1975 NAIA Division I football season explained

Year:	1975
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.^[1] Texas A&I defeated in the Champion Bowl, 37–0, to win their fourth, and second consecutive, NAIA national title.^[2]

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

Team	1974 conference	1975 conference
		South Atlantic
		South Atlantic
		South Atlantic
		Independent
		South Atlantic
		South Atlantic
		South Atlantic
		South Atlantic

See also

• 1975 NAIA Division II football season
• 1975 NCAA Division I football season
• 1975 NCAA Division II football season
• 1975 NCAA Division III football season

Notes and References

1. Web site: NAIA Championship History. NAIA. November 21, 2015. 4–11. https://web.archive.org/web/20150715022933/http://www.naia.org/fls/27900/1NAIA/SportsInfo/Championships/FB_Championship.pdf?SPSID=640523. July 15, 2015. dead.
2. Web site: 1975 Division I NAIA Football Playoffs. JonFMorse.com. November 21, 2015.