NCAA football standings at the end of November 16, 1975
| Atlantic Coast Conference | 
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| Maryland | 7 | 2 | 1 | 237 | 126 | Won 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 120 | 49 | Jerry Claiborne | 
| Duke | 4 | 5 | 1 | 180 | 195 | Tied 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 114 | 67 | Mike McGee | 
| Wake Forest | 3 | 7 | 0 | 211 | 224 | Lost 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 145 | 137 | Chuck Mills | 
| North Carolina State | 7 | 3 | 1 | 250 | 197 | Tied 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 131 | 115 | Lou Holtz | 
| Clemson | 2 | 8 | 0 | 157 | 325 | Lost 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 102 | 141 | Jimmy "Red" Parker | 
| North Carolina | 3 | 7 | 0 | 190 | 255 | Won 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 102 | 142 | Bill Dooley | 
| Virginia | 1 | 9 | 0 | 151 | 366 | Lost 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 60 | 123 | Sonny Randle | 
| Big Ten Conference | 
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| #1 Ohio State | 10 | 0 | 0 | 353 | 65 | Won 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 263 | 29 | Woody Hayes | 
| #4 Michigan | 8 | 0 | 2 | 304 | 95 | Won 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 240 | 55 | Bo Schembechler | 
| Wisconsin | 4 | 5 | 1 | 171 | 245 | Tied 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 95 | 170 | John Jardine | 
| Michigan State | 6 | 4 | 0 | 195 | 144 | Won 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 134 | 113 | Denny Stolz | 
| Illinois | 4 | 6 | 0 | 201 | 253 | Lost 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 141 | 159 | Bob Blackman | 
| Iowa | 3 | 7 | 0 | 159 | 252 | Lost 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 126 | 185 | Bob Commings | 
| Purdue | 3 | 7 | 0 | 119 | 213 | Won 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 110 | 163 | Alex Agase | 
| Minnesota | 5 | 5 | 0 | 212 | 189 | Lost 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 143 | 182 | Cal Stoll | 
| Northwestern | 3 | 7 | 0 | 142 | 290 | Lost 5 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 119 | 215 | John Pont | 
| Indiana | 2 | 7 | 1 | 97 | 245 | Tied 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 66 | 166 | Lee Corso | 
| Big Eight Conference | 
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| #2 Nebraska | 10 | 0 | 0 | 343 | 85 | Won 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 201 | 48 | Tom Osborne | 
| #6 Oklahoma | 9 | 1 | 0 | 295 | 138 | Won 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 143 | 87 | Barry Switzer | 
| #10 Colorado | 8 | 2 | 0 | 277 | 206 | Won 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 141 | 159 | Bill Mallory | 
| #17 Kansas | 6 | 4 | 0 | 201 | 123 | Lost 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 112 | 88 | Bud Moore | 
| #18 Missouri | 6 | 4 | 0 | 258 | 199 | Lost 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 174 | 120 | Al Onofrio | 
| Oklahoma State | 6 | 4 | 0 | 271 | 171 | Won 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 139 | 135 | Jim Stanley | 
| Iowa State | 4 | 6 | 0 | 154 | 249 | Lost 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 75 | 191 | Earle Bruce | 
| Kansas State | 3 | 7 | 0 | 82 | 215 | Lost 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 16 | 173 | Ellis Rainsberger | 
| Pacific Coast Athletic Assn. | 
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| San Jose State | 9 | 1 | 0 | 271 | 124 | Won 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 164 | 41 | Darryl Rogers | 
| San Diego State | 8 | 2 | 0 | 303 | 124 | Lost 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 126 | 58 | Claude Gilbert | 
| Long Beach State | 8 | 2 | 0 | 253 | 152 | Won 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 114 | 65 | Wayne Howard | 
| Pacific | 5 | 5 | 1 | 221 | 259 | Lost 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 114 | 148 | Chester Caddas | 
| Fresno State | 3 | 8 | 0 | 219 | 274 | Won 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 101 | 149 | J.R. Boone | 
| Cal State Fullerton | 1 | 8 | 0 | 124 | 315 | Lost 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 54 | 212 | Jim Colletto | 
| Ivy League | 
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| Yale | 7 | 1 | 0 | 189 | 113 | Won 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 130 | 89 | Carmen Cozza | 
