NOTE: UPI opted not to rank Southern Methodist and Mississippi State, among other schools, for the 1975 season (see second clipping for confirmation) Additionally, UPI continued to not release its "Receiving Votes" section, as it had since 1971 Finally, the coaches poll increased from 35 to 42 voters for this season. no pre-season poll Sep 8 1975 - no poll Sep 16 1975* - https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105236933/1975-09-16-coaches-poll/ 1. Oklahoma (30) 2. Ohio State (6) 3. Michigan 4. Southern California (3) 5. Missouri (1) 6. Nebraska 7. Texas 8. Penn State 9. Notre Dame 10. Tennessee 11. Texas A&M 12. Florida 13. UCLA 14. Arkansas 15. Pittsburgh 16. Arizona State 17. Miami (OH) 18. Alabama 19. West Virginia 20. San Diego State * Only 40 of 42 coaches participated in voting this week Sep 23 1975 - https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105237404/1975-09-23-coaches-poll/ 1. Oklahoma (35) 2. Ohio State (6) 3. Southern California (1) 4. Nebraska 5. Missouri 6. Texas 7. Texas A&M 8. Notre Dame 9. UCLA 10. Michigan 11. Alabama 12. Penn State 13. Oklahoma State T-14. Arizona State -- . West Virginia 16. San Diego State T-17. Colorado -- . Arizona 19. Auburn T-20. Navy -- . South Carolina Sep 30 1975* - https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105237799/1975-09-30-coaches-poll/ 1. Ohio State (20) 2. Oklahoma (17) 3. Southern California (2) 4. Nebraska 5. Missouri (1) 6. Texas A&M 7. Texas 8. Notre Dame 9. Alabama 10. Penn State 11. Oklahoma State 12. West Virginia 13. Arizona State 14. Michigan 15. Baylor (1) 16. Colorado 17. Arizona 18. San Diego State 19. UCLA 20. Tennessee * Only 41 of 42 coaches participated in voting this week Oct 7 1975 - https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105238475/1975-10-07-coaches-poll/ 1. Ohio State (37) 2. Oklahoma (2) 3. Southern California (2) 4. Nebraska 5. Texas 6. Texas A&M (1) 7. Alabama 8. Michigan 9. Penn State 10. Oklahoma State 11. West Virginia 12. Colorado 13. Arizona State 14. Arizona 15. Notre Dame 16. Michigan State 17. Florida 18. Missouri 19. San Diego State 20. Kansas Oct 14 1975 - https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105238573/1975-10-14-coaches-poll/ 1. Ohio State (34) 2. Oklahoma (5) 3. Southern California (2) 4. Nebraska 5. Texas A&M (1) 6. Alabama 7. Michigan 8. Penn State 9. Texas 10. Missouri 11. Colorado 12. Florida 13. Arizona State 14. Arizona 15. Notre Dame 16. Tennessee 17. Pittsburgh 18. San Diego Stte 19. Miami (OH) 20. N/A Oct 21 1975 - https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105238665/1975-10-21-coaches-poll/ 1. Ohio State (37) 2. Oklahoma (3) 3. Southern California (2) 4. Nebraska 5. Alabama 6. Texas A&M 7. Michigan 8. Texas 9. Penn State 10. Colorado 11. Arizona State 12. Florida 13. Arizona 14. Notre Dame 15. Missouri 16. Pittsburgh 17. San Diego State 18. UCLA T-19. Maryland -- . Miami (OH) Oct 28 1975 - https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105238744/1975-10-28-coaches-poll/ 1. Ohio State (35) 2. Oklahoma (3) 3. Nebraska (2) 4. Southern California (2) 5. Texas A&M 6. Alabama 7. Michigan 8. Texas 9. Penn State 10. Florida 11. Arizona State 12. Missouri 13. UCLA 14. San Diego State T-15. Maryland -- . Miami (OH) -- . Oklahoma State 18. Notre Dame 19. N/A 20. N/A Nov 4 1975 - https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105239002/1975-11-04-coaches-poll/ 1. Ohio State (34) 2. Oklahoma (4) 3. Nebraska (4) 4. Texas A&M 5. Alabama 6. Michigan 7. Texas 8. Penn State 9. Southern California 10. Florida 11. Arizona State 12. San Diego State 13. Notre Dame 14. Pittsburgh T-15. Arizona -- . Maryland -- . California 18. N/A 19. N/A 20. N/A Nov 11 1975 - https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105239196/1975-11-11-coaches-poll/ 1. Ohio State (39) 2. Nebraska (3) 3. Texas A&M 4. Michigan 5. Alabama 6. Texas 7. Oklahoma 8. Arizona State 9. Notre Dame 10. Penn State 11. Arizona 12. Colorado 13. California 14. UCLA 15. Florida 16. Missouri T-17. Southern California -- . Arkansas T-19. Kansas -- . Georgia Nov 18 1975* - https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105239397/1975-11-18-coaches-poll/ 1. Ohio State (32) 2. Nebraska (8) 3. Texas A&M 4. Alabama 5. Michigan 6. Oklahoma 7. Texas 8. Arizona State 9. Colorado 10. Penn State 11. Arizona 12. Florida 13. Georgia 14. California T-15. San Jose State -- . UCLA T-17. Pittsburgh -- . Arkansas T-19. West Virginia -- . Tulsa * Only 40 of 42 coaches participated in voting this week Nov 25 1975* - https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105239955/1975-11-25-coaches-poll/ 1. Ohio State (39) 2. Texas A&M (1) 3. Oklahoma 4. Alabama 5. Texas 6. Nebraska 7. Michigan 8. Arizona State 9. Penn State 10. Colorado 11. Arizona 12. California 13. Florida 14. Georgia 15. San Jose State 16. UCLA 17. Arkansas 18. Tulsa 19. Notre Dame 20. Kansas * Only 40 of 42 coaches participated in voting this week Dec 2 1975 - https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105240233/1975-12-02-coaches-poll/ 1. Ohio State (35) 2. Texas A&M (4) 3. Oklahoma 4. Alabama 5. Michigan 6. Nebraska 7. Arizona State 8. Penn State 9. Texas 10. Colorado 11. Georgia 12. UCLA 13. Florida 14. California T-15. Arizona -- . Arkansas 17. Notre Dame T-18. Kansas -- . Pittsburgh T-20. Miami (OH) -- . Maryland -- . Tulsa Jan 3 1976* - https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105240538/1976-01-03-coaches-poll/ 1. Oklahoma (21) 2. Arizona State (5) 3. Alabama (7) 4. Ohio State (3) 5. UCLA 6. Arkansas 7. Texas 8. Michigan 9. Nebraska 10. Penn State 11. Maryland 12. Texas A&M T-13. Pittsburgh -- . Arizona 15. California 16. Miami (OH) T-17. West Virginia -- . Notre Dame T-19. Southern California -- . Georgia * Only 36 of 42 coaches participated in voting this week