Final NCAA football standings for 1974
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| #13 Maryland | 8 | 4 | 0 | 316 | 104 | Lost 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 198 | 35 | Jerry Claiborne | 
| #11 North Carolina State | 9 | 2 | 1 | 317 | 241 | Tied 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 145 | 120 | Lou Holtz | 
| Clemson | 7 | 4 | 0 | 246 | 250 | Won 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 130 | 135 | Jimmy "Red" Parker | 
| North Carolina | 7 | 5 | 0 | 364 | 279 | Lost 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 146 | 115 | Bill Dooley | 
| Duke | 6 | 5 | 0 | 201 | 208 | Lost 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 110 | 136 | Mike McGee | 
| Virginia | 4 | 7 | 0 | 207 | 239 | Lost 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 61 | 111 | Sonny Randle | 
| Wake Forest | 1 | 10 | 0 | 74 | 348 | Won 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 31 | 169 | Chuck Mills | 
| Big Ten Conference | 
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| #3 Michigan | 10 | 1 | 0 | 324 | 75 | Lost 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 214 | 59 | Bo Schembechler | 
| #4 Ohio State | 10 | 2 | 0 | 437 | 129 | Lost 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 299 | 85 | Woody Hayes | 
| #12 Michigan State | 7 | 3 | 1 | 270 | 196 | Won 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 223 | 121 | Denny Stolz | 
| Wisconsin | 7 | 4 | 0 | 341 | 243 | Won 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 240 | 179 | John Jardine | 
| Illinois | 6 | 4 | 1 | 210 | 206 | Won 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 134 | 149 | Bob Blackman | 
| Purdue | 4 | 6 | 1 | 223 | 261 | Won 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 171 | 218 | Alex Agase | 
| Minnesota | 4 | 7 | 0 | 161 | 332 | Lost 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 110 | 241 | Cal Stoll | 
| Iowa | 3 | 8 | 0 | 157 | 308 | Lost 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 133 | 230 | Bob Commings | 
| Northwestern | 3 | 8 | 0 | 140 | 385 | Lost 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 116 | 277 | John Pont | 
| Indiana | 1 | 10 | 0 | 166 | 292 | Lost 6 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 124 | 205 | Lee Corso | 
| Big Eight Conference | 
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| #1 Oklahoma | 11 | 0 | 0 | 473 | 92 | Won 11 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 294 | 65 | Barry Switzer | 
| #9 Nebraska | 9 | 3 | 0 | 373 | 132 | Won 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 176 | 87 | Tom Osborne | 
| Missouri | 7 | 4 | 0 | 204 | 217 | Won 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 147 | 127 | Al Onofrio | 
| Oklahoma State | 7 | 5 | 0 | 262 | 183 | Won 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 134 | 125 | Jim Stanley | 
| Colorado | 5 | 6 | 0 | 226 | 307 | Lost 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 160 | 186 | Bill Mallory | 
| Iowa State | 4 | 7 | 0 | 186 | 198 | Lost 4 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 94 | 133 | Earle Bruce | 
| Kansas | 4 | 7 | 0 | 157 | 247 | Lost 6 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 72 | 204 | Don Fambrough | 
| Kansas State | 4 | 7 | 0 | 193 | 283 | Won 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 91 | 241 | Vince Gibson | 
| Pacific Coast Athletic Assn. | 
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| San Diego State | 8 | 2 | 1 | 291 | 170 | Won 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 128 | 61 | Claude Gilbert | 
| San Jose State | 8 | 3 | 1 | 323 | 199 | Won 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 96 | 93 | Darryl Rogers | 
| Pacific | 6 | 5 | 0 | 238 | 248 | Won 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 97 | 107 | Chester Caddas | 
| Long Beach State | 6 | 5 | 0 | 252 | 238 | Won 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 68 | 116 | Wayne Howard | 
| Fresno State | 5 | 7 | 0 | 250 | 206 | Lost 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 89 | 101 | J.R. Boone | 
| Ivy League | 
