1974 NCAA Division II football season

1974 NCAA Division II football season
Regular season	September – November 1974
Playoffs	November – December 1974
National Championship	Hughes Stadium Sacramento, CA
Champions	Central Michigan
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1974 Big Sky football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Boise State $^	6	–	0	–	0			10	–	2	–	0
Montana State	4	–	2	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
Idaho	2	–	2	–	1			2	–	8	–	1
Montana	2	–	3	–	1			3	–	6	–	1
Northern Arizona	2	–	3	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
Idaho State	2	–	4	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Weber State	1	–	5	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
$ – Conference champion ^ – Division II playoff participant Boise State advanced to Div. II playoffs.

1974 California Collegiate Athletic Association football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
UC Riverside $	4	–	0	–	0			8	–	3	–	0
Cal Poly	2	–	1	–	1			5	–	4	–	1
Cal Poly Pomona	1	–	1	–	2			5	–	3	–	2
Cal State Northridge	1	–	3	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
Cal State Los Angeles	0	–	3	–	1			5	–	4	–	1
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

1974 Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
NW Missouri State $	5	–	1	–	0			8	–	2	–	0
Missouri-Rolla	4	–	1	–	1			6	–	4	–	1
SW Missouri State	4	–	2	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
SE Missouri State	4	–	2	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
NE Missouri State	2	–	4	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Central Missouri State	1	–	4	–	1			3	–	7	–	1
Lincoln (MO)	0	–	6	–	0			1	–	10	–	0
$ – Conference champion ^ – Division II playoff participant

1974 Yankee Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
UMass $	4	–	2	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Maine $	4	–	2	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
New Hampshire	3	–	3	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Rhode Island	3	–	3	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Boston University	3	–	3	–	0			5	–	4	–	1
Connecticut	3	–	3	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Vermont	1	–	5	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

1974 NCAA Division II National Football Championship playoffs
Teams	8
Finals Site	Hughes Stadium Sacramento, California
Champions	Central Michigan 1st title 1st championship game 1 tournaments
Runner-Up	Delaware 1st championship game 2 tournaments
Semifinalists	Louisiana Tech 2 tournaments UNLV 1 tournaments
Winning Coach	Roy Kramer 1st championship

The 1974 NCAA Division II football season, part of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association at the Division II level, began in September and concluded with the Division II Championship on December 14 at Hughes Stadium in Sacramento, California.

Central Michigan defeated Delaware 54–15 in the Camellia Bowl to win their only Division II national title. CMU moved up to Division I in 1975.

Big Sky Conference – Boise State
Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Norfolk State
Far Western Football Conference – UC Davis
Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Ferris State and Northwood
Gulf South Conference – Jacksonville State
Lone Star Conference – Texas A&I
Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Northwest Missouri State
North Central Conference – North Dakota State, North Dakota, and South Dakota
Northern Intercollegiate Conference – Michigan Tech
Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference – Western State
Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (Division II) – Tuskegee
Yankee Conference – Maine and Massachusetts

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