The College Football All-America Team is an honorific college football all-star team compiled after each NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) season to recognize that season's most outstanding performers at their respective positions. There are several organizations that select their own All-America teams. Since 1924, the NCAA has designated selectors whose teams are used to determine "consensus" and "unanimous" All-Americans. Any player who is named to the first team by at least half the official selectors for a given season is recognized as being a consensus All-American. A player on the first team of every official selector is recognized as being a .[1] Since 2002, the five selectors designated by the NCAA for this purpose are the Associated Press (AP), the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA), the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA), Sporting News, and the Walter Camp Football Foundation (WCFF).[2]
Unanimous All-Americans are considered "elite, the cream of the crop from any particular season."[1] Many are later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame, and many also go on to have successful professional football careers. From 1924 to 2000, 364 players were unanimous selections at least once. Thus, only a handful of players—if any—each season receive the honor. The first player to do so was Red Grange, star halfback for the Illinois Fighting Illini, who received first-team honors from all six major selectors in 1924.[3]
Alabama has the most unanimous All-America selections of any school with 41 selections. In 2020, Alabama tied a record set in 2003 by University of Oklahoma with five unanimous selections in one year. Eighty-nine schools have had at least one unanimous All-America selection; the most recent schools to produce their first unanimous All-American are Cincinnati and Northwestern, doing so in 2022. The most recent All-America team, that of 2022, included 14 unanimous selections. Only 30 players have been selected a unanimous All-American in multiple seasons, the most recent being Marvin Harrison Jr. of Ohio State in 2022 and 2023. Herschel Walker is the only three-time unanimous All-American.
Season | Selectors | Player | Position | Team |
---|---|---|---|---|
1924 | AAB, FBW, INS, LIB, NEA, WC | Illinois | ||
1925 | AAB, AP, COL, FBW, INS, LIB, NEA, UP | Dartmouth | ||
Nebraska | ||||
1926 | AAB, AP, COL, INS, NEA, UP | Navy | ||
1927 | AAB, AP, COL, INS, NANA, NEA, UP | End | Michigan | |
Pittsburgh | ||||
1928 | AAB, AP, COL, INS, NANA, NEA, UP | Army | ||
1929 | AAB, AP, COL, INS, NANA, NEA, UP | Notre Dame | ||
End | Pittsburgh | |||
1930 | AAB, AP, COL, INS, NANA, NEA, UP | Notre Dame | ||
End | Ohio State | |||
Alabama | ||||
Harvard | ||||
1931 | AAB, AP, COL, INS, LIB, NEA, UP | End | Tulane | |
Notre Dame | ||||
1932 | AAB, AP, COL, FWAA, INS, LIB, NEA, UP | Pittsburgh | ||
Notre Dame | ||||
End | Purdue | |||
Michigan | ||||