| Harvard | 6 | 2 | 0 | 206 | 126 | Won 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 179 | 106 | Joseph Restic | 
| Brown | 5 | 2 | 1 | 210 | 155 | Lost 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 149 | 114 | John Anderson | 
| Dartmouth | 4 | 3 | 1 | 139 | 105 | Won 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 108 | 91 | Jake Crouthamel | 
| Princeton | 4 | 4 | 0 | 147 | 136 | Lost 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 116 | 107 | Bob Casciola | 
| Columbia | 2 | 6 | 0 | 138 | 213 | Won 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 131 | 162 | William Campbell | 
| Pennsylvania | 2 | 6 | 0 | 124 | 163 | Lost 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 88 | 129 | Harry Gamble | 
| Cornell | 1 | 7 | 0 | 130 | 220 | Lost 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 87 | 190 | George Seifert | 
| Missouri Valley Conference | 
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| Tulsa | 7 | 3 | 0 | 338 | 139 | Won 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 169 | 38 | F.A. Dry | 
| New Mexico State | 5 | 5 | 0 | 151 | 248 | Lost 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 57 | 107 | Jim Bradley | 
| West Texas A&M | 4 | 5 | 0 | 195 | 179 | Lost 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 83 | 52 | Gene Mayfield | 
| Drake | 3 | 7 | 0 | 181 | 268 | Won 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 50 | 131 | Jack Wallace | 
| Wichita State | 3 | 8 | 0 | 140 | 286 | Lost 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 70 | 101 | Jim Wright | 
| Mid-America Conference | 
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| #16 Miami (Ohio) | 9 | 1 | 0 | 265 | 121 | Won 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 178 | 104 | Dick Crum | 
| Central Michigan | 8 | 2 | 1 | 309 | 102 | Won 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 173 | 64 | Roy Kramer | 
| Ball State | 9 | 2 | 0 | 244 | 171 | Won 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 112 | 106 | Dave McClain | 
| Bowling Green State | 8 | 2 | 0 | 261 | 145 | Won 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 153 | 90 | Don Nehlen | 
| Ohio University | 4 | 5 | 1 | 126 | 122 | Lost 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 99 | 87 | Bill Hess | 
| Toledo | 4 | 6 | 0 | 211 | 249 | Won 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 156 | 180 | John Murphy | 
| Northern Illinois | 3 | 7 | 0 | 169 | 205 | Lost 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 87 | 111 | Jerry Ippoliti | 
| Kent State | 4 | 6 | 0 | 174 | 256 | Lost 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 83 | 157 | Dennis Fitzgerald | 
| Western Michigan | 1 | 10 | 0 | 119 | 297 | Won 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 55 | 197 | Elliot Uzelac | 
| Pac Eight Conference | 
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| #19 UCLA | 7 | 2 | 1 | 301 | 211 | Won 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 190 | 101 | Dick Vermeil | 
| #15 California | 7 | 3 | 0 | 282 | 218 | Won 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 187 | 118 | Mike White | 
| Stanford | 6 | 3 | 1 | 307 | 231 | Won 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 173 | 128 | Jack Christiansen | 
| Washington | 5 | 5 | 0 | 168 | 223 | Won 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 132 | 95 | Don James | 
| #13 Southern California | 7 | 3 | 0 | 205 | 115 | Lost 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 100 | 69 | John McKay | 
| Oregon | 2 | 8 | 0 | 134 | 259 | Lost 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 100 | 175 | Don Read | 
| Oregon State | 1 | 9 | 0 | 96 | 250 | Lost 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 76 | 169 | Dee Andros | 
| Washington State | 3 | 7 | 0 | 235 | 267 | Won 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 82 | 185 | Jim Sweeney | 
| Southeastern Conference | 
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| #5 Alabama | 9 | 1 | 0 | 333 | 66 | Won 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 146 | 40 | Paul "Bear" Bryant | 
| #14 Florida | 8 | 2 | 0 | 287 | 93 | Won 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 182 | 47 | Doug Dickey | 
| #20 Georgia | 8 | 2 | 0 | 247 | 140 | Won 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 147 | 70 | Vince Dooley | 
| Mississippi | 5 | 5 | 0 | 157 | 155 | Won 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 91 | 71 | Ken Cooper | 
