🏀 The 1974-75 men’s college basketball season

What the record holds for this season: the champion, the tournament bracket, the AP poll week by week, the conference tables, and the Elo ratings with the biggest upsets.

Source: Citizen of Nowhere college basketball database · 20 conferences · 32-team tournament

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1974-75 national champion

The NCAA tournament winner.

National champion

UCLA

28-3Final AP #1

Title gameKentucky 85, UCLA 92 (Mar 31)

Final FourUCLAKentuckyLouisvilleSyracuse

The 1975 NCAA tournament

32 teams. Winners in bold, seeds before each team.

32-team field · 4 regions

First Round

Indiana78

UTEP53

Middle Tennessee State67

Regional Semifinals

Indiana81

Oregon State71

Central Michigan73

Kentucky90

Regional Finals

Indiana90

Kentucky92

Mideast region

First Round

Indiana78

UTEP53

Middle Tennessee State67

Regional Semifinals

Indiana81

Oregon State71

Central Michigan73

Kentucky90

Regional Finals

Indiana90

Kentucky92

East region

First Round

Furman76

Regional Semifinals

Regional Finals

Midwest region

First Round

Rutgers78

Kansas71

Regional Semifinals

Regional Finals

West region

First Round

Alabama94

Arizona State97

San Diego State80

UNLV90

Montana69

Utah State63

Michigan91

UCLA103

Regional Semifinals

Arizona State84

UNLV81

Montana64

UCLA67

Regional Finals

Arizona State75

UCLA89

Final Four and the title game

Final Four

Kentucky95

Syracuse79

Mideast vs East · Mar 29

Louisville74

UCLA75

Midwest vs West · Mar 29

Championship game: UCLA

Kentucky85

UCLA92

Mideast vs West · Mar 31

Third-place games

Cincinnati95

Notre Dame87

Regional Third Place · Midwest · Mar 22

Montana67

UNLV75

Regional Third Place · West · Mar 22

Central Michigan88

Oregon State87

Regional Third Place · Mideast · Mar 22

Boston College90

North Carolina110

Regional Third Place · East · Mar 22

Louisville96

Syracuse88

Third Place Game · Midwest vs East · Mar 31

Conference tournaments

The champion and the other finalist of each of the 5 conference tournaments held in 1974-75.

Conference	Champion	Runner-up	Final
Atlantic Coast	North Carolina 70-66, Mar 8	North Carolina State	70-66, Mar 8
East Coast	La Salle 92-85, Mar 8	Lafayette	92-85, Mar 8
Mid-Eastern	North Carolina A&T	Morgan State
Ohio Valley	Middle Tennessee State 89-75, Mar 8	Austin Peay	89-75, Mar 8
Southern	Furman 66-55, Mar 8	William & Mary	66-55, Mar 8

The 1974-75 AP poll, week by week

Each team's rank in every poll. Tap a rank to read it.

