1975 NCAA Division II football rankings

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The 1975 NCAA Division II football rankings are from United Press International and from Associated Press. The 1975 NCAA Division II football season was the first year UPI published a Division II poll. 1975 was also the 16th (and last) year AP published a "College Division" poll.

Contents

The final UPI poll was released before the Division II playoffs, and the final AP poll was released after the playoffs.

Legend

 Increase in ranking
 Decrease in ranking
 Not ranked previous week
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 Win–loss record
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Tied with team above or below also with this symbol

The AP 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]
Week  
Postseason [11]
1. Grambling State (3–0) (11)Grambling State (3–0) (18)Grambling State (4–0) (31)Grambling State (5–0) (27)Grambling State (6–0) (34)Texas A&I (6–0) (24)Texas A&I (7–0) (30)Texas A&I (8–0) (29)Texas A&I (9–0) (29)Texas A&I (10–0) (29)Texas A&I (12–0) (27)1.
2. Western Kentucky (3–0) (8)Western Kentucky (4–0) (11)Western Kentucky (5–0) (7)Western Kentucky (5–0) (6)Western Kentucky (6–0) (2)Eastern Kentucky (6–0–1) (9)North Dakota (8–0) (4)North Dakota (9–0) (4)North Dakota (9–0) (5)North Dakota (9–0) (6)Northern Michigan (13–1) (12)2.
3. Boise State (2–0) (1)Boise State (3–0) (4)Texas A&I (3–0) (2)Texas A&I (4–0) (3)Texas A&I (5–0) (3)North Dakota (7–0) (3)Boise State (7–0–1) (1)Boise State (8–0–1)Grambling State (9–1) (1)Grambling State (9–2) (1)Western Kentucky (11–2)3.
4. Texas A&I (1–0) (9)Texas A&I (2–0) (5)Boise State (4–0)Idaho State (5–0) (4)Eastern Kentucky (5–0–1)Boise State (6–0–1) (2)Grambling State (7–1) (2)Grambling State (8–1) (1)Western Kentucky (8–1)Western Kentucky (9–1)Grambling State (9–3) (1)4.
5. Jackson State (3–0) (6)Jackson State (4–0) (1)Idaho State (4–0)Eastern Kentucky (5–0–1)North Dakota (6–0) (3)Grambling State (6–1) (1)Wittenberg (8–0) (3)Western Kentucky (8–1)Henderson State (10–0)Northern Michigan (10–1) (1)Wittenberg (12–1) (1)5.
6. Idaho State (2–0) (3)Idaho State (3–0)Northern Michigan (5–0) (3)North Dakota (5–0) (1)Boise State (5–0–1)Western Kentucky (6–1)Western Kentucky (7–1)Wittenberg (9–0) (2)Northern Michigan (10–1) (1)Boise State (9–1–1) Livingston (10–3)6.
7. Eastern Kentucky (2–0–1)Eastern Kentucky (3–0–1)Eastern Kentucky (4–0–1)Boise State (4–0–1)Wittenberg (6–0)Wittenberg (7–0) (2)Eastern Kentucky (6–1–1)Henderson State (9–0)Boise State (8–1–1)Ithaca (9–0) (1)North Dakota (9–1)7.
