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1975 South Carolina

7–⁠5, coached by Jim Carlen.

Schedule and results

South Carolina in 1975, game by game: won vs. Georgia Tech 23–17; won at Duke 24–16; lost vs. Georgia 20–28; won vs. No. 18 Baylor 24–13; won vs. Virginia 41–14; won at Ole Miss 35–29; lost at LSU 6–24; lost at NC State 21–28; lost vs. App State 34–39; won vs. Wake Forest 37–26; won vs. Clemson 56–20; lost vs. No. 16 Miami (OH) 7–20+36−18Won 23–17 vs. Georgia Tech+6Georgia TechWon 24–16 at Duke+8DukeLost 20–28 vs. Georgia-8GeorgiaWon 24–13 vs. No. 18 Baylor+11No. 18 BaylorWon 41–14 vs. Virginia+27VirginiaWon 35–29 at Ole Miss+6Ole MissLost 6–24 at LSU-18LSULost 21–28 at NC State-7NC StateLost 34–39 vs. App State-5App StateWon 37–26 vs. Wake Forest+11Wake ForestWon 56–20 vs. Clemson+36ClemsonLost 7–20 vs. No. 16 Miami (OH)-13No. 16 Miami (OH)
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 13vsGeorgia TechW 23–⁠1746%
Sep 20atDukeW 24–⁠1643%
Sep 27vsGeorgiaL 20–⁠2853%
Oct 4vs18BaylorW 24–⁠1345%
Oct 11vsVirginiaW 41–⁠1475%
Oct 18atOle MissW 35–⁠2947%
Oct 25atLSUL 6–⁠2448%
Nov 1atNC StateL 21–⁠2832%
Nov 8vsApp StateL 34–⁠3969%
Nov 15vsWake ForestW 37–⁠2671%
Nov 22vsClemsonW 56–⁠2072%
Dec 20Bowls & playoffvs16Miami (OH)Tangerine BowlL 7–⁠2021%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Miami (OH) 20–⁠7 in the Tangerine Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll.

In program history: The tied 54th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 8: 20
Record
7–⁠5
Conference
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AP final
Unranked peak No. 20
Points
328–⁠274
Coach
Jim Carlen
Elo
1495 +43 this season
SP+ rating
5.1 No. 59 of 132; offense No. 22, defense No. 102
SRS
5.5 No. 46 of 137 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Defensive coordinator
Richard Bell