1975 NAIA Division I football season

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1975 NAIA Division I football season
Regular seasonAugust–November 1975
PostseasonNovember 29–December 13, 1975
National Championship Javelina Stadium
Kingsville, TX
Champions Texas A&I (4)

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.

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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

Conference changes

Membership changes

Team1974 conference1975 conference
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

1975 Arkansas Intercollegiate Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 2 Henderson State + 5 1 011 1 0
No. 4 Ouachita Baptist +^ 5 1 09 2 0
Southern Arkansas 4 1 16 3 1
Central Arkansas 3 2 14 6 1
Harding 2 4 04 6 0
Arkansas Tech 1 5 03 8 0
Arkansas–Monticello 0 6 02 8 0
  • + Conference co-champions
  • ^ – NAIA Division I playoff participant
Rankings from NAIA Division I poll
1975 Evergreen Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 5 Oregon College $^ 6 0 09 1 0
Central Washington 4 2 05 4 0
Southern Oregon 3 3 06 4 0
Western Washington 3 3 03 5 0
Eastern Oregon 2 4 05 4 0
Eastern Washington 2 3 03 6 0
Oregon Tech 1 5 03 5 0
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ – NAIA Division I playoff participant
Rankings from NAIA Division I poll
1975 Great Plains Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Northern Colorado $ 5 0 08 1 0
Pittsburg State 3 2 04 4 2
Southern Colorado 3 2 04 5 0
Washburn 2 3 05 5 0
Fort Hays State 2 3 03 7 0
Emporia State 0 5 01 9 0
Kearney State * 0 0 06 3 0
  • $ Conference champion
  • * – ineligible for conference standings
1975 Gulf South Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Nicholls State $ 7 2 08 2 0
No. 6 Livingston ^ 6 2 010 3 0
No. 11 Jacksonville State 5 3 07 4 0
Troy State 5 3 06 4 0
Delta State 5 4 06 4 0
North Alabama 4 4 06 4 0
Mississippi College 2 5 06 5 0
Southeastern Louisiana 2 6 04 7 0
Tennessee–Martin 1 7 02 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
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 1 Texas A&I $^ 9 0 012 0 0
No. 6 Angelo State 7 1 18 2 1
No. T–17 Southwest Texas State 7 2 07 3 0
No. T–19 East Texas State 6 3 08 3 0
No. 16 Abilene Christian 5 3 16 3 1
Howard Payne 4 5 05 5 1
Sam Houston State 3 6 03 7 0
Stephen F. Austin 1 8 02 8 0
Sul Ross 1 8 01 10 0
Tarleton State 1 8 01 10 0
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ – NAIA Division I playoff participant
Rankings from NAIA Division I poll
1975 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 13 Saint John's (MN) $ 6 0 18 1 1
Minnesota–Duluth 6 1 08 2 0
Hamline 4 3 05 5 0
Gustavus Adolphus 4 3 04 5 0
St. Olaf 3 3 15 3 1
Concordia–Moorhead 3 4 05 4 0
St. Thomas (MN) 3 4 03 6 0
Augsburg 1 6 02 8 0
Macalester 0 7 00 10 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from NAIA Division I poll
1975 Nebraska College Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Kearney State $ 3 0 06 3 0
Chadron State 2 1 06 3 0
Wayne State (NE) 1 2 05 5 0
Peru State 0 3 04 6 0
  • $ Conference champion
1975 Northern Intercollegiate Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 10 Minnesota Morris $ 6 0 08 1 0
St. Cloud State 5 1 07 3 0
Michigan Tech 4 2 07 2 0
Winona State 3 3 05 4 0
Moorhead State 2 4 02 7 0
Bemidji State 1 5 02 7 0
Southwest State (MN) 0 6 01 7 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from NAIA Division I poll
1975 Oklahoma Intercollegiate Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 8 East Central $ 5 0 09 3 1
Central State (OK) 4 1 07 4 0
Northeastern State 2 3 07 3 0
SE Oklahoma State 2 3 06 4 0
SW Oklahoma State 2 3 05 5 0
NW Oklahoma State 0 5 02 9 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from NAIA Division I poll
1975 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Western State (CO) $ 7 0 09 1 0
No. 15 Adams State 6 1 06 3 0
Colorado Mines 5 2 06 4 0
Fort Lewis 4 3 06 3 0
Western New Mexico 3 4 04 5 0
Westminster (UT) 2 5 04 5 0
Southern Utah 1 6 03 6 0
Mesa 0 7 00 8 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from NAIA Division I poll
1975 South Atlantic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Lenoir Rhyne $ 6 0 17 3 1
Presbyterian 3 2 13 6 1
Newberry 4 3 05 5 0
Mars Hill 3 3 07 3 0
Elon 3 3 05 6 0
Carson–Newman 2 4 06 5 0
Catawba 2 4 04 6 0
Gardner–Webb 1 5 02 6 0
  • $ Conference champion
1975 Southwestern Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 4 Grambling State * 4 2 010 2 0
No. 9 Southern + 4 2 09 3 0
No. 7 Jackson State + 4 2 07 3 0
No. T–19 Alcorn State 3 3 06 3 1
Mississippi Valley State 3 3 06 4 0
Texas Southern 2 4 04 6 0
Prairie View A&M 1 5 03 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
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Northern Division
No. 3 Salem xy$^ 4 0 011 1 0
Shepherd 2 2 08 3 0
Fairmont State 2 2 06 4 0
West Liberty State 2 2 03 4 2
West Virginia Wesleyan 0 4 05 5 0
Southern Division
Concord xy 4 0 06 5 0
West Virginia State 2 2 03 6 1
Glenville State 2 2 02 6 1
West Virginia Tech 1 3 02 7 0
Bluefield State 1 3 01 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
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 14 Wisconsin–River Falls + 7 1 08 2 0
Wisconsin–La Crosse + 7 1 08 3 0
Wisconsin–Whitewater + 7 1 08 3 0
Wisconsin–Stevens Point 4 4 04 6 0
Wisconsin–Eau Claire 3 5 04 6 0
Wisconsin–Oshkosh 3 5 03 7 0
Wisconsin–Stout 3 5 03 7 0
Wisconsin–Platteville 2 6 03 7 0
Wisconsin–Superior 0 8 01 9 0
  • + Conference co-champions
Rankings from NAIA Division I poll
1975 NAIA Division I independents football records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
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

Semifinals
November 29–December 6, 1975
1975 NAIA Champion Bowl
December 13, 1975
Kingsville, TX
      
Ouachita Baptist* 7
Salem 21
Salem 0
Texas A&I* 37
Oregon College 0
Texas A&I * 37

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References

  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.