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1975 California

8–⁠3 (6–⁠1 Pac-8), coached by Mike White, finished No. 14 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

California in 1975, game by game: lost at Colorado 27–34; lost vs. No. 20 West Virginia 10–28; won at Washington State 33–21; won vs. San José State 27–24; won at Oregon 34–7; won vs. Oregon State 51–24; lost at No. 19 UCLA 14–28; won vs. No. 4 USC 28–14; won vs. Washington 27–24; won at Air Force 31–14; won at Stanford 48–15+33−18Lost 27–34 at Colorado-7ColoradoLost 10–28 vs. No. 20 West Virginia-18No. 20 West VirginiaWon 33–21 at Washington State+12Washington StateWon 27–24 vs. San José State+3San José StateWon 34–7 at Oregon+27OregonWon 51–24 vs. Oregon State+27Oregon StateLost 14–28 at No. 19 UCLA-14No. 19 UCLAWon 28–14 vs. No. 4 USC+14No. 4 USCWon 27–24 vs. Washington+3WashingtonWon 31–14 at Air Force+17Air ForceWon 48–15 at Stanford+33Stanford
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 13atColoradoL 27–⁠3445%
Sep 20vs20West VirginiaL 10–⁠2858%
Sep 27atWashington StateW 33–⁠2143%
Oct 4vsSan José StateW 27–⁠2451%
Oct 11atOregonW 34–⁠769%
Oct 18vsOregon StateW 51–⁠2481%
Oct 25at19UCLAL 14–⁠2833%
Nov 1vs4USCW 28–⁠1429%
Nov 8vsWashingtonW 27–⁠2470%
Nov 15atAir ForceW 31–⁠1469%
Nov 22atStanfordW 48–⁠1546%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Stanford 48–⁠15; No. 14 in the final AP poll; Pac-8 champions.

In program history: The 17th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 112 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 10: 18
  2. Wk 11: 15
  3. Wk 12: 13
  4. Wk 13: 11
  5. Wk 14: 14
  6. Final: 14

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1975.

Pac-8 champions6–⁠1 in the conference, shared with UCLA

Heisman voteChuck Muncie, second

2 consensus All-AmericansSteve Rivera, WR; Chuck Muncie, RB

Record
8–⁠3
Conference
6–⁠1 shared first in Pac-8
AP final
No. 14 peak No. 11
Points
330–⁠233
Coach
Mike White
Elo
1640 +108 this season
SP+ rating
16.6 No. 23 of 132; offense No. 3, defense No. 70
SRS
15.3 No. 19 of 137 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Roger Theder
Captains
Chuck Muncie and Paul Von der Mehden

Drafted in 1976

The 1976 draft
Rd 1Chuck Muncie RBNew Orleans Saints
Rd 4Steve Rivera WRSan Francisco 49ers

All-Pac-8

4 first team, 3 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1975 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1975 Pac-8 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
UCLA6–⁠19–⁠2–⁠15
California6–⁠18–⁠314
Stanford5–⁠26–⁠4–⁠1
Washington5–⁠26–⁠5
USC3–⁠48–⁠417
Oregon2–⁠53–⁠8
Oregon State1–⁠61–⁠10
Washington State0–⁠73–⁠8

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.