoir–Rhyne | Carolinas | South Atlantic
Mars Hill | Carolinas | South Atlantic
Newberry | Independent | South Atlantic
Presbyterian | Independent | South Atlantic

## Conference standings

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1975 Arkansas Intercollegiate Conference football standings |

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No. 2 Henderson State \+  | 5  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 11  | – | 1  | – | 0
No. 4 Ouachita Baptist +^  | 5  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 9  | – | 2  | – | 0
Southern Arkansas | 4  | – | 1  | – | 1 |  |  | 6  | – | 3  | – | 1
Central Arkansas | 3  | – | 2  | – | 1 |  |  | 4  | – | 6  | – | 1
Harding | 2  | – | 4  | – | 0 |  |  | 4  | – | 6  | – | 0
Arkansas Tech | 1  | – | 5  | – | 0 |  |  | 3  | – | 8  | – | 0
Arkansas–Monticello | 0  | – | 6  | – | 0 |  |  | 2  | – | 8  | – | 0

* \+ – Conference co-champions
* ^ – NAIA Division I playoff participant

Rankings from NAIA Division I poll
1975 Evergreen Conference football standings |

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No. 5 Oregon College $^  | 6  | – | 0  | – | 0 |  |  | 9  | – | 1  | – | 0
Central Washington | 4  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 5  | – | 4  | – | 0
Southern Oregon | 3  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 6  | – | 4  | – | 0
Western Washington | 3  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 3  | – | 5  | – | 0
Eastern Oregon | 2  | – | 4  | – | 0 |  |  | 5  | – | 4  | – | 0
Eastern Washington | 2  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 3  | – | 6  | – | 0
Oregon Tech | 1  | – | 5  | – | 0 |  |  | 3  | – | 5  | – | 0

* $ – Conference champion
* ^ – NAIA Division I playoff participant

Rankings from NAIA Division I poll
1975 Great Plains Athletic Conference football standings |

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Northern Colorado $  | 5  | – | 0  | – | 0 |  |  | 8  | – | 1  | – | 0
Pittsburg State | 3  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 4  | – | 4  | – | 2
Southern Colorado | 3  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 4  | – | 5  | – | 0
Washburn | 2  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 5  | – | 5  | – | 0
Fort Hays State | 2  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 3  | – | 7  | – | 0
Emporia State | 0  | – | 5  | – | 0 |  |  | 1  | – | 9  | – | 0
Kearney State *  | 0  | – | 0  | – | 0 |  |  | 6  | – | 3  | – | 0

* $ – Conference champion
* * – ineligible for conference standings

1975 Gulf South Conference football standings |

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Nicholls State $  | 7  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 8  | – | 2  | – | 0
No. 6 Livingston ^  | 6  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 10  | – | 3  | – | 0
No. 11 Jacksonville State | 5  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 7  | – | 3  | – | 0
Troy State | 5  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 6  | – | 4  | – | 0
Delta State | 5  | – | 4  | – | 0 |  |  | 6  | – | 4  | – | 0
North Alabama | 4  | – | 4  | – | 0 |  |  | 6  | – | 4  | – | 0
Mississippi College | 2  | – | 5  | – | 0 |  |  | 6  | – | 5  | – | 0
Southeastern Louisiana | 2  | – | 6  | – | 0 |  |  | 4  | – | 7  | – | 0
Tennessee–Martin | 1  | – | 7  | – | 0 |  |  | 2  | – | 8  | – | 0

* $ – Conference champion
* ^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant

Rankings from NCAA Division II AP poll for Livingston and NAIA Division I poll for Jacksonville State
1975 Lone Star Conference football standings |

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No. 1 Texas A&I $^  | 9  | – | 0  | – | 0 |  |  | 12  | – | 0  | – | 0
No. 6 Angelo State | 7  | – | 1  | – | 1 |  |  | 8  | – | 2  | – | 1
No. T–17 Southwest Texas State | 7  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 7  | – | 3  | – | 0
No. T–19 East Texas State | 6  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 8  | – | 3  | – | 0
No. 16 Abilene Christian | 5  | – | 3  | – | 1 |  |  | 6  | – | 3  | – | 1
Howard Payne | 4  | – | 5  | – | 0 |  |  | 5  | – | 5  | – | 1
Sam Houston State | 3  | – | 6  | – | 0 |  |  | 3  | – | 7  | – | 0
Stephen F. Austin | 1  | – | 8  | – | 0 |  |  | 2  | – | 8  | – | 0
Sul Ross | 1  | – | 8  | – | 0 |  |  | 1  | – | 10  | – | 0
Tarleton State | 1  | – | 8  | – | 0 |  |  | 1  | – | 10  | – | 0

