1975 NAIA Division I football season
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox NAIA Division I football season
| year = 1975
| image =
| image_caption =
| regular_season = August–November 1975
| playoffs = November 29–December 13, 1975
| 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.
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.{{cite web|title=NAIA Championship History|url=http://www.naia.org/fls/27900/1NAIA/SportsInfo/Championships/FB_Championship.pdf?SPSID=640523|work=NAIA|accessdate=November 21, 2015|pages=4–11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150715022933/http://www.naia.org/fls/27900/1NAIA/SportsInfo/Championships/FB_Championship.pdf?SPSID=640523|archive-date=July 15, 2015|url-status=dead}} Texas A&I defeated {{cfb link|year=1975|team=Salem Tigers|title=Salem}} in the Champion Bowl, 37–0, to win their fourth, and second consecutive, NAIA national title.{{cite web|title=1975 Division I NAIA Football Playoffs|url=http://www.jonfmorse.com/wiki/index.php?title=1975_NAIA_Division_I_Football_Playoffs|work=JonFMorse.com|accessdate=November 21, 2015}}
Conference realignment
=Conference changes=
- 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=
| class="wikitable sortable" | ||
| Team | 1974 conference | 1975 conference |
|---|---|---|
| style="text-align:center;"
| Catawba | Carolinas | South Atlantic |
| style="text-align:center;"
| Elon | Carolinas | South Atlantic |
| style="text-align:center;" | Independent | South Atlantic |
| style="text-align:center;"
| Guilford | Carolinas | Independent |
| style="text-align:center;" | Carolinas | South Atlantic |
| style="text-align:center;" | Carolinas | South Atlantic |
| style="text-align:center;"
| Newberry | Independent | South Atlantic |
| style="text-align:center;" | Independent | South Atlantic |
Conference standings
| cellpadding="5"
|valign="top" width=25em|{{1975 Arkansas Intercollegiate Conference football standings}} |valign="top" width=25em|{{1975 Evergreen Conference football standings}} |valign="top" width=25em|{{1975 Great Plains Athletic Conference football standings}} |
| valign="top" width=25em|{{1975 Gulf South Conference football standings}}
|valign="top" width=25em|{{1975 Lone Star Conference football standings}} |valign="top" width=25em|{{1975 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings}} |
| valign="top" width=25em|{{1975 Nebraska College Conference football standings}}
|valign="top" width=25em|{{1975 Northern Intercollegiate Conference football standings}} |valign="top" width=25em|{{1975 Oklahoma Intercollegiate Conference football standings}} |
| valign="top" width=25em|{{1975 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference football standings}}
|valign="top" width=25em|{{1975 South Atlantic Conference football standings}} |valign="top" width=25em|{{1975 Southwestern Athletic Conference football standings}} |
| valign="top" width=25em|{{1975 West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings}}
|valign="top" width=25em|{{1975 Wisconsin State University Conference football standings}} |valign="top" width=25em|{{1975 NAIA Division I independents football records}} |
Postseason
{{4TeamBracket
| RD1 = Semifinals
November 29–December 6, 1975
| RD2 = 1975 NAIA Champion Bowl
December 13, 1975
Kingsville, TX
| seed-width =
| team-width = 160
| score-width =
| RD1-seed1 =
| RD1-team1 = {{cfb link|year=1975|team=Ouachita Baptist Tigers|title=Ouachita Baptist}}*
| RD1-score1 = 7
| RD1-seed2 =
| RD1-team2 = {{cfb link|year=1975|team=Salem Tigers|title=Salem}}
| RD1-score2 = 21
| RD1-seed3 =
| RD1-team3 = {{cfb link|year=1975|team=Oregon College Wolves|title=Oregon College}}
| RD1-score3 = 0
| RD1-seed4 =
| RD1-team4 = Texas A&I*
| RD1-score4 = 37
| RD2-seed1 =
| RD2-team1 = Salem
| RD2-score1 = 0
| RD2-seed2 =
| RD2-team2 = Texas A&I*
| RD2-score2 = 37
}}