8. Wittenberg (2–0) (1)Northern Michigan (4–0) (1)North Dakota (4–0)Delaware (4–1)Henderson State (6–0)Henderson State (7–0)Henderson State (8–0)Lehigh (8–1) (1)Bethune–Cookman (9–0)Wittenberg (10–1)Boise State (9–2–1)8.
9. Delaware (1–1) (1)North Dakota (3–0) (1)Delaware (3–1)Wittenberg (5–0)Northern Michigan (6–1)Jackson State (5–2) (1)Idaho State (7–1)Northern Michigan (9–1)Ithaca (9–0) (1)Henderson State (10–1) New Hampshire (9–3)9.
10. Henderson State (2–0)Delaware (2–1)Montana (3–0) (2)Henderson State (5–0)Montana (4–1)Idaho State (6–1)Lehigh (7–1) (2)Ithaca (9–0) (1)Wittenberg (9–1)Northern Iowa (9–2)Northern Iowa (9–3)10.
11. Northern Michigan (3–0) (1)Wittenberg (3–0)Wittenberg (4–0)Ithaca (5–0) (2)Idaho State (5–1)Northern Michigan (7–1)Northern Michigan (8–1) UMass (8–0) [note 1] Jackson State (7–2)Lehigh (9–2)Henderson State (11–1)11.
12. Youngstown State (2–0) (1)Henderson State (3–0)Henderson State (4–0)Jackson State (4–1)Ithaca (6–0) (2)Lehigh (6–1)Jackson State (5–2)Bethune–Cookman (8–0) Northern Iowa (9–2)Jackson State (7–2)Eastern Kentucky (8–2–1)12.
13. South Dakota State (2–0) (1) Montana (2–0) (1)Jackson State (4–1)Montana (3–1)Kentucky State (6–1)Kentucky State (6–1)Bethune–Cookman (7–0)Jacksonville State (7–1) (1)Lehigh (8–2)Eastern Kentucky (8–2–1)Ithaca (10–1)13.
14. Abilene Christian (1–0) Ithaca (3–0) Western Illinois (4–0) (1)Northern Michigan (5–1)Delaware (4–2)Ithaca (6–0) (1)Ithaca (7–0) (1)Jackson State (6–2)Eastern Kentucky (7–2–1)Bethune–Cookman (9–1) Salem State (11–1)14.
15. North Dakota (2–0)Abilene Christian (1–1)Ithaca (4–0) (1) Kentucky State (5–1) (1) Lehigh (5–1) Jacksonville State (5–1)Kentucky State (7–1) Northern Colorado (8–0)UMass (8–1)Delaware (8–3) Texas Lutheran (11–1)15.
16.      Bethune–Cookman (6–0)     16.
Week 1
Sept 24 [12]
Week 2
Oct 1 [13]
Week 3
Oct 8 [14]
Week 4
Oct 15 [15]
Week 5
Oct 22 [16]
Week 6
Oct 29 [17]
Week 7
Nov 5 [18]
Week 8
Nov 12 [19]
Week 9
Nov 19 [20]
Week 10
Nov 26 [21]
Week  
Postseason [22]
Dropped:
  • 12 Youngstown State
  • 13 South Dakota State
Dropped:
15 Abilene Christian
Dropped:
14 Western Illinois
Dropped:
12 Jackson State
Dropped:
  • 10 Montana
  • 14 Delaware
Dropped:
15 Jacksonville State
Dropped:
  • 7 Eastern Kentucky
  • 9 Idaho State
  • 15 Kentucky State
Dropped:
  • 13 Jacksonville State
  • 15 Northern Colorado
Dropped:
15 UMass
Dropped:
  • 11 Lehigh
  • 12 Jackson State
  • 14 Bethune–Cookman
  • 15 Delaware

