# 1975 NCAA Division II football rankings

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.
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 |
| (#–#) | Win–loss record |
| (Italics) | Number of first place votes |
| т | Tied with team above or below also with this symbol |

## The AP poll

| | Week 1 Sept 24 | Week 2 Oct 1 | Week 3 Oct 8 | Week 4 Oct 15 | Week 5 Oct 22 | Week 6 Oct 29 | Week 7 Nov 5 | Week 8 Nov 12 | Week 9 Nov 19 | Week 10 Nov 26 | Week Postseason | |
| 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) | 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 | Week 2 Oct 1 | Week 3 Oct 8 | Week 4 Oct 15 | Week 5 Oct 22 | Week 6 Oct 29 | Week 7 Nov 5 | Week 8 Nov 12 | Week 9 Nov 19 | Week 10 Nov 26 | Week Postseason | |
| | | Dropped: 12 Youngstown State13 South Dakota State | Dropped: 15 Abilene Christian | Dropped: 14 Western Illinois | Dropped: 12 Jackson State | Dropped: 10 Montana14 Delaware | Dropped: 15 Jacksonville State | Dropped: 7 Eastern Kentucky9 Idaho State15 Kentucky State | Dropped: 13 Jacksonville State15 Northern Colorado | Dropped: 15 UMass | Dropped: 11 Lehigh12 Jackson State14 Bethune–Cookman15 Delaware | |

## The UPI poll

| | Week 1 Sept 17 | Week 2 Sept 24 | Week 3 Oct 1 | Week 4 Oct 8 | Week 5 Oct 15 | Week 6 Oct 22 | Week 7 Oct 29 | Week 8 Nov 5 | Week 9 Nov 12 | Week 10 Nov 19 | Week 11 Nov 26 | |
| 1. | Grambling State | Grambling 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 | 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. | Delaware | Western 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 State | Jackson 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 Kentucky | Idaho 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 Kentucky | North 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 Dakota | Northern 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 State | Eastern 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) | | | | | | 12. |
| | Week 1 Sept 17 | Week 2 Sept 24 | Week 3 Oct 1 | Week 4 Oct 8 | Week 5 Oct 15 | Week 6 Oct 22 | Week 7 Oct 29 | Week 8 Nov 5 | Week 9 Nov 12 | Week 10 Nov 19 | Week 11 Nov 26 | |
| | | Dropped: 3 Delaware9 Akron | Dropped: 8 Eastern Kentucky9 UNLV10 South Dakota State | Dropped: 7 Alcorn State8 Jackson State | Dropped: 6 Northern Michigan8 Western Illinois | Dropped: 9 Delaware | Dropped: 6 Nicholls State7 Montana9 Northwest Missouri State | Dropped: 8 South Carolina State9 UC Davis10 Northern Colorado | Dropped: 6 Eastern Kentucky10 Akron | Dropped: 7 Southern8 Jacksonville State9 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.
* 1. Grambling State (10–2)
* 2. Florida A&M (9–2)
* 3. South Carolina State (8–2–1)
* 4. Bethune-Cookman (10–1)
* 5. North Carolina A&T (8–3)
* 6. Southern (9–3)
* 7. Jackson State (7–3)
* 8. Kentucky State (8–3)
* 9. Norfolk State (8–3)
* 10. Bowie State (9–1)
* 11. Johnson C. Smith (8–3)
* 12. Alcorn State (6–3–1)
* 13. Mississippi Valley State (6–4)
* 14. Livingstone (7–3–1)
* 15. Howard (8–3)
* 16. Fisk (7–3)
* 17. Virginia Union (6–4)
* 18. Fayetteville State (7–3)
* 19. Tennessee State (5–5)
* 20. Fort Valley State (6–1–2)