USC | ||||
1933 | AAB, AP, COL, FWAA, INS, LIB, NANA, NEA, UP | Michigan | ||
USC | ||||
1934 | AAB, AP, COL, INS, LIB, NANA, NEA, SN, UP | None | N/A | N/A |
1935 | AAB, AP, COL, INS, LIB, NANA, NEA, SN, UP | Chicago | ||
Stanford | ||||
1936 | AAB, AP, COL, INS, LIB, NANA, NEA, SN, UP | Nebraska | ||
End | Yale | |||
End | LSU | |||
Minnesota | ||||
1937 | AAB, AP, COL, INS, LIB, NANA, NEA, NW, SN, UP | Yale | ||
1938 | AAB, AP, COL, INS, LIB, NEA, NW, SN, UP | Notre Dame | ||
Pittsburgh | ||||
Michigan | ||||
TCU | ||||
1939 | AAB, AP, COL, INS, LIB, NEA, NW, SN, UP | USC | ||
Cornell | ||||
1940 | AAB, AP, COL, INS, LIB, NEA, NW, SN, UP | Michigan | ||
Texas A&M | ||||
Tennessee | ||||
1941 | AAB, AP, COL, INS, LIB, NEA, NW, SN, UP | Harvard | ||
1942 | AAB, AP, COL, INS, LK, NEA, NW, SN, UP | End | Wisconsin | |
Georgia | ||||
1943 | AAB, AP, COL, FN, INS, LK, SN, UP | Michigan | ||
Army | ||||
1944 | AAB, AP, COL, FN, INS, LK, NEA, SN, UP | Ohio State | ||
Navy | ||||
1945 | AAB, AFCA, AP, COL, FWAA, INS, LK, NEA, SN, UP | Ohio State | ||
Army | ||||
Army | ||||
Saint Mary's | ||||
1946 | AAB, AFCA, AP, COL, FWAA, INS, NEA, SN, UP | End | UCLA | |
Army | ||||
Army | ||||
Notre Dame | ||||
Georgia | ||||
1947 | AFCA, AP, COL, FWAA, INS, NEA, SN, UP | Michigan | ||
Notre Dame | ||||
1948 | AFCA, AP, FW, INS, NEA, SN, UP | Penn | ||
Minnesota | ||||
SMU | ||||
1949 | AAB, AP, COL, FWAA, INS, NEA, SN, UP | California | ||
End | Notre Dame | |||
Notre Dame | ||||
Minnesota | ||||
1950 | AAB, AFCA, AP, FWAA, INS, NEA, SN, UP | End | Army | |
Ohio State | ||||
Texas | ||||
1951 | AAB, AFCA, AP, FW, INS, NEA, SN, UP | Michigan State | ||
Princeton | ||||
Tennessee | ||||
End | Stanford | |||
Maryland | ||||
Oklahoma | ||||
1952 | AAB, AFCA, AP, FWAA, INS, NEA, SN, UP | Maryland | ||
Notre Dame | ||||
1953 | AAB, AFCA, AP, FWAA, INS, NEA, SN, UP | Minnesota | ||
Maryland | ||||
Notre Dame | ||||
1954 | AAB, AFCA, AP, FWAA, INS, NEA, SN, UP | Wisconsin | ||
Arkansas | ||||
Ohio State | ||||
Notre Dame | ||||
1955 | AAB, AFCA, AP, FWAA, INS, NEA, SN, UP | End | Navy | |
Ohio State | ||||
Maryland | ||||
TCU | ||||
1956 | AFCA, AP, FWAA, INS, NEA, SN, UP | Syracuse | ||
Baylor | ||||
End | Michigan | |||
Tennessee | ||||
Ohio State | ||||
Oklahoma | ||||
End | Pittsburgh | |||
1957 | AAB, AFCA, AP, FWAA, INS, NEA, SN, UP | Texas A&M | ||
End | Auburn | |||
1958 | AFCA, AP, FWAA, NEA, SN, UPI | LSU | ||
Army | ||||
Iowa | ||||
1959[4] | AFCA, AP, FWAA, NEA, SN, UPI | LSU | ||
Syracuse | ||||
Ole Miss | ||||
Wisconsin | ||||
1960 | AFCA, AP, FWAA, NEA, SN, UPI | Navy | ||
Minnesota | ||||
End | Pittsburgh | |||
Ohio State | ||||
Ole Miss | ||||
End | Missouri | |||
TCU | ||||
1961 | AFCA, AP, FWAA, NEA, SN, UPI | Syracuse | ||
Ohio State | ||||
Alabama | ||||
Texas | ||||
LSU | ||||
1962 | AFCA, AP, FWAA, NEA, SN, UPI | Oregon State | ||
Minnesota | ||||
Alabama | ||||
LSU | ||||
Texas | ||||
1963 | AFCA, AP, CP, FWAA, NEA, SN, UPI | Texas | ||
