1974 small college football rankings

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1974 small college football rankings
Selectors: AP, UPI
No. 1: Central Michigan (AP)
No. 1: Louisiana Tech (UPI)
Small college football rankings (AP, UPI)
«1973

The 1974 small college football rankings were conducted via polls of head football coaches by United Press International (UPI) and via polls of sportswriters and broadcasters by the Associated Press (AP).

Contents

The final UPI poll was released before the NCAA Division II playoffs, and ranked Louisiana Tech first. The AP poll was released after the playoffs and ranked Central Michigan first.

The 1974 NCAA Division II football season was the 17th year UPI published a small-college poll and it was the 15th year the Associated Press published their small-college poll. These "small college" polls were discontinued after this season.

Legend

 Increase in ranking
 Decrease in ranking
 Not ranked previous week
(#–#)
 Win–loss record
(Italics)
 Number of first place votes
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Tied with team above or below also with this symbol

AP poll

Week 1
Sept 18 [1] 		Week 2
Sept 25 [2] 		Week 3
Oct 2 [3] 		Week 4
Oct 9 [4] 		Week 5
Oct 16 [5] 		Week 6
Oct 23 [6] 		Week 7
Oct 30 [7] 		Week 8
Nov 6 [8] 		Week 9
Nov 13 [9] 		Week 10
Nov 20 [10] 		Week 11
Nov 27 [11] 		Week  
Postseason [12]
1. Western Kentucky (1–0) (9)Louisiana Tech (2–0) (23)Louisiana Tech (3–0) (22)Louisiana Tech (3–0) (22)Louisiana Tech (4–0) (17)Louisiana Tech (6–0) (30)Louisiana Tech (7–0) (35)Louisiana Tech (8–0) (27)Louisiana Tech (8–0) (27)Louisiana Tech (9–0) (23)Louisiana Tech (10–0) (21)Central Michigan (12–1)1.
2. Louisiana Tech (1–0) (7)Western Kentucky (1–0) (11)Western Kentucky (2–0) (7)Delaware (4–0) (5)Western Kentucky (4–0) (9)Delaware (6–0) (4)UNLV (7–0) (5)UNLV (8–0) (5)UNLV (9–0) (4)UNLV (10–0) (4)UNLV (11–0) (4)Louisiana Tech (10–1)2.
3. Boise State (1–0) (5)Boise State (2–0) (6)Delaware (3–0) (4)Western Kentucky (3–0) (5)Delaware (5–0) (6)UNLV (6–0) (2)Delaware (6–1) (3)Delaware (7–1) (3)Delaware (8–1) (2)Delaware (9–1) (2)Delaware (10–1) (4)Texas A&I (13–0)3.
4. Delaware (1–0) (3)Delaware (2–0) (3)Boise State (3–0) (3)Boise State (4–0) (2)Boise State (5–0) (4)Boise State (5–1)Boise State (6–1)Boise State (7–1)Boise State (8–1) (1)Boise State (9–1)Boise State (10–1)Delaware (12–2)4.
5. Grambling State (1–0)McNeese State (2–0) (1)McNeese State (3–0) (1)Tennessee State (3–1)UNLV (5–0)Texas A&I (6–0) (1)Texas A&I (7–0) (1)Texas A&I (8–0) (1)Texas A&I (9–0) (1)Central Michigan (9–1) (1)Texas A&I (11–0) (2)Boise State (10–2)5.
6. Abilene Christian (1–0) (2)Abilene Christian (2–0) (1)Tennessee State (3–1)UNLV (4–0)Texas A&I (5–0) (1)Grambling State (5–1)Grambling State (6–1)Grambling State (7–1)Grambling State (8–1)Texas A&I (10–0) (2)Central Michigan (9–1) (2)UNLV (12–1)6.
