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1975 Oklahoma State

7–⁠4 (3–⁠4 Big Eight), coached by Jim Stanley.

Schedule and results

Oklahoma State in 1975, game by game: won vs. Wichita State 34–0; won vs. No. 16 Arkansas 20–13; won vs. North Texas 61–7; won vs. Texas Tech 17–16; lost at No. 12 Missouri 14–41; lost vs. No. 4 Nebraska 20–28; won at Kansas 35–19; lost vs. No. 2 Oklahoma 7–27; lost at No. 14 Colorado 7–17; won vs. Kansas State 56–3; won at Iowa State 14–7+54−27Won 34–0 vs. Wichita State+34Wichita StateWon 20–13 vs. No. 16 Arkansas+7No. 16 ArkansasWon 61–7 vs. North Texas+54North TexasWon 17–16 vs. Texas Tech+1Texas TechLost 14–41 at No. 12 Missouri-27No. 12 MissouriLost 20–28 vs. No. 4 Nebraska-8No. 4 NebraskaWon 35–19 at Kansas+16KansasLost 7–27 vs. No. 2 Oklahoma-20No. 2 OklahomaLost 7–17 at No. 14 Colorado-10No. 14 ColoradoWon 56–3 vs. Kansas State+53Kansas StateWon 14–7 at Iowa State+7Iowa State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 13vsWichita StateW 34–⁠082%
Sep 20vs16ArkansasW 20–⁠1359%
Sep 27vsNorth TexasW 61–⁠781%
Oct 4vsTexas TechW 17–⁠1665%
Oct 11at12MissouriL 14–⁠4139%
Oct 18vs4NebraskaL 20–⁠2841%
Oct 25atKansasW 35–⁠1942%
Nov 1vs2OklahomaL 7–⁠2730%
Nov 8at14ColoradoL 7–⁠1741%
Nov 15vsKansas StateW 56–⁠377%
Nov 22atIowa StateW 14–⁠757%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Iowa State 14–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 5th in the Big Eight.

In program history: The 23rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 115 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 4: 17
  2. Wk 5: 15
  3. Wk 6: 14
  4. Wk 9: 19

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.

Record
7–⁠4
Conference
3–⁠4 tied for 5th in Big Eight
AP final
Unranked peak No. 14
Points
285–⁠178
Coach
Jim Stanley
Elo
1598 +36 this season
SP+ rating
19.2 No. 13 of 132; offense No. 17, defense No. 33
SRS
17.2 No. 13 of 137 major-college teams
Recruiting class
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Drafted in 1976

The 1976 draft
Rd 1James White DTMinnesota Vikings
Rd 7Larry Harris DTHouston Oilers

All-Big Eight

3 first team, 2 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 Big Eight standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Oklahoma6–⁠111–⁠11
Nebraska6–⁠110–⁠29
Colorado5–⁠29–⁠316
Kansas4–⁠37–⁠5
Oklahoma State3–⁠47–⁠4
Missouri3–⁠46–⁠5
Iowa State1–⁠64–⁠7
Kansas State0–⁠73–⁠8

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