Nebraska | ||||
Illinois | ||||
Navy | ||||
1964 | AFCA, AP, CP, FWAA, NEA, UPI | Nebraska | ||
1965 | AFCA, AP, CP, FWAA, NEA, UPI | Notre Dame | ||
USC | ||||
Illinois | ||||
End | Tulsa | |||
1966 | AFCA, AP, CP, FWAA, NEA, UPI | End | Michigan | |
Notre Dame | ||||
Alabama | ||||
Notre Dame | ||||
Arkansas | ||||
Michigan State | ||||
Florida | ||||
Michigan State | ||||
1967 | AFCA, AP, CP, FWAA, NEA, UPI | UCLA | ||
Syracuse | ||||
Miami (FL) | ||||
Tennessee | ||||
Purdue | ||||
Oklahoma | ||||
USC | ||||
USC | ||||
1968 | AFCA, AP, CP, FWAA, NEA, UPI | Oregon State | ||
Ohio State | ||||
Purdue | ||||
End | Penn State | |||
Miami (FL) | ||||
Tennessee | ||||
USC | ||||
1969 | AFCA, AP, CP, FWAA, NEA, UPI | Tennessee | ||
Notre Dame | ||||
Oklahoma | ||||
Purdue | ||||
Penn State | ||||
1970 | AFCA, AP, CP, FWAA, NEA, UPI | Tennessee | ||
Ohio State | ||||
Ohio State | ||||
1971 | AFCA, AP, FWAA, NEA, UPI | Auburn | ||
Tennessee | ||||
Cornell | ||||
Notre Dame | ||||
Oklahoma | ||||
Texas | ||||
Georgia | ||||
Auburn | ||||
Michigan | ||||
1972 | AFCA, AP, FWAA, NEA, UPI, WC | Nebraska | ||
Alabama | ||||
Notre Dame | ||||
Oklahoma | ||||
Nebraska | ||||
Texas | ||||
Michigan State | ||||
USC | ||||
1973 | AFCA, AP, FWAA, NEA, UPI, WC | Penn State | ||
Nebraska | ||||
Ohio State | ||||
Ohio State | ||||
Oklahoma | ||||
Texas | ||||
1974 | AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI, WC | Michigan | ||
USC | ||||
Ohio State | ||||
Oklahoma | ||||
Oklahoma | ||||
Maryland | ||||
1975 | AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI | USC | ||
Nebraska | ||||
Alabama | ||||
Ohio State | ||||
Navy | ||||
Notre Dame | ||||
Oklahoma | ||||
Texas A&M | ||||
1976 | AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI | Wake Forest | ||
USC | ||||
Notre Dame | ||||
Pittsburgh | ||||
Texas A&M | ||||
Oklahoma | ||||
1977 | AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI | Notre Dame | ||
Texas | ||||
Michigan | ||||
Oklahoma | ||||
Notre Dame | ||||
Oklahoma State | ||||
UCLA | ||||
Texas | ||||
Kentucky | ||||
USC | ||||
Ohio State | ||||
1978 | AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI | Penn State | ||
Penn State | ||||
Penn State | ||||
Notre Dame | ||||
Arizona State | ||||
USC | ||||
Texas | ||||
Oklahoma | ||||
UCLA | ||||
Oklahoma | ||||
USC | ||||
1979 | AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI | USC | ||
Oklahoma | ||||
UCLA | ||||
Pittsburgh | ||||
Texas | ||||
Arkansas | ||||
Texas | ||||
Nebraska | ||||
NC State | ||||
Oklahoma | ||||
USC | ||||
BYU | ||||
1980 | AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI | UCLA | ||
Pittsburgh | ||||
Purdue | ||||
Alabama | ||||
USC | ||||
Stanford | ||||
Pittsburgh | ||||
South Carolina | ||||
Notre Dame | ||||
Baylor | ||||
North Carolina | ||||
Georgia | ||||
Purdue | ||||
1981 | AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI | USC | ||
Michigan | ||||
Penn State | ||||
BYU | ||||
Nebraska | ||||