| Tennessee | 5 | 4 | 0 | 194 | 157 | Lost 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 58 | 80 | Bill Battle | 
| Mississippi State | 6 | 3 | 1 | 158 | 153 | Won 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 63 | 103 | Bob Tyler | 
| Auburn | 3 | 5 | 2 | 174 | 215 | Lost 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 80 | 110 | Ralph "Shug" Jordan | 
| Vanderbilt | 6 | 4 | 0 | 102 | 186 | Won 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 30 | 142 | Fred Pancoast | 
| Louisiana State | 3 | 7 | 0 | 117 | 196 | Lost 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 62 | 128 | Charles McClendon | 
| Kentucky | 2 | 7 | 1 | 119 | 166 | Lost 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 46 | 114 | Fran Curci | 
| Southern Conference | 
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| Richmond | 5 | 5 | 0 | 165 | 195 | Lost 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 99 | 71 | Jim Tait | 
| East Carolina | 7 | 3 | 0 | 268 | 142 | Won 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 83 | 68 | Pat Dye | 
| Citadel | 6 | 4 | 0 | 138 | 73 | Won 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 57 | 50 | Bobby Ross | 
| Appalachian State | 7 | 3 | 0 | 285 | 226 | Lost 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 103 | 96 | Jim Brakefield | 
| Furman | 5 | 5 | 0 | 196 | 141 | Lost 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 101 | 103 | Art Baker | 
| Virginia Military | 2 | 7 | 0 | 137 | 156 | Lost 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 42 | 53 | Bob Thalman | 
| William & Mary | 1 | 9 | 0 | 64 | 240 | Lost 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 69 | Jim Root | 
| Southwestern Conference | 
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| #7 Texas | 9 | 1 | 0 | 353 | 140 | Won 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 201 | 99 | Darrell Royal | 
| #3 Texas A&M | 9 | 0 | 0 | 239 | 63 | Won 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 140 | 42 | Emory Bellard | 
| Arkansas | 7 | 2 | 0 | 243 | 93 | Won 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 133 | 58 | Frank Broyles | 
| Texas Tech | 6 | 4 | 0 | 258 | 220 | Won 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 159 | 134 | Steve Sloan | 
| Baylor | 2 | 5 | 2 | 125 | 194 | Lost 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 68 | 136 | Grant Teaff | 
| Rice | 2 | 7 | 0 | 148 | 199 | Lost 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 91 | 139 | Al Conover | 
| Southern Methodist | 3 | 7 | 0 | 174 | 270 | Lost 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 97 | 179 | Dave Smith | 
| Texas Christian | 0 | 10 | 0 | 75 | 304 | Lost 10 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 44 | 146 | Jim Shofner | 
| Western Athletic Conference | 
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| #8 Arizona State | 10 | 0 | 0 | 306 | 92 | Won 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 154 | 53 | Frank Kush | 
| #12 Arizona | 8 | 1 | 0 | 271 | 131 | Won 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 151 | 73 | Jim Young | 
| Colorado State | 6 | 4 | 0 | 155 | 206 | Lost 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 84 | 114 | Sark Arslanian | 
| New Mexico | 5 | 5 | 0 | 239 | 204 | Won 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 173 | 151 | Bill Mondt | 
| Brigham Young | 5 | 4 | 0 | 210 | 176 | Won 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 137 | 132 | Lavell Edwards | 
| Utah | 1 | 9 | 0 | 118 | 294 | Lost 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 73 | 131 | Tom Lovat | 
| Wyoming | 1 | 9 | 0 | 150 | 209 | Lost 4 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 116 | 139 | Fred Akers | 
| Texas-El Paso | 1 | 9 | 0 | 99 | 261 | Lost 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 40 | 135 | Gil Bartosh | 
| Southland Conference | 
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| Louisiana Tech | 8 | 1 | 0 | 284 | 155 | Won 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 106 | 46 | Maxie Lambright | 
| Arkansas State | 9 | 0 | 0 | 271 | 61 | Won 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 24 | Bill Davidson | 
| Louisiana-Lafayette | 6 | 4 | 0 | 238 | 200 | Won 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 87 | 107 | Augie Tammariello | 
| McNeese State | 5 | 4 | 0 | 185 | 170 | Won 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 49 | 69 | Jack Doland | 