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| Yale | 8 | 1 | 0 | 229 | 67 | Lost 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 179 | 53 | Carmen Cozza | 
| Harvard | 7 | 2 | 0 | 236 | 129 | Won 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 191 | 91 | Joseph Restic | 
| Pennsylvania | 6 | 2 | 1 | 187 | 179 | Won 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 122 | 154 | Harry Gamble | 
| Brown | 5 | 4 | 0 | 141 | 152 | Won 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 86 | 92 | John Anderson | 
| Princeton | 4 | 4 | 1 | 188 | 160 | Won 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 149 | 130 | Bob Casciola | 
| Dartmouth | 3 | 6 | 0 | 103 | 115 | Lost 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 100 | 87 | Jake Crouthamel | 
| Cornell | 3 | 5 | 1 | 183 | 193 | Lost 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 119 | 172 | Jack Musick | 
| Columbia | 1 | 8 | 0 | 81 | 258 | Lost 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 43 | 210 | William Campbell | 
| Missouri Valley Conference | 
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| Tulsa | 8 | 3 | 0 | 285 | 204 | Won 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 200 | 61 | F.A. Dry | 
| Louisville | 4 | 7 | 0 | 136 | 254 | Won 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 90 | 100 | T.W. Alley | 
| West Texas A&M | 6 | 5 | 0 | 220 | 148 | Lost 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 121 | 106 | Gene Mayfield | 
| New Mexico State | 5 | 6 | 0 | 237 | 199 | Lost 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 108 | 93 | Jim Bradley | 
| Drake | 3 | 7 | 1 | 213 | 315 | Lost 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 136 | 199 | Jack Wallace | 
| North Texas | 2 | 7 | 2 | 134 | 248 | Lost 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 88 | 129 | Hayden Fry | 
| Wichita State | 1 | 9 | 1 | 94 | 304 | Lost 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 72 | 127 | Jim Wright | 
| Mid-America Conference | 
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| #10 Miami (Ohio) | 10 | 0 | 1 | 303 | 86 | Won 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 153 | 52 | Dick Crum | 
| Ohio University | 6 | 5 | 0 | 249 | 211 | Won 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 98 | 75 | Bill Hess | 
| Toledo | 6 | 5 | 0 | 262 | 270 | Lost 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 110 | 132 | John Murphy | 
| Kent State | 7 | 4 | 0 | 254 | 161 | Won 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 90 | 85 | Don James | 
| Bowling Green State | 6 | 4 | 1 | 249 | 203 | Tied 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 98 | 114 | Don Nehlen | 
| Western Michigan | 3 | 8 | 0 | 187 | 269 | Lost 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 46 | 137 | William Doolittle | 
| Pac Eight Conference | 
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| #2 Southern California | 10 | 1 | 1 | 363 | 142 | Won 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 226 | 69 | John McKay | 
| Stanford | 5 | 4 | 2 | 197 | 228 | Won 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 133 | 115 | Jack Christiansen | 
| California | 7 | 3 | 1 | 276 | 213 | Lost 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 184 | 148 | Mike White | 
| UCLA | 6 | 3 | 2 | 240 | 174 | Lost 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 130 | 108 | Dick Vermeil | 
| Washington | 5 | 6 | 0 | 272 | 285 | Won 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 184 | 177 | Jim Owens | 
| Oregon State | 3 | 8 | 0 | 216 | 285 | Won 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 126 | 126 | Dee Andros | 
| Washington State | 2 | 9 | 0 | 162 | 272 | Lost 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 112 | 185 | Jim Sweeney | 
| Oregon | 2 | 9 | 0 | 116 | 330 | Lost 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 49 | 216 | Don Read | 
| Southeastern Conference | 
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| #5 Alabama | 11 | 1 | 0 | 329 | 96 | Lost 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 168 | 50 | Paul "Bear" Bryant | 
| #8 Auburn | 10 | 2 | 0 | 287 | 122 | Won 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 120 | 88 | Ralph "Shug" Jordan | 