* $ – Conference champion
* ^ – NAIA Division I playoff participant

Rankings from NAIA Division I poll
1975 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings |

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No. 13 Saint John's (MN) $  | 6  | – | 0  | – | 1 |  |  | 8  | – | 1  | – | 1
Minnesota–Duluth | 6  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 8  | – | 2  | – | 0
Hamline | 4  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 5  | – | 5  | – | 0
Gustavus Adolphus | 4  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 4  | – | 5  | – | 0
St. Olaf | 3  | – | 3  | – | 1 |  |  | 5  | – | 3  | – | 1
Concordia–Moorhead | 3  | – | 4  | – | 0 |  |  | 5  | – | 4  | – | 0
St. Thomas (MN) | 3  | – | 4  | – | 0 |  |  | 3  | – | 6  | – | 0
Augsburg | 1  | – | 6  | – | 0 |  |  | 2  | – | 8  | – | 0
Macalester | 0  | – | 7  | – | 0 |  |  | 0  | – | 10  | – | 0

* $ – Conference champion

Rankings from NAIA Division I poll
1975 Nebraska College Conference football standings |

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Kearney State $  | 3  | – | 0  | – | 0 |  |  | 6  | – | 3  | – | 0
Chadron State | 2  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 6  | – | 3  | – | 0
Wayne State (NE) | 1  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 5  | – | 5  | – | 0
Peru State | 0  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 4  | – | 6  | – | 0

* $ – Conference champion

1975 Northern Intercollegiate Conference football standings |

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No. 10 Minnesota Morris $  | 6  | – | 0  | – | 0 |  |  | 8  | – | 1  | – | 0
St. Cloud State | 5  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 7  | – | 3  | – | 0
Michigan Tech | 4  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 7  | – | 2  | – | 0
Winona State | 3  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 5  | – | 4  | – | 0
Moorhead State | 2  | – | 4  | – | 0 |  |  | 2  | – | 7  | – | 0
Bemidji State | 1  | – | 5  | – | 0 |  |  | 2  | – | 7  | – | 0
Southwest State (MN) | 0  | – | 6  | – | 0 |  |  | 1  | – | 7  | – | 0

* $ – Conference champion

Rankings from NAIA Division I poll
1975 Oklahoma Intercollegiate Conference football standings |

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No. 8 East Central $  | 5  | – | 0  | – | 0 |  |  | 9  | – | 3  | – | 1
Central State (OK) | 4  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 7  | – | 4  | – | 0
Northeastern State | 2  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 7  | – | 3  | – | 0
SE Oklahoma State | 2  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 6  | – | 4  | – | 0
SW Oklahoma State | 2  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 5  | – | 5  | – | 0
NW Oklahoma State | 0  | – | 5  | – | 0 |  |  | 2  | – | 9  | – | 0

* $ – Conference champion

Rankings from NAIA Division I poll
1975 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference football standings |

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Western State (CO) $  | 7  | – | 0  | – | 0 |  |  | 9  | – | 1  | – | 0
No. 15 Adams State | 6  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 6  | – | 3  | – | 0
Colorado Mines | 5  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 6  | – | 4  | – | 0
Fort Lewis | 4  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 6  | – | 3  | – | 0
Western New Mexico | 3  | – | 4  | – | 0 |  |  | 4  | – | 5  | – | 0
Westminster (UT) | 2  | – | 5  | – | 0 |  |  | 4  | – | 5  | – | 0
Southern Utah | 1  | – | 6  | – | 0 |  |  | 3  | – | 6  | – | 0
Mesa | 0  | – | 7  | – | 0 |  |  | 0  | – | 8  | – | 0

* $ – Conference champion

Rankings from NAIA Division I poll
1975 South Atlantic Conference football standings |

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Lenoir Rhyne $  | 6  | – | 0  | – | 1 |  |  | 7  | – | 3  | – | 1
Presbyterian | 3  | – | 2  | – | 1 |  |  | 3  | – | 6  | – | 1
Newberry | 4  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 5  | – | 5  | – | 0
Mars Hill | 3  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 7  | – | 3  | – | 0
Elon | 3  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 5  | – | 6  | – | 0
Carson–Newman | 2  | – | 4  | – | 0 |  |  | 6  | – | 5  | – | 0
Catawba | 2  | – | 4  | – | 0 |  |  | 4  | – | 6  | – | 0
Gardner–Webb | 1  | – | 5  | – | 0 |  |  | 2  | – | 6  | – | 0