Texas | ||||
Arkansas | ||||
Georgia | ||||
UCLA | ||||
1982 | AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI | Vanderbilt | ||
Michigan | ||||
SMU | ||||
Stanford | ||||
BYU | ||||
Clemson | ||||
Arkansas | ||||
USC | ||||
Washington | ||||
Nebraska | ||||
Arkansas | ||||
West Virginia | ||||
Georgia | ||||
1983 | AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI, WC | Oklahoma | ||
SMU | ||||
Pittsburgh | ||||
Nebraska | ||||
BYU | ||||
Arizona | ||||
Nebraska | ||||
Tennessee | ||||
BYU | ||||
1984 | AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI, WC | Vanderbilt | ||
Ohio State | ||||
TCU | ||||
Boston College | ||||
Pittsburgh | ||||
Texas | ||||
Nebraska | ||||
Illinois | ||||
1985 | AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI, WC | Oklahoma | ||
Virginia | ||||
Syracuse | ||||
Auburn | ||||
UCLA | ||||
Iowa | ||||
Oklahoma State | ||||
Iowa | ||||
Michigan State | ||||
Illinois | ||||
1986 | AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI, WC | Alabama | ||
Oklahoma | ||||
Miami (FL) | ||||
Penn State | ||||
Baylor | ||||
Auburn | ||||
Oklahoma | ||||
Nebraska | ||||
Temple | ||||
Auburn | ||||
Miami (FL) | ||||
1987 | AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI, WC | LSU | ||
Miami (FL) | ||||
Notre Dame | ||||
Air Force | ||||
Oklahoma | ||||
Oklahoma | ||||
Syracuse | ||||
Florida State | ||||
Ohio State | ||||
Miami (FL) | ||||
Ohio State | ||||
1988 | AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI, WC | Michigan State | ||
Michigan | ||||
Oklahoma | ||||
Auburn | ||||
Oklahoma State | ||||
Florida State | ||||
Nebraska | ||||
Alabama | ||||
1989 | AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI, WC | |||
USC | ||||
Illinois | ||||
Washington State | ||||
Duke | ||||
Notre Dame | ||||
Alabama | ||||
Florida | ||||
Michigan State | ||||
Tennessee | ||||
Indiana | ||||
Michigan | ||||
1990 | AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI, WC | Colorado | ||
Tennessee | ||||
Alabama | ||||
Colorado | ||||
Notre Dame | ||||
Auburn | ||||
Arizona | ||||
Miami (FL) | ||||
BYU | ||||
Notre Dame | ||||
Georgia Tech | ||||
Michigan | ||||
Colorado | ||||
Notre Dame | ||||
1991 | AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI, WC | Texas Tech | ||
Florida State | ||||
Baylor | ||||
Indiana | ||||
Washington | ||||
Michigan | ||||
East Carolina | ||||
Colorado | ||||
Michigan | ||||
1992 | AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI, WC | Texas A&M | ||
San Diego State | ||||
Syracuse | ||||
Georgia | ||||
Florida State | ||||
Washington | ||||
Air Force | ||||
Nebraska | ||||
Miami (FL) | ||||
1993 | AFCA, AP, FN, FWAA, UPI, SN, WC | Nebraska | ||
Florida State | ||||
San Diego State | ||||
Northern Illinois | ||||
Alabama | ||||
Virginia Tech | ||||
UCLA | ||||
Notre Dame | ||||
Arizona | ||||
Florida State | ||||
1994 | AFCA, AP, FN, FWAA, UPI, SN, WC | Penn State | ||
Illinois | ||||
Colorado | ||||
Miami (FL) | ||||
