AP No. 1 | Coaches No. 1 1975 record 11–1 (6–1 Big 8) | |
Head coach Barry Switzer (3rd year) | ||
The 1975 Oklahoma Sooners football team represented the University of Oklahoma in the 1975 NCAA Division I football season. The team was helmed by Barry Switzer in his third season as head coach. After sailing through their first eight games, Oklahoma suffered a surprising home loss to Kansas, which snapped a 28–game winning streak. With only two regular season games and a bowl trip left, any hopes for a repeat national championship looked slim.
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OU defeated Missouri, 28–27, in Columbia before coming home to defeat second-ranked Nebraska, 35–10 to take the Big 8 Conference title. With the conference title in tow, the No. 3–ranked Sooners, in their first bowl game under Switzer, headed to the Orange Bowl to meet Michigan.
OU prevailed in that game with a 14–6 victory and got pushed to the top spot in the polls when both #1 Ohio State and #2 Texas A&M suffered defeats in their bowl games. Oklahoma won its 27th conference and fifth national championship.