NCAA football standings at the end of October 28, 1975
| Atlantic Coast Conference | 
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| #14 Maryland | 5 | 1 | 1 | 181 | 72 | Won 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 98 | 29 | Jerry Claiborne | 
| Duke | 3 | 4 | 0 | 111 | 139 | Lost 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 32 | Mike McGee | 
| North Carolina State | 5 | 3 | 0 | 186 | 141 | Won 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 110 | 94 | Lou Holtz | 
| Wake Forest | 2 | 5 | 0 | 150 | 136 | Won 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 110 | 86 | Chuck Mills | 
| North Carolina | 2 | 5 | 0 | 129 | 181 | Lost 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 58 | 83 | Bill Dooley | 
| Clemson | 1 | 6 | 0 | 92 | 225 | Lost 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 44 | 84 | Jimmy "Red" Parker | 
| Virginia | 1 | 6 | 0 | 127 | 251 | Lost 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 60 | 123 | Sonny Randle | 
| Big Ten Conference | 
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| #1 Ohio State | 7 | 0 | 0 | 251 | 42 | Won 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 161 | 6 | Woody Hayes | 
| #7 Michigan | 5 | 0 | 2 | 227 | 59 | Won 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 163 | 19 | Bo Schembechler | 
| Illinois | 4 | 3 | 0 | 174 | 174 | Won 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 114 | 80 | Bob Blackman | 
| Wisconsin | 3 | 4 | 0 | 116 | 182 | Won 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 40 | 107 | John Jardine | 
| Northwestern | 3 | 4 | 0 | 98 | 186 | Lost 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 75 | 111 | John Pont | 
| Minnesota | 4 | 3 | 0 | 152 | 114 | Won 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 83 | 107 | Cal Stoll | 
| Michigan State | 4 | 3 | 0 | 124 | 104 | Lost 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 63 | 73 | Denny Stolz | 
| Indiana | 2 | 5 | 0 | 68 | 198 | Lost 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 37 | 119 | Lee Corso | 
| Purdue | 1 | 6 | 0 | 80 | 157 | Lost 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 71 | 107 | Alex Agase | 
| Iowa | 1 | 6 | 0 | 72 | 184 | Lost 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 39 | 117 | Bob Commings | 
| Big Eight Conference | 
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| #3 Nebraska | 7 | 0 | 0 | 249 | 78 | Won 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 107 | 41 | Tom Osborne | 
| #2 Oklahoma | 7 | 0 | 0 | 237 | 81 | Won 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 85 | 30 | Barry Switzer | 
| #12 Missouri | 5 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 127 | Won 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 96 | 48 | Al Onofrio | 
| #19 Oklahoma State | 5 | 2 | 0 | 201 | 124 | Won 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 69 | 88 | Jim Stanley | 
| #16 Colorado | 5 | 2 | 0 | 208 | 151 | Lost 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 72 | 104 | Bill Mallory | 
| Kansas | 4 | 3 | 0 | 129 | 96 | Lost 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 40 | 61 | Bud Moore | 
| Iowa State | 4 | 3 | 0 | 113 | 125 | Lost 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 67 | Earle Bruce | 
| Kansas State | 3 | 4 | 0 | 79 | 119 | Lost 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 77 | Ellis Rainsberger | 
| Pacific Coast Athletic Assn. | 
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| San Jose State | 6 | 1 | 0 | 190 | 90 | Won 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 112 | 27 | Darryl Rogers | 
| #18 San Diego State | 7 | 0 | 0 | 241 | 49 | Won 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 88 | 14 | Claude Gilbert | 
| Long Beach State | 6 | 2 | 0 | 217 | 128 | Won 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 114 | 65 | Wayne Howard | 
| Pacific | 4 | 3 | 1 | 175 | 159 | Won 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 101 | 117 | Chester Caddas | 
| Fresno State | 2 | 6 | 0 | 142 | 211 | Lost 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 94 | 128 | J.R. Boone | 
| Cal State Fullerton | 1 | 6 | 0 | 96 | 266 | Lost 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 54 | 212 | Jim Colletto | 
| Ivy League | 
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| Harvard | 4 | 1 | 0 | 120 | 73 | Won 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 93 | 53 | Joseph Restic | 