West Virginia | ||||
Nebraska | ||||
1995 | AFCA, AP, FN, FWAA, UPI, SN, WC | Rutgers | ||
Arizona | ||||
Ohio State | ||||
USC | ||||
Washington | ||||
Florida | ||||
UCLA | ||||
Ohio State | ||||
Texas Tech | ||||
1996 | AFCA, AP, FN, FWAA, UPI, SN, WC | Kansas State | ||
Alabama | ||||
Texas Tech | ||||
Ohio State | ||||
1997 | AFCA, AP, FN, FWAA, SN, WC | Marshall | ||
Nebraska | ||||
Texas | ||||
Michigan | ||||
1998 | AFCA, AP, FN, FWAA, SN, WC | Wisconsin | ||
USC | ||||
Ole Miss | ||||
Texas A&M | ||||
Arizona | ||||
Texas | ||||
Ohio State | ||||
1999 | AFCA, AP, FN, FWAA, SN, WC | Penn State | ||
Penn State | ||||
Wisconsin | ||||
Florida State | ||||
Wisconsin | ||||
Virginia Tech | ||||
Alabama | ||||
Florida State | ||||
2000 | AFCA, AP, FN, FWAA, SN, WC | California | ||
Michigan | ||||
Miami (FL) | ||||
UTEP | ||||
Florida State | ||||
TCU | ||||
2001 | AFCA, AP, CNN, FN, FWAA, SN, WC | Syracuse | ||
Florida | ||||
Texas | ||||
Miami (FL) | ||||
North Carolina | ||||
Miami (FL) | ||||
Oklahoma | ||||
2002 | AFCA, AP, FWAA, SN, WC | Iowa | ||
Ohio State | ||||
Penn State | ||||
Kansas State | ||||
Michigan State | ||||
Arizona State | ||||
Notre Dame | ||||
2003 | AFCA, AP, FWAA, SN, WC | Arkansas | ||
UCLA | ||||
Pittsburgh | ||||
Iowa | ||||
Virginia Tech | ||||
Oklahoma | ||||
Oklahoma | ||||
Oklahoma | ||||
Oklahoma | ||||
Miami (FL) | ||||
Oklahoma | ||||
Miami (FL) | ||||
2004 | AFCA, AP, FWAA, SN, WC | Florida State | ||
Oklahoma | ||||
Michigan | ||||
Texas | ||||
Virginia | ||||
Ohio State | ||||
Oklahoma | ||||
Miami (FL) | ||||
2005 | AFCA, AP, FWAA, SN, WC | USC | ||
All-purpose | UCLA | |||
Louisville | ||||
Minnesota | ||||
Penn State | ||||
Ohio State | ||||
Texas | ||||
USC | ||||
Wake Forest | ||||
Alabama | ||||
Texas | ||||
Virginia Tech | ||||
2006 | AFCA, AP, FWAA, SN, WC | Clemson | ||
Georgia Tech | ||||
West Virginia | ||||
Baylor | ||||
West Virginia | ||||
Ohio State | ||||
Wisconsin | ||||
Michigan | ||||
2007 | AFCA, AP, FWAA, SN, WC | Texas Tech | ||
LSU | ||||
USC | ||||
Ohio State | ||||
Virginia | ||||
Michigan | ||||
Arkansas | ||||
Kansas | ||||
2008 | AFCA, AP, FWAA, SN, WC | Tennessee | ||
Texas Tech | ||||
Iowa | ||||
USC | ||||
Ole Miss | ||||
Texas | ||||
Utah | ||||
Alabama | ||||
Florida | ||||
2009 | AFCA, AP, FWAA, SN, WC | Tennessee | ||
Georgia | ||||
Stanford | ||||
Florida | ||||
TCU | ||||
Alabama | ||||
Alabama | ||||
Texas | ||||
Oklahoma State | ||||
All-purpose | Clemson | |||
Nebraska | ||||
Notre Dame | ||||
2010 | AFCA, AP, FWAA, SN, WC | Nebraska | ||
Oklahoma State | ||||
Clemson | ||||
Wisconsin | ||||
Florida State | ||||
Oregon | ||||
Michigan State | ||||
Purdue | ||||
Boston College | ||||
LSU | ||||
2011 | AFCA, AP, FWAA, SN, WC | Alabama | ||
Oklahoma State | ||||
LSU | ||||
Stanford | ||||
Alabama | ||||
Illinois | ||||
Alabama | ||||
2012 | AFCA, AP, FWAA, SN, WC | Louisiana Tech | ||
South Carolina | ||||
North Carolina | ||||
Stanford | ||||