| Georgia | 6 | 6 | 0 | 327 | 285 | Lost 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 155 | 122 | Vince Dooley | 
| #17 Mississippi State | 9 | 3 | 0 | 327 | 224 | Won 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 109 | 121 | Bob Tyler | 
| #15 Florida | 8 | 4 | 0 | 261 | 197 | Lost 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 128 | 123 | Doug Dickey | 
| Kentucky | 6 | 5 | 0 | 248 | 194 | Lost 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 139 | 128 | Fran Curci | 
| Vanderbilt | 7 | 3 | 2 | 313 | 199 | Tied 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 122 | 144 | Steve Sloan | 
| #20 Tennessee | 7 | 3 | 2 | 211 | 181 | Won 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 90 | 114 | Bill Battle | 
| Louisiana State | 5 | 5 | 1 | 202 | 168 | Won 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 77 | 91 | Charles McClendon | 
| Mississippi | 3 | 8 | 0 | 135 | 241 | Won 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 65 | 192 | Ken Cooper | 
| Southern Conference | 
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| Virginia Military | 7 | 4 | 0 | 212 | 175 | Won 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 85 | 49 | Bob Thalman | 
| Appalachian State | 6 | 5 | 0 | 204 | 176 | Won 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 81 | 65 | Jim Brakefield | 
| East Carolina | 7 | 4 | 0 | 250 | 167 | Lost 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 131 | 107 | Pat Dye | 
| Richmond | 5 | 5 | 0 | 184 | 267 | Lost 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 111 | 150 | Jim Tait | 
| William & Mary | 4 | 7 | 0 | 211 | 269 | Won 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 100 | 96 | Jim Root | 
| Furman | 5 | 6 | 0 | 129 | 166 | Lost 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 49 | 87 | Art Baker | 
| Citadel | 4 | 7 | 0 | 216 | 248 | Won 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 118 | 121 | Bobby Ross | 
| Southwestern Conference | 
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| #14 Baylor | 8 | 4 | 0 | 252 | 223 | Lost 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 148 | 95 | Grant Teaff | 
| #16 Texas A&M | 8 | 3 | 0 | 222 | 131 | Lost 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 139 | 74 | Emory Bellard | 
| #17 Texas | 8 | 4 | 0 | 367 | 197 | Lost 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 240 | 107 | Darrell Royal | 
| Arkansas | 6 | 4 | 1 | 285 | 164 | Won 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 153 | 122 | Frank Broyles | 
| Southern Methodist | 6 | 4 | 1 | 221 | 240 | Lost 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 140 | 151 | Dave Smith | 
| Texas Tech | 6 | 4 | 2 | 193 | 158 | Tied 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 111 | 107 | Jim Carlen | 
| Rice | 2 | 8 | 1 | 117 | 222 | Lost 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 83 | 153 | Al Conover | 
| Texas Christian | 1 | 10 | 0 | 79 | 345 | Lost 10 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 50 | 255 | Jim Shofner | 
| Western Athletic Conference | 
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| Brigham Young | 7 | 4 | 1 | 302 | 199 | Lost 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 258 | 115 | Lavell Edwards | 
| Arizona | 9 | 2 | 0 | 263 | 174 | Won 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 176 | 103 | Jim Young | 
| Arizona State | 7 | 5 | 0 | 267 | 163 | Won 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 160 | 100 | Frank Kush | 
| New Mexico | 4 | 6 | 1 | 192 | 263 | Won 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 131 | 178 | Bill Mondt | 
| Texas-El Paso | 4 | 7 | 0 | 246 | 298 | Lost 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 179 | 227 | Gil Bartosh | 
| Colorado State | 4 | 6 | 1 | 295 | 266 | Lost 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 165 | 155 | Sark Arslanian | 
| Utah | 1 | 10 | 0 | 115 | 339 | Lost 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 69 | 196 | Tom Lovat | 
| Wyoming | 2 | 9 | 0 | 150 | 283 | Lost 4 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 102 | 166 | Fritz Shurmur | 
| Major Independents | 