| Brown | 3 | 1 | 1 | 115 | 71 | Lost 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 54 | 30 | John Anderson | 
| Yale | 4 | 1 | 0 | 125 | 72 | Won 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66 | 48 | Carmen Cozza | 
| Princeton | 3 | 2 | 0 | 94 | 68 | Lost 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 63 | 39 | Bob Casciola | 
| Dartmouth | 2 | 2 | 1 | 70 | 62 | Lost 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 39 | 48 | Jake Crouthamel | 
| Pennsylvania | 2 | 3 | 0 | 82 | 90 | Won 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 46 | 56 | Harry Gamble | 
| Cornell | 1 | 4 | 0 | 78 | 100 | Lost 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 35 | 70 | George Seifert | 
| Columbia | 0 | 5 | 0 | 51 | 147 | Lost 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 44 | 96 | William Campbell | 
| Missouri Valley Conference | 
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| Tulsa | 4 | 3 | 0 | 168 | 111 | Lost 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 99 | 31 | F.A. Dry | 
| New Mexico State | 5 | 3 | 0 | 121 | 186 | Won 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 47 | 69 | Jim Bradley | 
| West Texas A&M | 2 | 4 | 0 | 79 | 110 | Won 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 45 | 42 | Gene Mayfield | 
| Wichita State | 2 | 6 | 0 | 82 | 235 | Lost 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 47 | 74 | Jim Wright | 
| Drake | 1 | 6 | 0 | 109 | 148 | Lost 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 38 | Jack Wallace | 
| Mid-America Conference | 
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| #19 Miami (Ohio) | 6 | 1 | 0 | 159 | 71 | Won 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 54 | Dick Crum | 
| Bowling Green State | 6 | 1 | 0 | 174 | 95 | Lost 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 114 | 46 | Don Nehlen | 
| Central Michigan | 5 | 2 | 1 | 182 | 88 | Won 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 104 | 57 | Roy Kramer | 
| Northern Illinois | 3 | 4 | 0 | 130 | 85 | Lost 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 58 | 18 | Jerry Ippoliti | 
| Ball State | 6 | 2 | 0 | 154 | 130 | Won 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 85 | 86 | Dave McClain | 
| Ohio University | 3 | 3 | 1 | 80 | 87 | Lost 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 58 | 58 | Bill Hess | 
| Toledo | 3 | 5 | 0 | 166 | 192 | Won 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 111 | 123 | John Murphy | 
| Kent State | 3 | 4 | 0 | 123 | 170 | Lost 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 75 | 130 | Dennis Fitzgerald | 
| Western Michigan | 0 | 8 | 0 | 64 | 215 | Lost 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 24 | 129 | Elliot Uzelac | 
| Pac Eight Conference | 
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| #4 Southern California | 7 | 0 | 0 | 174 | 66 | Won 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 20 | John McKay | 
| #13 UCLA | 5 | 1 | 1 | 207 | 168 | Won 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 96 | 58 | Dick Vermeil | 
| California | 4 | 3 | 0 | 196 | 166 | Lost 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 132 | 80 | Mike White | 
| Stanford | 3 | 3 | 1 | 233 | 169 | Won 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 99 | 66 | Jack Christiansen | 
| Washington | 3 | 4 | 0 | 119 | 176 | Won 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 83 | 48 | Don James | 
| Washington State | 2 | 5 | 0 | 137 | 207 | Lost 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 68 | 152 | Jim Sweeney | 
| Oregon | 1 | 6 | 0 | 61 | 162 | Won 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 78 | Don Read | 
| Oregon State | 0 | 7 | 0 | 58 | 191 | Lost 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 38 | 110 | Dee Andros | 
| Southeastern Conference | 
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| #6 Alabama | 6 | 1 | 0 | 262 | 40 | Won 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 102 | 20 | Paul "Bear" Bryant | 
| #11 Florida | 6 | 1 | 0 | 201 | 62 | Won 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 96 | 16 | Doug Dickey | 
| Georgia | 5 | 2 | 0 | 181 | 96 | Won 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 109 | 50 | Vince Dooley | 
| Tennessee | 3 | 3 | 0 | 120 | 120 | Lost 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 52 | 57 | Bill Battle | 