The UPI poll

Week 1
Sept 17 [23]
Week 2
Sept 24 [24]
Week 3
Oct 1 [25]
Week 4
Oct 8 [26]
Week 5
Oct 15 [27]
Week 6
Oct 22 [28]
Week 7
Oct 29 [29]
Week 8
Nov 5 [30]
Week 9
Nov 12 [31]
Week 10
Nov 19 [32]
Week 11
Nov 26 [33]
1.Grambling StateGrambling State (3–0)Grambling State (3–0)Grambling State (4–0)Grambling State (5–0)Grambling State (6–0)North Dakota (7–0)North Dakota (8–0)North Dakota (9–0)North Dakota (9–0)North Dakota (9–0)1.
2. UNLV [note 2] Boise State (2–0)Boise State (3–0)Idaho State (4–0)Idaho State (5–0)Western Kentucky (6–0)Boise State (6–0–1)Boise State (7–0–1)Boise State (8–0–1)Grambling State (9–1)Grambling State (9–2)2.
3.DelawareWestern Kentucky (3–0)North Dakota (3–0)Western Kentucky (5–0)Western Kentucky (5–0)North Dakota (6–0)Eastern Kentucky (6–0–1)Grambling State (7–1)Grambling State (8–1)Western Kentucky (8–1)Western Kentucky (9–1)3.
4.Boise StateJackson State (3–0)Idaho State (3–0)North Dakota (4–0)North Dakota (5–0)Boise State (5–0–1)Grambling State (6–1)Idaho State (7–1)Lehigh (8–1)Northern Michigan (10–1)Northern Michigan (10–1)4.
5.Western KentuckyIdaho State (2–0)Western Kentucky (4–0)Boise State (4–0)Nicholls State (5–0)Eastern Kentucky (5–0–1)Western Kentucky (6–1)Lehigh (7–1)Western Kentucky (8–1)Boise State (8–1–1)Boise State (9–1–1)5.
6.Eastern KentuckyNorth Dakota (2–0)Northern Michigan (4–0)Northern Michigan (5–0)Eastern Kentucky (5–0–1)Nicholls State (5–0)Idaho State (6–1)Eastern Kentucky (6–1–1)UMass (8–0)Lehigh (8–2)Lehigh (9–2)6.
7.North DakotaNorthern Michigan (3–0)Alcorn State (2–1)Montana (3–0)Boise State (4–0–1)Montana (4–1)Lehigh (6–1)Western Kentucky (7–1)Southern (8–1)Northern Iowa (9–2)Northern Iowa (9–2)7.
8.Jackson StateEastern Kentucky (2–0–1)Jackson State (4–0)Western Illinois (4–0)Montana (3–1)Idaho State (5–1)South Carolina State (5–0–1)Southern (7–1)Jacksonville State (7–1)New Hampshire (8–2)New Hampshire (8–2)8.
9. Akron UNLV (1–1)Western Illinois (3–0)Eastern Kentucky (4–0–1)Delaware (4–1)Northwest Missouri State (6–0)UC Davis (6–1)UMass (7–0)Northern Colorado (8–0)UMass (8–1)Livingston (9–2)9.
10.Idaho State Alcorn State (1–1)Montana (2–0) Nicholls State (4–0) Northwest Missouri State (5–0)Lehigh (5–1) Southern (6–1)Akron (7–2)Idaho State (7–2)Idaho State (7–2)UMass (8–2)10.
11. South Dakota State (3–0)   South Carolina State (4–0–1)Northern Colorado (6–0)    11.
12.    UC Davis (5–1) [note 3]      12.
Week 1
Sept 17 [34]
Week 2
Sept 24 [35]
Week 3
Oct 1 [36]
Week 4
Oct 8 [37]
Week 5
Oct 15 [38]
Week 6
Oct 22 [39]
Week 7
Oct 29 [40]
Week 8
Nov 5 [41]
Week 9
Nov 12 [42]
Week 10
Nov 19 [43]
Week 11
Nov 26 [44]
Dropped:
  • 3 Delaware
  • 9 Akron
Dropped:
  • 8 Eastern Kentucky
  • 9 UNLV
  • 10 South Dakota State
Dropped:
  • 7 Alcorn State
  • 8 Jackson State
Dropped:
  • 6 Northern Michigan
  • 8 Western Illinois
Dropped:
9 Delaware
Dropped:
  • 6 Nicholls State
  • 7 Montana
  • 9 Northwest Missouri State
Dropped:
  • 8 South Carolina State
  • 9 UC Davis
  • 10 Northern Colorado
Dropped:
  • 6 Eastern Kentucky
  • 10 Akron
Dropped:
  • 7 Southern
  • 8 Jacksonville State
  • 9 Northern Colorado
Dropped:
10 Idaho State

HBCU rankings

Jet magazine ranked the top 1975 teams from historically black colleges and universities based on a poll of coaches and conference commissioners.

The poll was published on December 18. [45]

Notes

  1. In the actual printed polls, UMass was listed as Massachusetts
  2. In the actual printed polls, UNLV was listed as Nevada Las Vegas
  3. In the actual printed polls, UC Davis was listed as California Davis

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