The 1975 NAIA Division I football season was the 20th season of

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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 Texas (, ; Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2020, it is the second-largest U.S. state by bo ...

Kingsville, Texas Kingsville is a city in the southern region of the U.S. state of Texas and the county seat of Kleberg County. Located on the U.S. Route 77 corridor between Corpus Christi and Harlingen, Kingsville is the principal city of the Kingsville Micr ...

Texas A&I Texas (, ; Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2020, it is the second-largest U.S. state by bo ...

defeated Salem in the Champion Bowl, 37–0, to win their fourth, and second consecutive, NAIA national title.

Conference realignment

Conference changes

* This was the first season of football for

South Atlantic Conference The South Atlantic Conference (SAC) is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division II level, which operates in the southeastern United States. The SAC was founded in 1975 as a ...

. The league comprised eight teams from

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and

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, with seven being former members of the Carolinas Conference. * This was the final season of play for the

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, which disbanded after only four seasons. The seven members, spread across

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, and

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Conference realignment

Conference changes

Membership changes

Conference standings

Postseason

See also

References