* $ – Conference champion

1975 Southwestern Athletic Conference football standings |

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No. 4 Grambling State *  | 4  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 10  | – | 2  | – | 0
No. 9 Southern \+  | 4  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 9  | – | 3  | – | 0
No. 7 Jackson State \+  | 4  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 7  | – | 3  | – | 0
No. T–19 Alcorn State | 3  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 6  | – | 3  | – | 1
Mississippi Valley State | 3  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 6  | – | 4  | – | 0
Texas Southern | 2  | – | 4  | – | 0 |  |  | 4  | – | 6  | – | 0
Prairie View A&M | 1  | – | 5  | – | 0 |  |  | 3  | – | 7  | – | 0

* $ – Conference champion
* * – Grambling State vacated a share of the conference championship.

Rankings from NCAA Division II AP poll for Grambling State and NAIA Division I poll for Southern and Jackson State
1975 West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings |

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Northern Division
No. 3 Salem xy$^  | 4  | – | 0  | – | 0 |  |  | 11  | – | 1  | – | 0
Shepherd | 2  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 8  | – | 3  | – | 0
Fairmont State | 2  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 6  | – | 4  | – | 0
West Liberty State | 2  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 3  | – | 4  | – | 2
West Virginia Wesleyan | 0  | – | 4  | – | 0 |  |  | 5  | – | 5  | – | 0
Southern Division
Concord xy  | 4  | – | 0  | – | 0 |  |  | 6  | – | 5  | – | 0
West Virginia State | 2  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 3  | – | 6  | – | 1
Glenville State | 2  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 2  | – | 6  | – | 1
West Virginia Tech | 1  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 2  | – | 7  | – | 0
Bluefield State | 1  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 1  | – | 9  | – | 0
Championship: Salem 27, Concord 10

* $ – Conference champion
* x – Division champion/co-champions
* y – Championship game participant
* ^ – NAIA Division I playoff participant
Conference standings based on power ratings

Rankings from NAIA Division I poll
1975 Wisconsin State University Conference football standings |

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No. 14 Wisconsin–River Falls \+  | 7  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 8  | – | 2  | – | 0
Wisconsin–La Crosse \+  | 7  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 8  | – | 3  | – | 0
Wisconsin–Whitewater \+  | 7  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 8  | – | 3  | – | 0
Wisconsin–Stevens Point | 4  | – | 4  | – | 0 |  |  | 4  | – | 6  | – | 0
Wisconsin–Eau Claire | 3  | – | 5  | – | 0 |  |  | 4  | – | 6  | – | 0
Wisconsin–Oshkosh | 3  | – | 5  | – | 0 |  |  | 3  | – | 7  | – | 0
Wisconsin–Stout | 3  | – | 5  | – | 0 |  |  | 3  | – | 7  | – | 0
Wisconsin–Platteville | 2  | – | 6  | – | 0 |  |  | 3  | – | 7  | – | 0
Wisconsin–Superior | 0  | – | 8  | – | 0 |  |  | 1  | – | 9  | – | 0

* \+ – Conference co-champions

Rankings from NAIA Division I poll
1975 NAIA Division I independents football records |

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No. T–17 Guilford |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 8  | – | 2  | – | 0
Cameron |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 8  | – | 2  | – | 1
No. 12 Eastern New Mexico |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 8  | – | 3  | – | 0
Wofford |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 7  | – | 3  | – | 1
Kentucky State |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 7  | – | 4  | – | 0
Langston |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 5  | – | 5  | – | 0
New Mexico Highlands |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 2  | – | 6  | – | 0
Rankings from NAIA Division I poll

## Postseason

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| Semifinals
November 29–December 6, 1975 | | | 1975 NAIA Champion Bowl
December 13, 1975
Kingsville, TX |

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| Ouachita Baptist* | 7 | |
| Salem | 21 |
| | Salem | 0 |
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| | | Texas A&I* | 37 |
| Oregon College | 0 |

| Texas A&I* | 37 |

## See also

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* 1975 NAIA Division II football season
* 1975 NCAA Division I football season
* 1975 NCAA Division II football season
* 1975 NCAA Division III football season

## References

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1. ^ "NAIA Championship History" (PDF). NAIA. pp. 4–11\. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 15, 2015. Retrieved November 21, 2015.
2. ^ "1975 Division I NAIA Football Playoffs". JonFMorse.com. Retrieved November 21, 2015.

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