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In the preseason poll released on September 2, 1974, the AP ranked Oklahoma No. 1, followed by No. 2 Ohio State, No. 3 Notre Dame, No. 4 Alabama and No. 5 USC.. September 7: No. 3 Notre Dame, the defending national champion, beat Georgia Tech in Atlanta, 31–7, in a nationally televised game on Monday night, September 9.
Two human polls comprised the 1974 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I football rankings.Unlike most sports, college football's governing body, the NCAA, does not bestow a national championship, instead that title is bestowed by one or more different polling agencies.
The National Lacrosse League of 1974 and 1975 is formed. It is not related to the modern National Lacrosse League. The Rochester Griffens defeat the Philadelphia Wings in the six-game National Lacrosse League (1974–75) championship, 4 to 2 games. The New Westminster Salmonbellies win the Mann Cup. The Whitby Transporters win the Founders Cup.
The 1974–75 NCAA football bowl games were a series of post-season games played in December 1974 and January 1975 to end the 1974 NCAA Division I football season. A total of 11 team-competitive games were played. The post-season began with the Liberty Bowl on December 16, 1974, and concluded on January 1, 1975, with the Orange Bowl.
The 1974 Oklahoma Sooners football team represented the University of Oklahoma in the 1974 NCAA Division I football season. This was the first of three national championship squads for head coach Barry Switzer. Only one opponent played the Sooners within 14 points and four failed to score a touchdown.
During this period, only in 1973 and 1975 did a college team win the national eights championship outright. According to US Rowing Association, contemporary news reports in 1976 and 1977 do not mention a national collegiate title. [283] Beginning in 1980, the NWRA sponsored the Women's Collegiate National Championship, including varsity eights.
The column in the list below that sets forth NCAA championships includes (but is not limited to) all non-football titles won at the highest level organized by the NCAA (Division I/Collegiate), as of July 1, 2023, for sports years through that date [2] and with updated results for subsequent sports year(s).
The concept of a national championship in college football dates to the early years of the sport in the late 19th century. [13] Some of the earliest contemporaneous rankings can be traced to Caspar Whitney in Harper's Weekly, J. Parmly Paret in Outing, [14] Charles Patterson, [15] and New York newspaper The Sun. [16]