| Mississippi | 3 | 5 | 0 | 117 | 136 | Won 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 51 | 52 | Ken Cooper | 
| Auburn | 3 | 3 | 1 | 126 | 135 | Won 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 30 | Ralph "Shug" Jordan | 
| Louisiana State | 3 | 4 | 0 | 88 | 140 | Won 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 72 | Charles McClendon | 
| Mississippi State | 5 | 2 | 0 | 111 | 105 | Won 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 55 | Bob Tyler | 
| Vanderbilt | 3 | 4 | 0 | 49 | 155 | Lost 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 139 | Fred Pancoast | 
| Kentucky | 1 | 5 | 1 | 86 | 95 | Lost 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 36 | 53 | Fran Curci | 
| Southern Conference | 
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| Richmond | 4 | 3 | 0 | 121 | 136 | Won 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 92 | 71 | Jim Tait | 
| Citadel | 5 | 2 | 0 | 108 | 35 | Won 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 12 | Bobby Ross | 
| East Carolina | 5 | 3 | 0 | 186 | 122 | Won 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 62 | 58 | Pat Dye | 
| Furman | 4 | 3 | 0 | 143 | 107 | Won 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 82 | 69 | Art Baker | 
| Appalachian State | 5 | 2 | 0 | 213 | 155 | Lost 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 81 | 79 | Jim Brakefield | 
| Virginia Military | 2 | 5 | 0 | 130 | 110 | Lost 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 40 | Bob Thalman | 
| William & Mary | 0 | 7 | 0 | 27 | 188 | Lost 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 62 | Jim Root | 
| Southwestern Conference | 
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| #5 Texas A&M | 7 | 0 | 0 | 170 | 46 | Won 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 25 | Emory Bellard | 
| #8 Texas | 6 | 1 | 0 | 259 | 86 | Won 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 107 | 45 | Darrell Royal | 
| Arkansas | 5 | 2 | 0 | 188 | 70 | Won 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 78 | 35 | Frank Broyles | 
| Rice | 2 | 4 | 0 | 94 | 118 | Lost 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 58 | Al Conover | 
| Texas Tech | 3 | 4 | 0 | 163 | 186 | Won 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 64 | 100 | Steve Sloan | 
| Southern Methodist | 3 | 4 | 0 | 142 | 169 | Lost 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 65 | 78 | Dave Smith | 
| Baylor | 1 | 3 | 2 | 70 | 118 | Lost 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 60 | Grant Teaff | 
| Texas Christian | 0 | 7 | 0 | 58 | 219 | Lost 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 61 | Jim Shofner | 
| Western Athletic Conference | 
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| #10 Arizona State | 7 | 0 | 0 | 190 | 44 | Won 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 93 | 19 | Frank Kush | 
| Colorado State | 5 | 2 | 0 | 118 | 130 | Won 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 54 | 66 | Sark Arslanian | 
| #17 Arizona | 5 | 1 | 0 | 173 | 78 | Lost 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 84 | 44 | Jim Young | 
| Brigham Young | 3 | 3 | 0 | 115 | 113 | Won 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 66 | 76 | Lavell Edwards | 
| Utah | 1 | 6 | 0 | 77 | 163 | Lost 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 40 | Tom Lovat | 
| New Mexico | 3 | 4 | 0 | 158 | 140 | Won 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 112 | 116 | Bill Mondt | 
| Wyoming | 1 | 6 | 0 | 77 | 123 | Lost 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 64 | 80 | Fred Akers | 
| Texas-El Paso | 1 | 6 | 0 | 70 | 196 | Lost 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 91 | Gil Bartosh | 
| Southland Conference | 
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| Louisiana Tech | 5 | 1 | 0 | 161 | 84 | Lost 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 106 | 46 | Maxie Lambright | 
| Arkansas State | 7 | 0 | 0 | 188 | 49 | Won 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 24 | Bill Davidson | 
| Louisiana-Lafayette | 4 | 3 | 0 | 149 | 132 | Lost 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 52 | 75 | Augie Tammariello | 
| McNeese State | 3 | 4 | 0 | 115 | 123 | Lost 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 49 | 69 | Jack Doland | 