7. Tennessee State (1–1) (4)UNLV (2–0)Troy State (4–0) (1)Indiana State (4–0)Grambling State (4–1)Western Kentucky (4–1)Western Kentucky (5–1)Western Kentucky (6–1)Central Michigan (8–1) (2)Grambling State (9–1)Grambling State (10–1)Grambling State (11–1)7.
8. McNeese State (1–0) (1)Tennessee State (2–1)UNLV (3–0)North Dakota (3–1) (1)Elon (5–0)Central Michigan (5–1) (1)Central Michigan (6–1) (2)Central Michigan (6–1) (3)Western Kentucky (7–1)Alcorn State (9–0)Western Carolina (9–1) (1)Western Carolina (9–1)8.
9. Troy State (2–0)Troy State (3–0) (1)Indiana State (3–0)McNeese State (3–1)Stephen F. Austin (4–1)South Dakota (6–1)South Dakota (7–1)Alcorn State (7–0)Alcorn State (8–0)Western Carolina (8–1) (1)Slippery Rock (9–0–1)Tennessee State (8–2)9.
10. UNLV (1–0) [note 1] Indiana State (2–0) тNorth Dakota (2–1) (1)Texas A&I (4–0) (1)McNeese State (3–1–1)McNeese State (4–1–1)Alcorn State (6–0)Western Carolina (6–1) (1)McNeese State (6–2–1)Tennessee State (8–2)Tennessee State (8–2)Texas Lutheran (11–0)10.
11. North Dakota (1–0)North Dakota (1–1) тStephen F. Austin (3–0)Elon (4–0)Jacksonville State (3–1)Stephen F. Austin (5–1)Western Carolina (6–1) (1)Tennessee State (6–2)Western Carolina (7–1) (1)Slippery Rock (8–0–1)Youngstown State (8–1) (1) Henderson State (11–2) (1)11.
12. Elon (1–0) (1)Stephen F. Austin (2–0) тElon (3–0)Grambling State (3–1) Central Michigan (4–1)Alcorn State (5–0)McNeese State (4–2–1)McNeese State (5–2–1)Tennessee State (7–2)Elon (9–1)Alcorn State (9–1)Youngstown State (8–2)12.
13. Stephen F. Austin (1–0)Elon (2–0)Grambling State (2–1)Troy State (4–1) South Dakota (5–1)Tennessee State (4–2)Tennessee State (5–2)UC Davis (7–0) Slippery Rock (8–0–1)Western Kentucky (7–2)Elon (10–1)Slippery Rock (9–1–1)13.
14. Jacksonville State (0–1)Grambling State (1–1) Texas A&I (3–0)Stephen F. Austin (3–1)Tennessee State (3–2) Western Carolina (5–1)Elon (6–1)Elon (7–1)Elon (8–1) Youngstown State (8–1) Texas Lutheran (10–0)Alcorn State (9–2)14.
15. Indiana State (1–0)Jacksonville State (1–1)Jacksonville State (2–1)Jacksonville State (3–1) Alcorn State (5–0) [note 2] Elon (5–1) т UC Davis (6–0) [note 3] South Dakota (7–2)South Dakota (8–2)McNeese State (6–3–1)Eastern Kentucky (8–2)Elon (10–2)15.
16.      Eastern Kentucky (4–1) т      16.
Week 1
Sept 18 [13] 		Week 2
Sept 25 [14] 		Week 3
Oct 2 [15] 		Week 4
Oct 9 [16] 		Week 5
Oct 16 [17] 		Week 6
Oct 23 [18] 		Week 7
Oct 30 [19] 		Week 8
Nov 6 [20] 		Week 9
Nov 13 [21] 		Week 10
Nov 20 [22] 		Week 11
Nov 27 [23] 		Week  
Postseason [24]
NoneDropped:
6 Abilene Christian		NoneDropped:
  • 7 Indiana State
  • 8 North Dakota
  • 13 Troy State
Dropped:
11 Jacksonville State		Dropped:
  • 11 Stephen F. Austin
  • 15 Eastern Kentucky
NoneDropped:
13 UC Davis		Dropped:
15 South Dakota		Dropped:
  • 13 Western Kentucky
  • 15 McNeese State
Dropped:
15 Eastern Kentucky

