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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 ChampionshipJavelina Stadium
Kingsville, TX
ChampionsTexas 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.

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 standings

1975 Arkansas Intercollegiate Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
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
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
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
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
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 Lone Star Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
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 Nebraska College Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
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 Oklahoma Intercollegiate Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
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
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
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
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
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

Postseason

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

See also

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.