Team	Nov26	Dec3	10	17	24	31	Jan7	14	21	28	Feb4	11	18	25	Mar4	11	18	25	Apr1
UCLA	2	2	2	3	3	3	2	2	4	4	2	2	2	5	4	2	2	1	1
Kentucky	16	15		20	17	9	7	10	11	5	5	4	7	4	6	6	5	2	2
Indiana	3	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	3
Louisville	8	6	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	3	3	6	6	3	3	3	3	4	4
Maryland	4	4	5	5	5	7	5	5	3	8	4	3	3	2	2	4	4	5	5
Syracuse																	20	6	6
North Carolina State	1	1	1	1	1	1	4	4	5	2	6	5	4	7	8	9	8	8	7
Arizona State						16	12	9	10	12	10	8	8	9	9	8	7	7	8
North Carolina	11	9	8	10	8	8	15	14	14	10	12	11	13	14	12	7	6	9	9
Alabama	9	11	10	8	7	6	8	7	6	9	7	7	5	8	7	10	11	11	10
Marquette	5	8	7	6	14	13	13	12	12	13	11	9	9	6	5	5	10	10	11
Princeton																		13	12
Cincinnati																17	12	12	13
Notre Dame	12	13	11	12	13	19				16	14	16	11	16	16	12	9	14	14
Kansas State																	17	15	15
Drake																	14	16	16
UNLV																	16	20	17
Oregon State												17	20	17	15	15	13		18
Michigan	17	19	16			17	11	19										19	19
Providence	14	17	20	16	12	10	19	15	16										20
Pennsylvania	20	14	12	9	9	12					20	14	12	10	10	11	15	17
Centenary													18			17	19	18
USC	10	10	6	7	6	5	6	6	7	6	8	10	10	12	11	13	18
Clemson											16	18	16	11	14	14
Rutgers					20			17	19		19				20	16
UTEP														15	18	17
Texas-Pan American												15	19	18	17	20
Creighton											18	20	14	13	13
Arizona	19	18	17	13	10	14	10	13	13	15	17	19	15	19	19
Washington														20
La Salle							14	11	9	7	13	12	17
Oregon			18	19	19	11	9	8	8	11	9	13
Tennessee							18	18		18	15
Auburn									20	14
Stanford									15	17
South Carolina	7	5	13	14	11	15	16	20		19
Kansas	6	7	9	18					18	20
Minnesota	18						17	16	17
Purdue	13	12	15	15	15	18			20
Wake Forest							19
Memphis State	15	16	14	11	16	19
Oklahoma			19	17	18
Houston		20

Tap a rank to read it.

1975 final AP Top 20

The last Associated Press ranking of the season, with each team's record.

1975 final AP Top 20AP

11Marquette23-4
12Princeton22-8
13Cincinnati23-6
14Notre Dame19-10
15Kansas State20-9
16Drake19-10
17UNLV24-5
18Oregon State19-12
19Michigan19-8
20Providence20-11

1975 standings by conference

Overall and conference record. A star marks the regular-season champion, a trophy the conference-tournament champion.

1975 standings by conference20 conferences

Atlantic Coast7 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Maryland	24-5	10-2	★ NCAA AP 5
North Carolina State	22-6	8-4	AP 7
North Carolina	23-8	8-4	🏆 NCAA AP 9
Clemson	17-11	8-4
Virginia	12-13	4-8
Duke	13-13	2-10
Wake Forest	13-13	2-10

Big Eight8 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Kansas	19-8	11-3	★ NCAA
Kansas State	20-9	10-4	NCAA AP 15
Missouri	18-9	9-5
Nebraska	14-12	7-7
Oklahoma	13-13	6-8
Oklahoma State	10-16	5-9
Iowa State	10-16	4-10
Colorado	7-19	4-10

Big Sky8 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Montana	21-8	13-1	★ NCAA
Idaho State	16-10	9-5
Boise State	13-13	7-7
Gonzaga	13-13	7-7
Weber State	11-15	6-8
Montana State	11-15	5-9
Northern Arizona	9-17	5-9
Idaho	10-16	4-10

Big Ten10 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Indiana	31-1	18-0	★ NCAA AP 3
Michigan	19-8	12-6	NCAA AP 19
Minnesota	18-8	11-7
Purdue	17-11	11-7
Michigan State	17-9	10-8
Ohio State	14-14	8-10
Iowa	10-16	7-11
Wisconsin	8-18	5-13
Illinois	8-18	4-14
Northwestern	6-20	4-14

East Coast12 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Lafayette	22-6	7-1	★
La Salle	22-7	5-1	★ 🏆 NCAA
American	16-10	5-1	★
Temple	7-19	4-2
Rider	16-11	5-3
Bucknell	14-12	4-4
Delaware	12-13	4-4
Hofstra	11-13	3-3
St. Joseph's	8-17	3-3
West Chester	8-17	1-5
Drexel	12-11	0-6
Lehigh	1-23	0-8

Ivy8 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Pennsylvania	23-5	13-1	★ NCAA
Princeton	22-8	12-2	AP 12
Brown	14-12	9-5
Harvard	12-13	9-5
Dartmouth	8-18	5-9
Cornell	7-18	4-10
Columbia	4-22	2-12
Yale	3-20	2-12