| Texas-Arlington | 2 | 5 | 0 | 116 | 156 | Lost 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 65 | Harold Elliott | 
| Lamar | 0 | 7 | 0 | 54 | 143 | Lost 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 62 | Vernon Glass | 
| Major Independents | 
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| #9 Penn State | 7 | 1 | 0 | 198 | 76 | Won 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Joe Paterno | 
| Colgate | 5 | 1 | 0 | 148 | 83 | Won 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Neil Wheelwright | 
| Akron | 6 | 2 | 0 | 161 | 131 | Won 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jim Dennison | 
| Navy | 5 | 2 | 0 | 157 | 58 | Won 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | George Welsh | 
| Pittsburgh | 5 | 2 | 0 | 197 | 98 | Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Johnny Majors | 
| Georgia Tech | 5 | 2 | 0 | 206 | 115 | Won 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Pepper Rodgers | 
| #15 Notre Dame | 5 | 2 | 0 | 137 | 88 | Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dan Devine | 
| West Virginia | 5 | 2 | 0 | 165 | 119 | Won 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bobby Bowden | 
| South Carolina | 5 | 2 | 0 | 173 | 141 | Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jim Carlen | 
| Rutgers | 4 | 2 | 0 | 146 | 50 | Won 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Frank Burns | 
| Indiana State | 4 | 2 | 0 | 165 | 108 | Won 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Tom Harp | 
| Southern Mississippi | 4 | 3 | 0 | 118 | 85 | Won 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bobby Collins | 
| Cincinnati | 4 | 3 | 0 | 143 | 112 | Won 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Tony Mason | 
| Syracuse | 4 | 3 | 0 | 107 | 104 | Won 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Frank Maloney | 
| Virginia Tech | 4 | 3 | 0 | 107 | 106 | Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jimmy Sharpe | 
| Tulane | 4 | 3 | 0 | 80 | 97 | Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bennie Ellender | 
| Memphis | 4 | 4 | 0 | 136 | 140 | Won 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Richard Williamson | 
| North Texas | 4 | 4 | 0 | 133 | 158 | Won 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Hayden Fry | 
| Tennessee-Chattanooga | 3 | 3 | 1 | 101 | 82 | Won 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Joe Morrison | 
| Villanova | 3 | 3 | 0 | 74 | 130 | Won 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Richard Bedsem | 
| Louisiana-Monroe | 3 | 4 | 1 | 195 | 177 | Lost 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ollie Keller | 
| Boston College | 3 | 4 | 0 | 127 | 115 | Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Joe Yukica | 
| Eastern Michigan | 3 | 4 | 0 | 119 | 118 | Lost 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | George Mans | 
| Utah State | 3 | 4 | 0 | 89 | 159 | Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Phil Krueger | 
| Hawaii | 2 | 3 | 0 | 90 | 117 | Won 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Larry Price | 
| Dayton | 3 | 5 | 0 | 131 | 178 | Won 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ron Marciniak | 
| Temple | 2 | 5 | 0 | 136 | 199 | Won 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Wayne Hardin | 
| Marshall | 2 | 5 | 0 | 98 | 165 | Won 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Frank Ellwood | 
| Army | 2 | 5 | 0 | 142 | 220 | Lost 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Homer Smith | 
| Miami (Florida) | 1 | 4 | 0 | 90 | 132 | Won 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Carl Selmer | 
| Houston | 1 | 4 | 0 | 63 | 106 | Lost 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bill Yeoman | 
| Holy Cross | 1 | 5 | 0 | 70 | 151 | Won 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ed Doherty | 
| Southern Illinois | 1 | 5 | 1 | 124 | 213 | Won 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Doug Weaver | 
| Florida State | 1 | 6 | 0 | 75 | 143 | Lost 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Darrell Mudra | 
| Louisville | 1 | 6 | 0 | 88 | 183 | Lost 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Vince Gibson | 
| Illinois State | 0 | 5 | 1 | 61 | 178 | Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Gerry Hart | 
| Air Force | 0 | 6 | 1 | 86 | 195 | Lost 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ben Martin |