Texas A&M | ||||
Georgia | ||||
USC | ||||
Alabama | ||||
Notre Dame | ||||
Fresno State | ||||
Alabama | ||||
Florida State | ||||
Baylor | ||||
2013[5] | AFCA, AP, FWAA, SN, WC | Texas Tech | ||
Michigan State | ||||
Pittsburgh | ||||
Florida State | ||||
Texas A&M | ||||
Alabama | ||||
Baylor | ||||
Missouri | ||||
Boston College | ||||
Stanford | ||||
2014 | AFCA, AP, FWAA, SN, WC | Ohio State | ||
Indiana | ||||
Alabama | ||||
Alabama | ||||
Ole Miss | ||||
Wisconsin | ||||
Louisville | ||||
Florida State | ||||
Washington | ||||
Oregon | ||||
Iowa | ||||
Arizona | ||||
2015[6] | AFCA, AP, FWAA, SN, WC | Duke | ||
Baylor | ||||
TCU | ||||
Baylor | ||||
Stanford | ||||
Utah | ||||
Florida | ||||
Alabama | ||||
Arkansas | ||||
Iowa | ||||
Penn State | ||||
Alabama | ||||
2016[7] | AFCA, AP, FWAA, SN, WC | Alabama | ||
Florida State | ||||
Vanderbilt | ||||
Ohio State | ||||
Alabama | ||||
Texas A&M | ||||
Arizona State | ||||
Ohio State | ||||
Louisville | ||||
Washington State | ||||
Michigan | ||||
Alabama | ||||
Oklahoma | ||||
Utah | ||||
2017[8] | AFCA, AP, FWAA, SN, WC | |||
Oklahoma | ||||
Oklahoma | ||||
NC State | ||||
Texas | ||||
Texas | ||||
Alabama | ||||
Iowa | ||||
Iowa | ||||
Stanford | ||||
Oklahoma | ||||
Notre Dame | ||||
Ohio State | ||||
Georgia | ||||
Oklahoma State | ||||
2018 | AFCA, AP, FWAA, SN, WC | |||
Kentucky | ||||
LSU | ||||
Texas A&M | ||||
Syracuse | ||||
Wisconsin | ||||
Clemson | ||||
Alabama | ||||
Alabama | ||||
2019 | AFCA, AP, FWAA, SN, WC | |||
LSU | ||||
Oklahoma State | ||||
Wisconsin | ||||
LSU | ||||
Florida Atlantic | ||||
Oregon | ||||
Georgia | ||||
Wisconsin | ||||
Ohio State | ||||
Baylor | ||||
Auburn | ||||
Clemson | ||||
California | ||||
Ohio State | ||||
Minnesota | ||||
Kentucky | ||||
2020 | AFCA, AP, FWAA, SN, WC | |||
Iowa State | ||||
Alabama | ||||
Alabama | ||||
Florida | ||||
Alabama | ||||
Ohio State | ||||
Alabama | ||||
Iowa | ||||
Tulsa | ||||
Notre Dame | ||||
Alabama | ||||
Miami (FL) | ||||
Georgia Tech | ||||
2021 | AFCA, AP, FWAA, SN, WC | |||
Iowa | ||||
NC State | ||||
Michigan State | ||||
Colorado State | ||||
Georgia | ||||
Michigan | ||||
Oregon | ||||
Alabama | ||||
Georgia | ||||
San Diego State | ||||
2022 | AFCA, AP, FWAA, SN, WC | |||
USC | ||||
Michigan | ||||
Texas | ||||
Ohio State | ||||
Tennessee | ||||
Northwestern | ||||
Georgia | ||||
Pittsburgh | ||||
USC | ||||
Alabama | ||||
Iowa | ||||
Cincinnati | ||||
Utah | ||||
Georgia | ||||
2023 | AFCA, AP, FWAA, SN, WC | Ollie Gordon II | RB | Oklahoma State |
Marvin Harrison Jr. | WR | Ohio State | ||
Malik Nabers | WR | LSU | ||
Brock Bowers | TE | Georgia | ||
Joe Alt | OL | Notre Dame | ||
Cooper Beebe | OL | Kansas State | ||
Jackson Powers-Johnson | OL | Oregon | ||
Zak Zinter | OL | Michigan | ||
Laiatu Latu | DL | UCLA | ||
T'Vondre Sweat | DL | Texas | ||
Payton Wilson | LB | NC State | ||
Cooper DeJean | DB | Iowa | ||
Xavier Watts | DB | Notre Dame | ||
Tory Taylor | P | Iowa |