Mid-American8 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Central Michigan	22-6	10-4	★ NCAA
Toledo	17-9	9-5
Bowling Green	18-10	9-5
Miami (OH)	19-7	8-5
Western Michigan	16-10	8-6
Eastern Michigan	12-14	4-9
Ohio	12-14	4-10
Kent State	6-20	3-11

Mid-Eastern7 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
North Carolina A&T	18-7	10-2	★ 🏆
Delaware State	15-9	7-5
South Carolina State	14-11	7-5
Howard	13-13	6-6
MD-Eastern Shore	2-24	0-12
Morgan State	17-9
North Carolina Central	10-16

Missouri Valley9 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Louisville	28-3	12-2	★ NCAA AP 4
New Mexico State	20-7	11-3	NCAA
Drake	19-10	9-5	AP 16
Bradley	15-11	7-7
Wichita State	11-15	6-8
Tulsa	15-14	5-9
West Texas State	9-17	3-11
North Texas	6-20	3-11
Southern Illinois	18-9

Ohio Valley8 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Middle Tennessee State	23-5	12-2	★ 🏆 NCAA
Western Kentucky	16-8	11-3
Austin Peay	17-10	10-4
Tennessee Tech	13-12	7-7
Morehead State	13-13	5-9
East Tennessee State	9-14	5-9
Murray State	10-15	3-11
Eastern Kentucky	7-18	3-11

Pacific Coast6 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Long Beach State	19-7	8-2	★
San Diego State	14-13	6-4	NCAA
Fresno State	16-10	5-5
San Jose State	16-13	4-6
CSU-Fullerton	13-11	4-6
Pacific	12-14	3-7

Pacific-88 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
UCLA	28-3	12-2	★ NCAA AP 1
Oregon State	19-12	10-4	NCAA AP 18
USC	18-8	8-6
California	17-9	7-7
Oregon	21-9	6-8
Washington	16-10	6-8
Stanford	12-14	6-8
Washington State	10-16	1-13

Southeastern10 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Kentucky	26-5	15-3	★ NCAA AP 2
Alabama	22-5	15-3	★ NCAA AP 10
Auburn	18-8	12-6
Tennessee	18-8	12-6
Vanderbilt	15-11	10-8
Florida	12-16	8-10
LSU	10-16	6-12
Mississippi State	9-17	5-13
Mississippi	8-18	4-14
Georgia	8-17	3-15

Southern8 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Furman	22-7	12-0	★ 🏆 NCAA
East Carolina	19-9	11-3
William & Mary	16-12	6-5
VMI	13-13	6-6
Richmond	10-16	7-7
Davidson	7-19	4-6
Citadel	5-15	2-11
Appalachian State	3-23	1-11

Southland5 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
McNeese State	16-8	6-2	★
Louisiana Tech	12-13	5-3
Lamar	7-16	4-4
Arkansas State	13-12	3-5
Texas-Arlington	6-20	2-6

Southwest8 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Texas A&M	20-7	12-2	★ NCAA
Texas Tech	18-8	11-3
Arkansas	17-9	11-3
Texas	10-15	6-8
Baylor	10-16	6-8
TCU	9-16	4-10
SMU	8-18	4-10
Rice	5-21	2-12

West Coast8 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
UNLV	24-5	13-1	★ NCAA AP 17
San Francisco	19-7	9-5
Pepperdine	17-8	8-6
Loyola Marymount	14-12	7-7
St. Mary's	14-12	7-7
Seattle	8-18	6-8
Santa Clara	10-16	4-10
Nevada	10-16	2-12

Western Athletic8 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Arizona State	25-4	12-2	★ NCAA AP 8
UTEP	20-6	10-4	NCAA
Arizona	22-7	9-5
Utah	17-9	7-7
Colorado State	14-12	6-8
BYU	12-14	5-9
New Mexico	13-13	4-10
Wyoming	10-16	3-11

Yankee7 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Massachusetts	18-8	10-2	★
Connecticut	18-10	9-3
Vermont	16-10	8-4
Boston University	12-13	7-4
Rhode Island	5-20	3-7
New Hampshire	6-18	2-10
Maine	11-14	1-10