UPI coaches poll

Week  
Sept 18 [25] 		Week 1
Sept 25 [26] 		Week 2
Oct 2 [27] 		Week 3
Oct 9 [28] 		Week 4
Oct 16 [29] 		Week 5
Oct 23 [30] 		Week 6
Oct 30 [31] 		Week 7
Nov 6 [32] 		Week 8
Nov 13 [33] 		Week 9
Nov 20 [34] 		Week 10
Nov 27 [35]
1.Western Kentucky (1–0) (9)Louisiana Tech (2–0) (9)Louisiana Tech (3–0) (18)Louisiana Tech (3–0) (19)Louisiana Tech (4–0) (18)Louisiana Tech (5–0) (19)Louisiana Tech (6–0) (26)Louisiana Tech (7–0) (27)Louisiana Tech (8–0) (27)Louisiana Tech (9–0) (22)Louisiana Tech (10–0)1.
2.Louisiana Tech (1–0) (10)Western Kentucky (1–0) (11)Western Kentucky (2–0) (6)Western Kentucky (3–0) (6)Western Kentucky (4–0) (6)UNLV (6–0) (5)UNLV (7–0) (7)UNLV (8–0) (5)UNLV (9–0) (5)UNLV (10–0) (4)UNLV (11–0)2.
3.Boise State (1–0) (6)Boise State (2–0) (5)Boise State (3–0) (5)Delaware (4–0) (4)Delaware (5–0) (2)Delaware (6–0) (1)Boise State (6–1)Boise State (7–1)Boise State (8–1)Boise State (9–1)Boise State (10–1)3.
4.Grambling State (1–0) (1)Delaware (2–0) (1)Delaware (3–0) (1)Boise State (4–0) (5)Boise State (5–0) (5)Boise State (5–1)Delaware (6–1)Delaware (7–1) (1)Delaware (8–1) (1)Delaware (9–1)Delaware (10–1)4.
5.Delaware (1–0) (2)Tennessee State (2–1) (3)Tennessee State (3–1) (1)UNLV (4–0)UNLV (5–0)Texas A&I (6–0)Texas A&I (7–0)Texas A&I (8–0)Texas A&I (9–0)Texas A&I (10–0)Texas A&I (11–0)5.
6.Tennessee State (0–1) (4)Abilene Christian (2–0)Troy State (3–0) (1)Tennessee State (3–1)Grambling State (4–1)Grambling State (5–1) (1)Grambling State (6–1) (1)Grambling State (7–1)Grambling State (8–1)Grambling State (9–1)Grambling State (10–1)6.
7.Abilene Christian (0–1) (1)Troy State (2–0) (1)UNLV (3–0)North Dakota (3–1)Texas A&I (5–0)Western Kentucky (4–1)Western Kentucky (5–1)Western Kentucky (6–1)Western Kentucky (7–1)Central Michigan (9–1)Central Michigan (9–1)7.
8.Troy State (1–0)UNLV (2–0)McNeese State (3–0)Indiana State (4–0)South Dakota (5–1)South Dakota (6–1)South Dakota (7–1)Central Michigan (7–1)Central Michigan (8–1)Alcorn State (9–0) (1)Youngstown State (8–1)8.
9.North Dakota (1–0)McNeese State (2–0)North Dakota (2–1)Troy State (4–1)Elon (5–0)McNeese State (4–1–1)Tennessee State (5–2)Tennessee State (6–2)Alcorn State (8–0)Youngstown State (8–1)Tennessee State (8–2)9.
10.UNLV (1–0)North Dakota (1–1)Abilene Christian (2–1)Abilene Christian (3–1)Stephen F. Austin (4–1)Tennessee State (4–2)Central Michigan (6–1)Alcorn State (7–0) (1)Tennessee State (7–2)Tennessee State (8–2)Western Carolina (9–1)10.
11.Stephen F. Austin (1–0)South Dakota (2–1)South Dakota (3–1)McNeese State (3–1)McNeese State (3–1–1) тNorth Dakota (4–2)Alcorn State (6–0)UC Davis (7–0)South Dakota (8–2)Western Carolina (8–1)Stephen F. Austin (9–2)11.
12.Elon (0–0)Elon (1–0)Indiana State (3–0)South Dakota (4–1)Tennessee State (3–2) тStephen F. Austin (5–1)UC Davis (6–1)South Dakota (7–2)Youngstown State (7–1) тStephen F. Austin (8–2)Slippery Rock (9–0–1)12.
13.McNeese State (1–0)Stephen F. Austin (2–0)Elon (2–0)Elon (4–0) тAlcorn State (5–0)Central Michigan (6–1)Delta State (6–1)North Dakota (4–3) (1)Elon (8–1) тSlippery Rock (8–0–1)Alcorn State (9–1)13.
14. Cal Poly (0–1) [note 4] Grambling State (1–1)Stephen F. Austin (3–0)Grambling State (3–1) т Jackson State (3–1) Delta State (5–1) тElon (6–1)McNeese State (5–2–1) тWestern Carolina (7–1) тSouth Dakota (8–3) тElon (10–1)14.
15.South Dakota (1–0) Lehigh (2–0)Grambling State (2–1)Texas A&I (4–0)Troy State (4–2)UC Davis (5–1) тMcNeese State (4–2–1)Indiana State (5–3) тStephen F. Austin (7–2) тElon (9–1) тSouth Dakota (8–3)15.
Week  
Sept 18 [36] 		Week 1
Sept 25 [37] 		Week 2
Oct 2 [38] 		Week 3
Oct 9 [39] 		Week 4
Oct 16 [40] 		Week 5
Oct 23 [41] 		Week 6
Oct 30 [42] 		Week 7
Nov 6 [43] 		Week 8
Nov 13 [44] 		Week 9
Nov 20 [45] 		Week 10
Nov 27 [46]
Dropped:
14 Cal Poly		Dropped:
15 Lehigh		Dropped:
14 Stephen F. Austin		Dropped:
  • 7 North Dakota
  • 8 Indiana State
  • 10 Abilene Christian
Dropped:
  • 9 Elon
  • 13 Alcorn State
  • 14 Jackson State
  • 15 Troy State
Dropped:
  • 11 North Dakota
  • 12 Stephen F. Austin
Dropped:
  • 13 Delta State
  • 14 Elon
Dropped:
  • 11 UC Davis
  • 13 North Dakota
  • 14 McNeese State
  • 15 Indiana State
Dropped:
7 Western Kentucky		None

HBCU rankings

Jet magazine ranked the top 1974 teams from historically black colleges and universities based on a poll of coaches and conference commissioners.

The poll was published on December 26. [47]

Notes

  1. ↑ In the actual printed polls, UNLV was listed as Nevada Las Vegas
  2. ↑ In the actual printed polls, Alcorn State was sometimes listed as Alcorn A&M
  3. ↑ In the actual printed polls, UC Davis was listed as California Davis
  4. ↑ In the actual printed polls, Cal Poly was listed as Cal Poly San Luis Obispo

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