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| #7 Penn State | 10 | 2 | 0 | 322 | 142 | Won 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Joe Paterno | 
| #6 Notre Dame | 10 | 2 | 0 | 318 | 147 | Won 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ara Parseghian | 
| Temple | 8 | 2 | 0 | 335 | 142 | Won 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Wayne Hardin | 
| Lamar | 8 | 2 | 0 | 158 | 114 | Won 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Vernon Glass | 
| Boston College | 8 | 3 | 0 | 375 | 154 | Won 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Joe Yukica | 
| #19 Houston | 8 | 3 | 1 | 280 | 185 | Tied 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bill Yeoman | 
| Utah State | 8 | 3 | 0 | 181 | 199 | Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Phil Krueger | 
| Rutgers | 7 | 3 | 1 | 244 | 146 | Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Frank Burns | 
| Arkansas State | 7 | 3 | 0 | 215 | 122 | Won 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bill Davidson | 
| Memphis | 7 | 4 | 0 | 225 | 148 | Won 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Fred Pancoast | 
| Cincinnati | 7 | 4 | 0 | 227 | 175 | Won 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Tony Mason | 
| Pittsburgh | 7 | 4 | 0 | 227 | 202 | Lost 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Johnny Majors | 
| Tampa | 6 | 5 | 0 | 275 | 173 | Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dennis Fryzel | 
| Georgia Tech | 6 | 5 | 0 | 238 | 212 | Won 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Pepper Rodgers | 
| Miami (Florida) | 6 | 5 | 0 | 167 | 190 | Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Peter Elliot | 
| Southern Mississippi | 6 | 5 | 0 | 160 | 195 | Won 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P.W. "Bear" Underwood | 
| Hawaii | 6 | 5 | 0 | 175 | 211 | Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Larry Price | 
| Holy Cross | 5 | 5 | 1 | 182 | 219 | Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ed Doherty | 
| Tulane | 5 | 6 | 0 | 176 | 214 | Lost 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bennie Ellender | 
| Colgate | 4 | 6 | 0 | 220 | 318 | Lost 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Neil Wheelwright | 
| Virginia Tech | 4 | 7 | 0 | 278 | 261 | Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jimmy Sharpe | 
| West Virginia | 4 | 7 | 0 | 210 | 224 | Won 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bobby Bowden | 
| Northern Illinois | 4 | 7 | 0 | 186 | 261 | Won 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jerry Ippoliti | 
| Tennessee-Chattanooga | 4 | 7 | 0 | 172 | 252 | Lost 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Joe Morrison | 
| South Carolina | 4 | 7 | 0 | 223 | 312 | Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Paul Dietzel | 
| Navy | 4 | 7 | 0 | 131 | 229 | Won 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | George Welsh | 
| Dayton | 3 | 8 | 0 | 191 | 310 | Won 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ron Marciniak | 
| Army | 3 | 8 | 0 | 156 | 306 | Lost 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Homer Smith | 
| Villanova | 3 | 8 | 0 | 87 | 288 | Lost 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | James Weaver, Louis Ferry | 
| Idaho | 2 | 8 | 1 | 198 | 280 | Lost 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ed Troxel | 
| Air Force | 2 | 9 | 0 | 178 | 215 | Lost 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ben Martin | 
| Louisiana-Lafayette | 2 | 9 | 0 | 149 | 287 | Lost 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Augie Tammariello | 
| Syracuse | 2 | 9 | 0 | 121 | 271 | Lost 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Frank Maloney | 
| Southern Illinois | 2 | 9 | 0 | 147 | 302 | Lost 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Doug Weaver | 
| Florida State | 1 | 10 | 0 | 130 | 289 | Lost 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Darrell Mudra | 
| Marshall | 1 | 10 | 0 | 111 | 291 | Lost 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jack Lengyel | 
| Texas-Arlington | 1 | 10 | 0 | 112 | 332 | Lost 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Harold Elliott |