| Texas-Arlington | 3 | 6 | 0 | 185 | 215 | Won 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 101 | 124 | Harold Elliott | 
| Lamar | 0 | 9 | 0 | 81 | 223 | Lost 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 46 | 99 | Vernon Glass | 
| Major Independents | 
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| #11 Penn State | 8 | 2 | 0 | 227 | 104 | Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Joe Paterno | 
| West Virginia | 8 | 2 | 0 | 251 | 159 | Won 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bobby Bowden | 
| Rutgers | 7 | 2 | 0 | 270 | 67 | Won 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Frank Burns | 
| Pittsburgh | 7 | 3 | 0 | 283 | 135 | Won 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Johnny Majors | 
| Georgia Tech | 7 | 3 | 0 | 244 | 158 | Won 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Pepper Rodgers | 
| #9 Notre Dame | 7 | 3 | 0 | 212 | 135 | Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dan Devine | 
| Virginia Tech | 7 | 3 | 0 | 198 | 141 | Won 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jimmy Sharpe | 
| Colgate | 6 | 3 | 0 | 191 | 162 | Won 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Neil Wheelwright | 
| Akron | 7 | 4 | 0 | 189 | 166 | Lost 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jim Dennison | 
| Memphis | 7 | 4 | 0 | 180 | 168 | Won 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Richard Williamson | 
| Navy | 6 | 4 | 0 | 197 | 119 | Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | George Welsh | 
| Cincinnati | 6 | 4 | 0 | 196 | 161 | Won 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Tony Mason | 
| South Carolina | 6 | 4 | 0 | 265 | 234 | Won 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jim Carlen | 
| North Texas | 6 | 4 | 0 | 184 | 195 | Won 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Hayden Fry | 
| Boston College | 5 | 4 | 0 | 179 | 122 | Won 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Joe Yukica | 
| Southern Mississippi | 5 | 4 | 0 | 167 | 115 | Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bobby Collins | 
| Indiana State | 5 | 4 | 0 | 209 | 193 | Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Tom Harp | 
| Syracuse | 5 | 4 | 0 | 144 | 142 | Won 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Frank Maloney | 
| Utah State | 5 | 5 | 0 | 165 | 223 | Won 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Phil Krueger | 
| Hawaii | 4 | 4 | 0 | 127 | 143 | Won 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Larry Price | 
| Dayton | 5 | 6 | 0 | 202 | 222 | Won 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ron Marciniak | 
| Temple | 4 | 5 | 0 | 204 | 215 | Won 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Wayne Hardin | 
| Tennessee-Chattanooga | 4 | 5 | 1 | 152 | 185 | Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Joe Morrison | 
| Villanova | 4 | 5 | 0 | 106 | 181 | Won 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Richard Bedsem | 
| Eastern Michigan | 4 | 6 | 0 | 198 | 171 | Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | George Mans | 
| Louisiana-Monroe | 4 | 6 | 1 | 252 | 273 | Won 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ollie Keller | 
| Tulane | 4 | 6 | 0 | 117 | 150 | Lost 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bennie Ellender | 
| Miami (Florida) | 2 | 6 | 0 | 137 | 192 | Won 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Carl Selmer | 
| Air Force | 2 | 7 | 1 | 146 | 241 | Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ben Martin | 
| Florida State | 2 | 8 | 0 | 154 | 191 | Lost 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Darrell Mudra | 
| Marshall | 2 | 8 | 0 | 127 | 258 | Lost 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Frank Ellwood | 
| Army | 2 | 8 | 0 | 159 | 307 | Lost 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Homer Smith | 
| Houston | 1 | 7 | 0 | 121 | 182 | Lost 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bill Yeoman | 
| Illinois State | 1 | 7 | 1 | 109 | 285 | Lost 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Gerry Hart | 
| Holy Cross | 1 | 8 | 0 | 95 | 212 | Lost 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ed Doherty | 
| Southern Illinois | 1 | 8 | 1 | 169 | 334 | Lost 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Doug Weaver | 
| Louisville | 1 | 9 | 0 | 125 | 267 | Lost 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Vince Gibson |