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 Number of first place votes Tied with team above or below also with this symbol
The AP poll
The UPI poll
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)
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