Independent83 teams

School	W-L	Note
Texas-Pan American	22-2
Charlotte	23-3
Centenary	25-4
Marquette	23-4	NCAA AP 11
Stetson	22-4
Cincinnati	23-6	NCAA AP 13
Utah State	21-6	NCAA
Rutgers	22-7	NCAA
Creighton	20-7	NCAA
Memphis State	20-7
South Alabama	19-7
Syracuse	23-9	NCAA AP 6
Holy Cross	20-8
Oral Roberts	20-8
Boston College	21-9	NCAA
Florida State	18-8
Portland State	18-8
UC Santa Barbara	18-8
Virginia Commonwealth	17-8
South Carolina	19-9
St. John's	21-10
Notre Dame	19-10	NCAA AP 14
Detroit	17-9
Providence	20-11	AP 20
Georgetown	18-10	NCAA
George Washington	17-10
Pittsburgh	18-11
Houston	16-10
Illinois State	16-10
Tulane	16-10
Virginia Tech	16-10
Canisius	15-10
DePaul	15-10
Northeast Louisiana	15-10
South Florida	15-10
Seton Hall	16-11
Jacksonville	15-11
Duquesne	14-11
Hawaii	14-11
St. Peter's	15-12
Cleveland State	13-11
Manhattan	14-12
Air Force	13-12
LIU-Brooklyn	13-12
St. Bonaventure	14-13
West Virginia	14-13
CSU-Los Angeles	13-13
Marshall	13-13
Navy	12-12
Northeastern	12-12
Fairfield	13-14
Niagara	13-14
Fordham	12-13
Penn State	11-12
Indiana State	12-14
Oklahoma City	12-14
Saint Louis	12-14
Fairleigh Dickinson	11-13
Portland	13-16
St. Francis (PA)	11-14
Georgia Tech	11-15
Southern Mississippi	11-15
Xavier	11-15
Ball State	10-15
Loyola-Chicago	10-15
Butler	10-16
Dayton	10-16
Denver	9-16
Northern Illinois	8-15
Houston Baptist	9-17
Mercer	9-17
Samford	9-17
Colgate	8-16
Villanova	9-18
Buffalo	8-17
Georgia Southern	8-18
Georgia State	8-18
Wisconsin-Milwaukee	8-18
St. Francis (NY)	7-19
Charleston Southern	4-16
Hardin-Simmons	5-20
Iona	4-19
Army	3-22

Elo ratings and upsets use the games in our record for this season, which is incomplete before 1995-96; team records come from the season standings.

1975 Elo and upsets

The ten highest-rated teams when the season ended, and the results the ratings gave the winner the least chance of.

1975 Elo and upsetsElo

Elo, top 10

Biggest upsets

Wake Forest 83, North Carolina State 78
Jan 3 · regular season · 5.2% win chance
Washington State 81, Washington 73
Mar 8 · regular season · 6.0% win chance
St. Mary's 62, Wisconsin 60
Dec 4 · regular season · 6.9% win chance
Appalachian State 78, East Carolina 71
Feb 5 · regular season · 8.1% win chance
St. Mary's 74, San Francisco 71
Jan 11 · regular season · 8.1% win chance
St. Peter's 78, Manhattan 75
Dec 14 · regular season · 8.7% win chance
Georgia Tech 64, Mississippi State 61
Dec 19 · regular season · 8.9% win chance
Southern Mississippi 94, Utah State 87
Feb 22 · regular season · 10.3% win chance
Utah State 77, Stanford 74
Dec 21 · regular season · 10.9% win chance
Fresno State 71, Long Beach State 69
Feb 8 · regular season · 10.9% win chance

Where these numbers come from

Enough to disbelieve this page on purpose rather than by accident.

Champions, brackets, polls and standings are read from the Citizen of Nowhere college basketball database, one season at a time. A section appears only where the database holds its data: the NCAA tournament began in 1939 (earlier champions are retroactive selections), the AP poll in 1949, and game-by-game results, and so the Elo ratings and upsets, in 1950.

Elo ratings and upsets come from the site’s own men’s college basketball Elo, built from every game since 1950. An upset’s win chance is the winner’s pre-game probability from those ratings.